I must admit that I don’t remember taking the presidential fitness test as a kid. With that being said, I was surprised to learn from my daughter that in her class of club soccer, volleyball, and baseball players she was the only kid to meet the highest level (greater than the 85th percentile across...
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Given the tremendous headwinds facing the biopharmaceutical industry today, I wonder whether traditional, conservative management – and, like most large corporations, big pharmas are managed incredibly conservatively -- will continue to prove an effective strategy, or whether they ultimately will be...
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While we are generally a society focused on innovation from start-ups (and now all the incubators like Rock Health), there are a few big companies that are able to innovate while growing. That’s not always easy and companies often need some catalyst to make this happen. Right now, there are four...
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Do you know the term “pivot“? It’s all the rage now in terms of describing how companies continue to evolve their models with this rapidly changing business environment. Of course, Aetna is one of the big healthcare players in the US. They’re not going to abandon a model that’s...
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I continue to annoyed by all the fear-mongering in the industry around what CVS Caremark is “doing to their employees”. What about focusing on how they are helping their employees to get better? (If interested, you should read some of the information they have on their blog.) Our “Plan...
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