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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

Here are a few areas that are probably creating lethal operational drag on the corporate ship. At this level, managers are consumed with the chaos of daily operations, and seldom have any understanding—or bandwidth—to execute on the lofty strategic goals pronounced in the C-Suite. Problem: lack of clarity around strategy.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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The 4 Types of Organizational Politics

Harvard Business

At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level. Thus, the development of an informal coalition saved the organization and political activities, in this case, were a force for good. Political dynamics start with the individual player and their political skills.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Safety in 10 Minutes a Day

Harvard Business

After all, in some ways, the situations were similar: A group whose members may not have worked together before must form a close-knit team quickly and execute their duties in a way that meets the organization’s guidelines to the letter. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. A showcase for this has been the Parkinson App developed by researchers at the University of Rochester. Diabetes guidelines define good control as having an A1c around 7 or less.

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