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CC’ing the Boss on Email Makes Employees Feel Less Trusted

Harvard Business

My collaborators and I conducted a series of six studies (a combination of experiments and surveys) to see how cc’ing influences organizational trust. He found that increased transparency led workers to conceal information, even when that information was beneficial, such as process improvements they’d discovered.

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

The process improves farm productivity and reduces input waste by using analytics to facilitate data-driven farming practices for small-scale farmers. Web Soil Survey to provide soil data and information. Critical infrastructure is still required to truly digitally transform agriculture in Africa.

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Organizational Development for Small Business: What You Need to Know

Asamby Consulting

Organizational development (OD) is a process aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization. It involves developing and implementing strategies to improve the overall performance of the organization, including its people, processes, and systems. What is Organizational Development?

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Decreased productivity: Bad teamwork can lead to decreased productivity as team members may struggle to work together efficiently. This results in missed opportunities for new products, process improvements, or creative solutions to challenges.

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Why This Health System Offers Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients

Harvard Business

While the program does have marginal costs (more on this further on) we feel that the benefits in terms of learning, process improvement, and patient experience more than offset these. We agree that superficial and poorly formed efforts to improve patient experience will be neutral or at times detrimental to outcomes and costs.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business

.”) This allows leaders to focus on their team members’ well-being and to measure the impact of new processes, technologies, and care models on the well-being of physicians, nurses, and staff. After implementing Code Lavender programs, hospitals often experience improvements in staff morale and loyalty.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

There is a new generation of real-time employee opinion tools that are starting to replace old-fashioned employee opinion surveys — tools that tell you far more than just what employees think every year. We see five no-regrets steps that organizations can take: Start Using Digital Engagement Tools.