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Infographic: A tool to choose your health care business model strategy

Christensen Institute

Stubborn challenges are inherent in attempting to change entrenched business models. Yet, with the right tools, it’s still possible. To make their attempts successful, and to pursue the appropriate type of business model change, health care leaders must first understand the specific context in which their business model exists.

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How will you measure your life in 2024? How business theory can unexpectedly shape a personally fulfilling new year

Christensen Institute

a book that imparts how business management theories can help us succeed not just in our entrepreneurial endeavors, but also in our everyday lives. A theory is an understanding of causality, of what causes what, and why. A theory is an understanding of causality, of what causes what, and why. Be open to new opportunities.

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The Semmelweis Reflex bias, and why people continue to believe things which are proved wrong

Idea to Value

It is named after the 19th Century Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis , who was one of the first scientists to show a link between hygiene and infections in hospitals, well before Louis Pasteur popularised Germ Theory. Often, they would still have blood on their hands, tools and clothing when they did this.

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How college presidents can last in the job to create lasting change

Christensen Institute

Instituting and solidifying lasting change at most colleges and universities is not an overnight phenomenon. Instituting and solidifying lasting change at most colleges and universities is not an overnight phenomenon. Understanding their success has much to teach leaders about how to manage innovation and change.

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We need a new Energy Mantra- innovate, innovate, innovate.

Paul Hobcraft

To avoid the predicted consequences of climate change, the global energy system must rapidly reduce its emissions. The energy transition the world is undertaking is one of the most critical areas where innovation needs to be at its absolute best, top of the game, to make the level of change necessary.

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The “hug” that America’s mothers need now

Christensen Institute

Modularity Theory explains why—and what to do instead. Modularity Theory explains why—and what to do instead. Modularity Theory The Modularity Theory explains how different parts of a solution’s architecture relate to one another and, consequently, affect solution creation and adoption. But we know that isn’t the case.

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The UN should host a “leadership” summit in 2023 instead of a “no nonsense” climate summit

Christensen Institute

Despite hosting 27 UN Climate Change Conferences over the past three decades, UN chief, Antonio Guterres remarked in November, 2022 that the world is on a “highway to climate hell.” Second, an innovation theory in our research provides better clarity on how organizations can create better cooperation among parties.