Business Why Google’s Move into Patient Information Is a Big Deal (via Harvard Business Review) There’s too much patient data and medical knowledge/research to keep up with, so Ascension is partnering with someone who has the IT and machine learning…
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Professional Development – 2019 – Week 47
Business Why So Many CEOs Don’t Realize They’ve Got a Bad Jobs Problem (via Harvard Business Review) They’re benchmarking against other poor performers (instead of looking at leaders) They aren’t looking at the right data They’re out of touch with…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 46
Business Is China Actually Stealing American Jobs and Wealth? (via Harvard Business Review) No. This article reviewed the data for purchasing power, unemployment, bribery, piracy rates, and patent claims. Why Is Every Streaming Service Using the Same Pricing Model? (via…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 45
Business Your Employees Have All the Creativity You Need. Let Them Prove It. (via Harvard Business Review) This post could be filed under the growth vs. fixed mindset. “Creativity is inherent because each of us has a perspective only one…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 44
Culture In Praise of Being Unproductive (via Harvard Business Review) Technology has created two expectations: 1) that we’re available at all times, and 2) if you could be working, you should be working. On top of that, capitalism’s tendency is…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 43
Business Where Net Promoter Score Goes Wrong (via Harvard Business Review) This reminds me of the body mass index (BMI) issue — it’s not accurate, but it’s simple to compute and reason about. Humans are weird and can do things…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 42
Business The Problem with Accounting for Employees as Costs Instead of Assets (via Harvard Business Review) Current accounting practices worked when things were manufacturing-based: big piece of equipment needs a person to turn raw material into goods. In today’s world…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 41
Business A New Approach to Contracts (via Harvard Business Review) Most contracts are used as protections against the possibility that one party will abuse its power against the other, which starts the relationship in an adversarial or at best, defensive,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 40
Business What California’s New Gig Work Law Gets Wrong About Gig Work (via Harvard Business Review) It’s simpler to thing of employment as binary — gig worker vs. employee — but it oversimplifies the costs and benefits of different types…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 39
Career How the Value of Educational Credentials Is and Isn’t Changing (via Harvard Business Review) Depending on the stats you review, the value of a college degree is still strong even though some companies are relaxing that requirement. The core…