Ozzie Paez
The informed decision-maker fallacy
A common and dangerous decision-making fallacy is that informed decision-makers predictably make better, more objective decisions. It’s...
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"The most dangerous decision-making fallacy is that informed decision-makers will naturally make better, more objective decisions. Making consistently timely, effective, informed decisions takes hard work. Trust me – it’s worth it. Effective decision-making is the essential common ingredient behind every successful step, initiative, and strategy that people, organizations, and national governments undertake."
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Ozzie Paez
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Exceptional Transformation
Coping with disruptive technological innovations is a daunting challenge for established businesses and institutions. Disruptions...
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Ozzie Paez
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Remote Patient Monitoring: challenges and opportunities
All technologies introduce controversies and disruptive technologies can kick up a storm. My colleagues and I have experienced these...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
Operational Elasticity
The COVID crisis tested healthcare’s robustness (the capacity to take a punch) and agility (the ability to adapt). Many hospitals...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jul 19, 2021
- 6 min
Saving lives in future emergencies
I authored this story several years ago based on 20+ years evaluating innovative health technologies, with input from health tech leaders...
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Ozzie Paez
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
Preparedness and healthcare specs
I’ve spent much of my career helping clients define their needs, expectations, and #requirements in the face of continuous technological...
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Ozzie Paez
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
COVID lessons learned: Part 2
My previous post discussed community feedback received after 9/11 on federal plans for improving preparedness. We learned from healthcare...
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Ozzie Paez
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
AI's indispensable enablers
Artificial intelligence is most effective when complemented with other technologies, particularly modeling and analytics. These are...
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Ozzie Paez
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Decision-making’s crucial 3rd leg
In his book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman describes two systems that drive our thinking and decision-making....
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Ozzie Paez
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdowns are killing supply chains
It’s been frustrating helping business and political leaders understand the unplanned consequences of economic lockdowns.
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Ozzie Paez
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
Prepare for 2021
Sometimes conditions beyond their control leave business leaders with few good choices...
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Ozzie Paez
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
Restarting the economy: a long process
There are clear disconnects between politics, business, and the realities of reopening the economy.
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Ozzie Paez
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Safe and out of business is no business
...regaining and delivering sustainable profitability is your top concern. Safely, yes, but safe and out of business is no business at all.
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Ozzie Paez
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
All in it together? Sort of...
Business is a contact sport. Entrepreneurs, executives, and consumers accept that in free markets there are always winners and losers.
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Ozzie Paez
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
Tentative reopenings
Low in-store traffic is far too common to suggest a strong, early recovery.
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Ozzie Paez
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Surviving the COVID economy
I counted more than ten failed businesses during a recent walk. There were many others whose operations were visibly unprofitable...
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Ozzie Paez
- May 9, 2020
- 1 min
Reopening constraints and profitability
States are setting new requirements as conditions for businesses reopening. They are particularly strict and disruptive to social businesses
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Ozzie Paez
- May 2, 2020
- 1 min
Application notes: Starbucks
Starbucks’ (SB) success relies on a socially centered customer value proposition...
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Ozzie Paez
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
Applying OPR's recovery framework
This post discusses the OPR Framework’s application to social businesses, particularly restaurants...
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Ozzie Paez
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Business model uncertainties
Business models define their business’ rationale and operational logic. They encompass the processes and functions that transform inputs int
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