What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

As Vietnam’s productivity is one of the lowest in Asia, the “Made in Vietnam” lean management model is considered an effective solution to the country’s productivity issues in the Industry 4.0 era. As ...

Safety net hospitals in California are using a car manufacturer's model to improve efficiency while saving on care costs. The car maker Toyota has an extremely efficient and organized model in place ...

In the business sector, rapid experimentation techniques have become a widely used means of facilitating innovation. Yet so far nonprofit organizations and their funders have been relatively slow to ...

At time when “big data” is all the rage, the leaders and funders of social sector organizations are asking some big questions about the challenge of gathering and using data on an appropriate scale.

Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur who launched a Tesla convertible into outer space on Feb. 6, is nothing if not audacious. So when he told investment analysts the next day that his Silicon Valley ...

Many approaches to improving value in our health system focus on specific issues involving care delivery models such as optimizing primary care, coordinating care transitions, facilitating the care of ...

A few years ago, Ian Kent had an idea for a mobile, DIY 200-square-foot home. He sketched a few designs, created computer models and settled on the name Nomad Micro Homes. Then, instead of building a ...

It is not just leadership, culture and technology that lead to startup success, but also speed, timing and a sense of purpose. It has become easier than ever before to launch prototypes and get ...