Right Answers to the Wrong Questions? By Mike Manes As George Bernard Shaw stated so correctly, “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.”
7 Steps for Inventing the Future By Chunka Mui If we can escape the focus on incremental innovation, computing pioneer Alan Kay says, we can gain “unbelievable leverage on the universe.”
The Brewing Crisis Over Jobs By Vivek Wadhwa This should be the most innovative decade in history, and must be if we’re going to avoid a Mad Max dystopia in favor of a Star Trek future.
The Need for Agile, Collaborative Leaders By Pete Miller Change has arrived in the insurance industry, and it has decided to stay a while and get comfortable. Leaders must adapt--constantly.
We Need to Talk About Our Call Centers By Tony Canas The first large carrier to figure out how to turn its call centers into talent mines will have a major competitive advantage in the talent wars.
A Lesson From a Serial Innovator By Shahzadi Jehangir We get too focused on the technology. Disruptive innovation comes from the strategy that uses technology, not the technology itself.
The Environment for M&A in Insurance By John Marra Drivers are Asian buyers interested in the U.S. and insurers expanding into technology, asset management and ancillary businesses.
The Secret to Changing Human Behavior By Shahzadi Jehangir Research has led to a profound shift in how we understand human thought and behavior. The secret to change: Unite an idea with an emotion.
Are We Losing Our Negotiating Power? By Taylor Smith John Burge The plaintiff bar has investigated a staggering amount of money to improve its data on claims settlements. Insurance industry lawyers are way behind..
Continuous Improvement Comes to Insurance By Tom Bobrowski Process intelligence tools let operations leaders “see” digital products being built, enabling use of statistical process control techniques.
The Experience/Efficiency Paradox By Rory Yates Insurers must move from the manufacturing era (efficiency through administrative scale) to the ecosystem era (maximizing the value of a relationship).
Changing Expectations on Mobile Payments By Julie Schieni 41% of millennials with insurance purchased it with their mobile device, and other generations are moving in that direction, too.