The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It's not organized around the needs of the patient.
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
I think that, too many times, business has been seen as acting in its narrow self-interest rather than, essentially, contributing more broadly to society. I think a lot of that is unintentional; I don...
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
Health care historically has been a very siloed field that's organized around medical specialties - urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth - and around the supply of these specialty services. The pati...
If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.
You can't have a healthy society unless you have healthy companies that are making a profit, that are employing people and that are growing.
Millennials are more aware of society's many challenges than previous generations and less willing to accept maximizing shareholder value as a sufficient goal for their work. They are looking for a br...
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.
I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it's the best perch... because most of my work crosses boundaries.
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.