Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As I speak with industry executives, a common refrain is “I’ve done all the easy stuff.” An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. cancel or rebid them).

System 37

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. While it can offer valuable lessons for other industries and other problems, the model is not universally applicable. This is a dangerous mindset.

Nonprofit 28

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Toyota hired Deming to train hundreds of the company’s managers, eventually capitalizing on his expertise to develop the famous Toyota Production System — the primary source of today’s “lean” thinking. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W.

Agile 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a tight labor market, it’s imperative that a hiring manager understand the immigration issues that affect who they can hire and how. land border, airport, or Pre-Flight Inspection location managed by U.S. Nearly all professional-level jobs in the IT industry will meet this test. Not all visas are created equal.

Data 28

Data Training Training Education 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. The program is most often associated with the tech industry, where H-1B workers hold about 12%–13% of jobs , according to a Goldman Sachs report. jobs overall.)

Engineering 33

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

More than 3,000 apps are now available to help manage diabetes alone. But technology has become rooted firmly in U.S. The venture industry is betting big on digital health, with $4–$5 billion invested annually. From 2015 to 2016, investors poured more than $8 billion into funding these tools.

Trends 32

Trends Healthcare Data Tools 32

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas.

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