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The dark side of ambition

Work Life

Without ambition, innovation stalls; with it, people challenge orthodoxy, break conventions, and solve problems that others resign to fate. Reports surfaced of erratic behavior, conflicts of interest, and a corporate culture driven more by Neumanns personal mythos than sound governance.

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When Efficiency Misses the Point

Productivityist

But the problem with efficiency, in the way it’s commonly understood today, is not the highest measure of success. Efficiency has been framed as the goal in both business and government, but this mindset often leads to unintended consequences. Government, when run purely on corporate principles, faces the same problem.

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Psychiatry, Violence, and the State: California’s Systematic Failure of Its Unhoused Population

Mad in America

Advocates push for “housing first” as a solution for the homeless to solve their problems, which allows unconditional housing as a right regardless of mental health or addiction status. Providing long-term shelter without strings attached does not pay dividends to Governor Newsom’s healthcare industry donors.

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Tackling Health Spending

Inside Workplace Wellness

There is no public support for rationing care, so the government can't put the breaks on, at least not at the federal level. I heard yesterday that Consumer Reports is pulling out of the initiative and that the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions is going to step in to fill the void.

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my boss won’t manage a terrible employee, my coworker scream-yawns, and more

Ask a Manager

Instead, go back to your manager and say the problems haven’t been resolved and in fact are growing more serious. But at that point the problem would be far more with your manager than with your coworker, and there’s not a lot you can do if she’s just a terrible manager. A lot of these students want healthcare careers!

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How people analytics can help your business

Insperity

For example, if you’re in retail, manufacturing, home healthcare or any industry that employs mostly hourly workers, then overtime and compensation analytics will be very useful to you. Management problem analysis. 6 people analytics use cases. Generational analysis. Change management.

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

After studying Sociology at the University of Cambridge, she joined the Solutions Journalism Network, where she helps other journalists rigorously report on what’s working to solve today’s biggest problems. I do solutions journalism, which looks at how different communities respond to problems. ” can be lofty.