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Three reasons to change the global poverty fighting paradigm

Christensen Institute

Here are three reasons why the current poverty fighting model needs to change. This needs to change. This happened to me in 2009 when I co-founded the nonprofit organization, Poverty Stops Here (PSH). From healthcare to education , much of the gains made in Afghanistan evaporated. It’s time we changed our paradigm.

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The new ROI for digital innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The reliance on deeper insights, more data, greater communications is changing the way we undertake innovation. Let’s take the emerging Health Care changes going on in the U.S. HealthCare, becomes one of those announcements that must have struck a real fear into all the prescription-drug middlemen. A virtuous loop.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Jean-Christophe Gaillard, Founder & CEO, Corix Partners

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

My background is in the financial services industry, where I spent over 15 years, first at Paribas (now BNP-Paribas), then at Rabobank where I was the Chief Security Officer for the International division up to 2009. Thinkers360: What are your current responsibilities and what’s a typical day look like?

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Adding to the design challenge is the fact that the guidelines for how medicine information leaflets are designed changes from country to country, and the guidelines are often vague. 5 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Paracetamol medicine information leaflet (back). Brussels: European Commission. Revision 1.

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The Advantages of a Four Day Workweek

Tullio Siragusa

The recent pandemic really forced this change, and the realization of how effective work from home is, will likely be permanent for many. Work-related stress causes 120,000 deaths yearly and results in $190 billion in healthcare costs yearly.”. Another new working model that is gaining popularity is that of a four-day workweek.

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Ten Modern Examples of Bad Assumptions

Destination Innovation

Bernie Madoff Here are ten instances from the recent past where people or institutions made assumptions that turned out to be badly wrong: New Coke 1985: After many secret tests and focus groups, the Coca-Cola Company assumed that changing the formula for their flagship product would be well-received, but it led to a backlash from customers.

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The Life Sciences Industry: Decision Making from Batch to Continuum

IdeaScale

PWC in its 18 th global CEO survey reports that 50% of Pharma CEOs were concerned about the speed of technological change, up from 32% in the previous year. However, with this accelerated pace of change, decision making remains a batch process that is predominantly manual.