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Does Financial regulation inhibit Innovation?

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The Financial Sector in the UK is arguably the heart of the economy. In 2018 alone the financial services sector contributed £132 billion to the UK economy , 6.9% The Financial Services sector is dynamic and the factors that contribute to this are markets, competitors and customers. Innovation, I hear you say.

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Policy by waivers won’t boost school innovation

Christensen Institute

In recent conversations, educators and state policymakers have expressed shock to me that district schools aren’t innovating more. As evidence of the opportunities to innovate, many bureaucrats and think tanks point to the vast number of waivers that states offer. Does the requirement to sit in a course for a full year benefit them?

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Biden’s latest regulatory overreach hits colleges

Christensen Institute

Yet, the impact will be felt in higher costs and the stunting of needed innovation on behalf of students. Nonprofits like Get Schooled, which provides first-generation, low-income students with support to complete their financial aid applications, will likely fall under the guidance and waste resources on red tape.

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Congressional testimony on higher ed: Allow for innovation, incentivize student outcomes

Christensen Institute

Here is my recorded testimony, prepared in text below, on why accreditation needs an innovation overhaul and the need to focus on student learning outcomes instead of institutional inputs. The federal government’s answer to this quandary since 1965 has been accreditors—agencies that now play the role of gatekeepers to federal financial aid.

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Micromanaging higher ed won’t help students

Christensen Institute

Rather than waste time trying to create universal rules and regulations to govern how universities should operate and what contracts they may or may not enter into, regulators should instead focus on actually helping students. Click To Tweet. In the latest round of micromanagement musings, the U.S.

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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At How can we restart our innovation culture?”. What Drives Innovation? There are financial metrics (Return on Investment, Hurdle Rate, etc.)

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