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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

The resulting wellness-focused “ OB Nest ” integrated care model for low-risk pregnancies, now implemented within obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo, reduces patient visits while improving satisfaction (see an HBR article on OB Nest here.). Establishing appropriate performance metrics and assigning attribution. Challenges.

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

It is projected by 2030 in the US and Europe that the time spent during a workweek will on information technology and programming tasks increase the most. While some skills will be less in demand it is important to consider the human leadership skills that remain in the technology-driven workplace.

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What the Companies on the Right Side of the Digital Business Divide Have in Common

Harvard Business

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. for leaders and 3.2%

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

Even in this new information age, not everything requires the razzle-dazzle of AI. These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. Don’t make your AI too lite.

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How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise

Harvard Business

When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate? The company collects as much information about a client as it can, in both structured and unstructured form. Stitch Fix, which lives and dies by the quality of its suggestions, has no choice but to do better.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. Interchangeable parts spurred ideas about structuring assembly lines and logistics. How organizations are changing.

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How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data

Harvard Business

In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. “As well as smarter insights, the event management system ensures better managerial attention to continuous improvement in our operations and service to customers, and helps to prevent large-scale damage from hidden leaks.”