The Dark Side of Rapid Change If too many people are unable to adapt quickly to rapid change, they will push back and create upheaval.
Why Customer Focus Isn't Enough If you think customer focus is enough, please stop, put your smartphone down and back away from the table.
How We're Wired to Make Bad Decisions Research into 2,500 large corporate failures found that many big decisions are doomed as soon as they come off the drawing board.
The First 100 Days in a New Job It is crucial to seize that window because, culturally, the newcomer has credibility and deference not usually afforded to existing employees.
The Stubborn Myths About Older Workers By Rick Morgan What is surprising is that few insurance firms have put policies and practices in place to accommodate today’s retirement reality.
How the C-Suite Sees the Future By Mark Walls "We cannot be overly dependent on what we have done in the past to make decisions about the future."
Mutual Insurance: Back to the Future? By Michael Morrissey After a wave of of de-mutualizations two-plus decades ago in a number of developed countries, mutuals are making a comeback.
Negotiation: No Winner, No Loser By Chris Purcell Negotiation doesn't necessarily need to involve a “winner” and a “loser.” It's possible for both parties to walk away a winner.
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.