Strategy Lessons From Walmart Vs. Amazon

The theme of this year's 2015 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute was “strategy” – specifically the influence of technology on strategy. The institute had some great tech strategy sessions (for more, check out Making The Data Work For You, Comprehensivist Vs. Partialist, and We’re Way Past The Jetsons).

But in thinking about how best to conceptualize the likely future impact of disruptive technology on health plans and provider organizations alike, I was struck by the parallels happening now in the retail field – specifically the comparative performance and on-going competition between Walmart and Amazon for retail dominance. The . . .