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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

All too often, that quest goes no further than time management training provided by the HR department. In working with the Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s Leslie Perlow found that implementing “predictable time off” (i.e., Companies can make work easier for people if they specified channels for urgent and non-urgent issues.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

Historically, health insurers did not have tools necessary to identify and act on the difference between care that is worth it and care that isn’t. Empowering customers with easy-to-use tools transformed the tax reporting and travel industries. Tapping into patients’ social networks can also be an effective engagement tool.

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