Dear Founders: Are You Listening? Founders: Here is a framework for when and how to talk to users about your innovations. You can't just wait for your turn to talk.
Insurance M&A: Just Beginning By Gregory Galeaz John Marra Foreign investment – especially from Japan and China – will fuel U.S. deals activity for the foreseeable future.
Are You Fit Enough for Growth? By Bruce Brodie The math on growth doesn’t work unless you find ways to spend less in unimportant areas and allocate those savings to more important ones.
Union Pacific Leads on Suicide Prevention By Mark Jones Union Pacific Railroad sponsored a company-wide suicide awareness program and touched nearly 10,000 employees in one day.
A Practical Tool to Connect to Customers By Amy Radin Here’s a tool you can use to deepen your brand’s connection to customer needs and begin to conceptualize new business models.
Does Your Culture Embrace Innovation? By Toby Redshaw The simple question, “What really dumb stuff do we do around here?” in the right penalty-free environment unleashes a torrent of change.
New C-Suite Member: Chief Digital Officer By Chris Curran The chief digital officer must develop an all-inclusive digital experience for customers — while managing the big investment required.
Are Your Customers Like Berliners? By Paul Laughlin Berliners showed me that, just when I thought I had them figured out, I hadn't. Customers should be treated with the same care.
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.
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).