It’s time to pump the brakes. Yes. We know the year’s not quite over yet. But think about how much is behind us: If any of the system changes you might have taken on this year aren’t finished, they’re likely well underway. If your budgeting for next year isn’t finished, you only have two choices […]
Given much of what we see and hear — much of what appears in but is not limited to the trade media in insurance or any other industry — we’re frequently reminded of the lyrics from the old Buffalo Springfield song, “For What It’s Worth”: There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. […]
One of our favorite slogans is one we saw on a t-shirt years ago. It was worn by a guy who must have been a bodybuilder — or else he was absurdly muscular for no good reason. The t-shirt read, “Get big or stay home.” This is not a bodybuilding blog. It’s not even a […]
You need to replace your core administration system, but you think you need too much customization. You know you’ll fall behind competitively if you don’t replace your system, but you think the customizations you want will cost too much. Are you sure? We’re not necessarily anti-customization. But we do think customizations — their perception of […]
This is the fifth and final post in a series inspired by a Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures”, that posited these five characteristics of effective corporate cultures: Tolerance for Failure but No Tolerance for Incompetence Willingness to Experiment but Highly Disciplined Psychologically Safe but Brutally Candid Collaboration but with Individual […]
This is the fourth post in a series inspired by a Harvard Business Review article, “The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures”, that posited these five characteristics of effective corporate cultures: Tolerance for Failure but No Tolerance for Incompetence Willingness to Experiment but Highly Disciplined Psychologically Safe but Brutally Candid Collaboration but with Individual Accountability Flat but […]
This is the third post in a series inspired by a Harvard Business Review article, “The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures”, that posited these five characteristics of effective corporate cultures: Tolerance for Failure but No Tolerance for Incompetence Willingness to Experiment but Highly Disciplined Psychologically Safe but Brutally Candid Collaboration but with Individual Accountability Flat but […]
This is the second post in a series inspired by a Harvard Business Review article, “The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures”, that posited these five characteristics of effective corporate cultures: Tolerance for Failure but No Tolerance for Incompetence Willingness to Experiment but Highly Disciplined Psychologically Safe but Brutally Candid Collaboration but with Individual Accountability Flat but […]
A recent edition of Harvard Business Review carried an article entitled, “The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures”. At first, we thought it was about Greek yogurt. Then we read it and learned it’s about the five characteristics of effective corporate cultures. Here they are: Tolerance for Failure but No Tolerance for Incompetence Willingness to Experiment […]
We came across an article the other day on a site called, The Frisky (we’re not making that up). The article was called, “11 Emerging Insurance Technology Trends to Watch in 2019”, and it featured, wouldn’t you know it, an infographic. It also made this prognostication: $2 Billion will be invested into emerging insurance technologies […]
