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The power of outside thinking in solving business problems

Work Life

Across every industry, from energy to manufacturing, to aerospace, there are problems so deeply entrenched that they seem insurmountable. In almost all cases, leaders, consultants, and task teams spend years and enormous budgets to tackle these challenges, too often to no avail. This alarm fatigue problem isn’t new.

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4 steps leaders can take to improve America’s broken healthcare system

Work Life

Despite investing over $236 billion in healthcare innovation in recent years, the U.S. healthcare system, but why is it that the healthcare industry lags others in its ability to adjust and innovate? What does ideal healthcare industry leadership look like?  health outcomes are far behind fellow OECD countries.

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‘Flextirement’ is the future of work

Work Life

This is set to worsen preexisting labor shortages across industry sectors, including low-skill level roles, complex blue collar roles, healthcare industry jobs, and even highly skilled white collar roles. In some cases, companies may choose to forgo offering benefits to any part-time employees, including flextirees, which will save money.

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Why so many nonprofits tolerate toxic employees

Work Life

Today, I run my own purpose-driven consultancy and a social impact startup, and I’m more energized than ever. When someone on the team is a problem, they get moved to another department, where they’re allowed to continue mucking things up. Working in the nonprofit sector for over a decade really burned me out.

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5 Ways to Promote Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

For example; People with ASD may be highly detail-oriented and have excellent problem-solving skills. Diverse Perspectives and Problem-solving Neurodivergent individuals often have unique thinking patterns and perspectives, allowing them to approach problems and challenges in innovative and creative ways.

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Why it’s time to stop saying ‘best practices’

Work Life

“Best” implies there’s only one solution or set of solutions to a problem, and that those solutions should remain unchallenged. Therein lies the issue with the term best practices. “Best” doesn’t leave room for flexibility and conversation. Instead, I prefer the term “promising practices.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Running Assays in people diagnosed as depressed, however, was a problem. This is why consulting a doctor can feel like being nice to a policeman. Even fewer spot the role assays play.