ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION: McKinsey consultants forecast what pandemic-driven change will look like

Business leaders tell us that the metabolic rate of their organizations has soared. Their companies have accelerated by adopting new ways to work.”

How much and in what ways will the pandemic push companies to adopt Silicon Valley-inspired nimble organizational concepts? What will the agile operational model look like in the near term? McKinsey thought leaders focus on change accelerations brought on by the pandemic and how things are changing more quickly than had been thought possible. A key set of three steps should be employed: to reflect, decide and then deploy at scale. Learnings from the pandemic will help organizations position themselves for greater uncertainty in the future.

Jost, Gregor, and others. “How COVID-19 is redefining the next-normal operating model.” The McKinsey Quarterly 1 (2021). Full text free here: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/how-covid-19-is-redefining-the-next-normal-operating-model

FORECASTING: Discharges to decline 2 percent in 10 years

Our analytics are projecting a 2 percent decline in discharges over the next decade.  As a result, clients are challenging their perceived acute care footprint needs and increasingly reallocating resources to a variety of outpatient and virtual settings.”  Sg2

I always like to grab consultants’ forecasts – about nearly anything! – and feature them here.  However, it is doubly interesting when the forecasts are about hospital inpatient utilization.  This little snippet from Sg2 is part of an interesting conglomeration of opinion about the hospital of the future.   Becker’s Hospital Review interviewed 45 leaders with an interesting mix of affiliations – providers, consultants, vendors – about disruptors affecting the hospital field.

Source: Dyrda, L. (2017, July 17). 45 hospital and healthcare executives outline the hospital of the future. Becker’s Hospital Review.  Click here: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/45-hospital-and-healthcare-executives-outline-the-hospital-of-the-future.html  Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2003, rc@aha.org

DISRUPTION: PwC’s disruption profiler survey tool

This is a 16-question survey that allows an organization to take the temperature of disruptive forces in its industry.  The questions fall into the categories of:

• Customer behavior
• Production
• Distribution
• Competitors
• Regulation

In a related analysis based on input from 268 executives in various industries, PwC found that CEOs report CUSTOMERS to be a more significant source of disruption than any of the other factors listed above.

Sources:

PricewaterhouseCoopers. (No date). Disruption profiler.  Click here: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/disruptionprofiler.html and,  PricewaterhouseCoopers. (2016?). The disruptors: How five key factors can make or break your business.  Click here: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-agenda/pulse/the-disruptors.html  Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org

DISRUPTORS: ZocDoc joins others on top 50 disruptor list

This is the 5th year that CNBC has developed a list of private companies that have proved to be innovative disruptors in their market space.  This list focuses on start-ups that are challenging established large corporate competitors.  The top 5 companies listed include:

1. Airbnb
2. Lyft
3. WeWork
4. Grab
5. Uptake Technologies

There is a patient-care-related company on the list – ZOCDOC.  This company allows patients to book physician office appointments similar to what OpenTable does for restaurant reservations.

Source: Meet the 2017 CNBC disruptor 50 companies. (2017, May 16). CNBC.  Click here: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/16/the-2017-cnbc-disruptor-50-list-of-companies.html  Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org