To deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. health care system acted urgently to change regulations, reimbursement models, member and beneficiary benefits, and the way care is delivered. These changes include: • Reimbursing providers for telemedicine services • Allowing physicians to practice across state lines • Increasing capacity by expanding the role of caregivers • […]

Women are at a disadvantage in the workplace. Women deal with unequal pay, sexual harassment, lack of credit for their contributions, and more. And while many organizations say they are working to address gender equity, too many gender initiatives focus on how women should act and respond, largely leaving men out of the equation. This […]

Introducing Ask HBR – a new interactive webinar experience from Harvard Business Review. We are excited to be bringing you, our valued subscribers and readers, access to HBR authors and contributors in a more interactive fashion. Each Ask HBR will be 30 minutes long and will focus primarily on your questions. Join us on July […]

Business leaders realize that the pace of competition has increased, and scale and cost advantages can be overcome by fast, ferocious startups with speed and agility. To keep pace with this changing environment, leaders aspire to create nimble, flexible enterprises. Yet many recognize that their day-to-day reality is silos, sluggish processes, and stalled innovation. Agile […]

To date, companies have often used customer data to help the company for purposes such as targeting, segmentation, or pricing. But imagine if companies actually used their customer data to help customers and provide them with even greater value. John Hagel III has imagined this, and on July 8, will lead a live, interactive webinar […]

During these uncertain times, leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to reimagine not only where we work—but also what work we perform and how we perform it. Today’s changes and challenges raise questions of what the post-pandemic workplace will look like, and how it will lead to redefining jobs. Ravin Jesuthasan and Susan Cantrell will address […]

Research shows that grit is one of the most critical traits needed for success in today’s world. But what exactly is grit and how does a person develop it? Shannon Huffman Polson is no stranger to grit. At 19, she became the youngest woman to climb Mt. McKinley and later reached the summits of Mt. […]

Businesses say they want to make more effective use of data, analytics, and AI, but many are not making progress. One survey of U.S. executives found that 63% do not believe their companies are analytics driven. Another survey found that in 2019 only 31% of large U.S. firms said they were data driven compared to […]

Even before COVID-19, Wall Street analysts were speculating about when the next recession would begin. Warning signs included ballooning corporate debt and slowing GDP growth in China. And then came COVID-19. Now, economists are wondering how bad this recession will be and how long it will last. But C-suite executives are asking different questions, like: […]

In today’s hyper-competitive world, disruption is increasingly common. Consider that since 2000, 52% of the companies on the Fortune 500 have been acquired, merged, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list. These changes are often due to digital disruptions. Is your firm at risk of being disrupted or are you disrupting others? In a live, […]