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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

In fact, we were actually engaged not in a technology-implementation program but in a huge change-management initiative. It didn’t require traveling the country, but it did require visiting all the major Partners institutions to speak with their staff and management, to answer questions, and to take in feedback.

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‘Uberization’ of consulting: A major disruption or merely hype?

Tom Spencer

Internet-based communication services have improved in sound and video quality drastically over the years and are available for next to nothing. This has promoted the use of virtual meeting spaces which are quickly eliminating the need for big fancy meeting rooms and the high costs associated with business travel.