
OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter
Understand new business models and pick up the latest management best practices in our monthly how-to guides on trending issues. Knowing the market–and knowing how to manage your way to success it that market–are two different issues. For thirty years, we have written "how to" guides on management practices–guides with our field-tested models developed by our senior advisors and case studies that illustrate the challenges and tips for success.
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer
Growth and how to grow is the subject of most strategy discussions in the health and human service field right now. Growth is needed to replace revenues lost to competitors and changes in contracts. Growth is needed to achieve scale, keep allocated overhead costs low, assure resources for investments in infrastructure, and participate in value-based…
Read MoreBy Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M., Executive Editor, Management Newsletter
With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to manage and optimize overall…
Read MoreBy Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M., Executive Editor, Management Newsletter
If you have great staff and great infrastructure, your organization still needs a strong management team—and management practices—to make sure that organizational plans to deliver great performance becomes reality. To do this, management teams need well-designed, real-time performance metrics. In successful organizations, metrics-based management happens in two contexts: managing strategy implementation and optimizing business operations.…
Read MoreBy Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer
Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations. The rationale is…
Read MoreRecent Issues
- Making Strategic Service Line Decisions: When To Add, When To Fix & When To Eliminate The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, June 2022
- Planning Growth With Service Line Portfolio Analysis: The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, May 2022
- Metrics For Success—The Strategic Technology Framework: The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, April 2022
- Connecting Consumers To Services – How To Make Social Media Work: The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, March 2022
- How To Develop A Social Supports Service Line: The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, February 2022
- How To Improve Your Organization’s Financial Strength: The OPEN MINDS Management Newsletter, January 2022