Category: Industry

  • Tired of long implementations? We were, too.

    Tired of long implementations? We were, too.

    Too often, introducing a new data model and analytics platform to your organization requires a massive time and resource investment before a team is able to create anything of value. We’ve been there ourselves and have lived the pain of ever-extending implementation timelines, generic training that doesn’t truly prepare the team, and the long delay it takes to become proficient.

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  • The pain of real values

    The pain of real values

    Early in my career, I was thinking of getting an MBA and attended an introductory lecture at Boston University. I don’t remember which professor gave it, but I’ve thought of his words often over the years: In the workplace, it’s better to not define your core values than to define them and not live up to them.

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  • Resources for healthcare improvement

    Resources for healthcare improvement

    Improvement science, like many quality-related disciplines, is rooted in the work of W. Edwards Deming, the 20th century management expert famous for his 14-point management philosophy and statistical process control methods. This discipline holds the promise of simultaneously increasing quality and reducing costs.

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