Bold Prediction on Customer Experience By Jon Picoult Call me a cynic, but here’s my bold customer experience prediction for most companies in the coming year: Not much will change.
Why Bother? (and Other Bad Thinking) By Karin Hurt David Dye There is a whole lot of not speaking up going on, at a time and in cultures that desperately need the truth.
Managing Remote Employees With Trust By Brent Williams If you don’t trust your people enough to give them the opportunity to test the remote model, then why did you hire them?
7 Lessons in Entrepreneurship By Bobbie Shrivastav A hair-raising drive from Kathmandu to the Nepalese town of Hetuada provides the lessons of entrepreneurship in microcosm.
Can Insurers Stop Financial Crimes? Yes By Edmund Tribue Insurance companies must attack financial crimes or they may be next, after banks, to receive the attention of examiners.
Choosing the Right Drug-Testing Courses By Lewis Fein How can insurers issue policies and collect premiums if they have no faith in the drug testing process that employers use?
Whither the Fates Carry Us By Lewis Fein Insurers based in Bermuda should fly the flag. They should do more to explain why the island is the ideal locale for their industry.
We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us By Bill Wilson How can we expect mainstream media outlets to write accurately about the insurance industry when we don’t do it ourselves?
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.