The Capacity To Connect: How To Change People’s Lives

If something sustains, it continues over a period of time. Living things grow. Sustainable growth for an organization requires leaders to act as a catalyst. What’s crucial, then, is to understand the nature of catalysis.
Healthcare.Gov: How Disaster Could Have Been Averted

Although many things have changed over the years, the fundamentals of execution, management, and governance remain the same. The industry (both private and public sector) is littered with failed complex business and technology initiatives such as the Healthcare.gov launch.
Why We Need Health-Care Business Innovation More Than Ever

When it comes to innovating business models for health-care delivery, it appears we have failed to keep pace with clinical advances, and surprisingly with most other industries.
The Paradox of Doing More

Between trying to survive, lead, and create with multiple simultaneous projects, it’s been a busy year. I am often asked how I manage to keep it together.
Can Innovation Actually Be Measured?

Yes. And the author helped create an index to help us better understand how sustained innovation happens.
Do You Really Understand What Your Business Model Is?

Before we can build even the most basic financial model, we have to first make some important assumptions (which industry to compete in, who the customers are, etc.) that preclude the unbiased, big picture that is integral to our purposes.
Leadership Mandates for Business Transformation

We are living in a transformative age, and no industry is immune to waves of change.
How “Talent Clusters” Will Help You Win A Sustainable Future

The old systems are broken. The Internet changed everything. Looking forward, we need to cultivate fluid organizations, powered by innovative, multidimensional people.
Re-thinking the “Business” of Government
It has been my observation from talking to public sector executives and operational leaders that the greatest inhibitor to change stems from the environment that drives the “business” of government.
Creating a Company Designed for the Long Haul

Creating sustainable value should be the goal of any company. Leaders can steer the course with long-term vision, models for growth, and a well-oiled work environment.