November, 2017

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Jeremy Rifkin on How to Manage a Future of Abundance

Strategy+Business

This new hybrid economic system will be made possible through the provision of solar, wind, and other renewable energy on demand, facilitated through high-tech innovations such as the Internet of Things. So says economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin, an advisor to the governments of Germany and China.

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Smart Leaders Focus on Execution First and Strategy Second

Harvard Business

But then the CEO zeroed in on volunteer champions who stepped forward to realize the vision through innovations in products and customer relationships. He didn’t worry about converting the skeptics, insist that all units make changes at exactly the same rate, or determine which innovations to undertake. Dan Kenyon/Getty Images.

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The Power of Digitalizing Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business

Operationalize digital innovations while focusing on effective change management to ensure buy- in from clinical and non-clinical staff. Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. Four Steps for Digitalizing Healthcare. Generate high-quality imaging, laboratory, and operational data.

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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business

We studied Omada’s program as part of our Harvard Medical School initiative to identify and share knowledge about innovative approaches to major health challenges that primary care providers play the lead in treating. Eric Frommelt/Getty Images. million people in the United States and costs a staggering $245 billion per year to treat.

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The Insidious Economic Impact of Sexual Harassment

Harvard Business

I went into the tech industry, where I saw firsthand that male executives preferred to promote the ideas and innovations proposed by the female colleagues they happened to be having sex with. This is especially true in the modern, digital , social economy : ideas are essential for growth, innovation, and ultimately prosperity.