Swiss Digital Health: the start-up map updated for October’s issue by health-trends. Interesting to see there are 34 start-ups in the category Data Driven Insights, which marks the trend of leveraging #artificialintelligence and other digital technologies in order to manage the vast amount of patient data. Another interesting insight is the fact that there are 23…
Health care speaks the language of technology and we are happy to listen. Certain health care phenomena, like medication non-adherence, can now be alleviated with the help of blockchain and AI. Non-adherence in health care results when a patient does not initiate or continue medication that a provider has recommended. According to a NCBI article medication…
A Swiss traditional attire Tracht is called the Swiss traditional attire, which is still honored by Swiss women across the country. I wore the tracht while still being employed by the last company I worked in. I was preparing a corporate video for our Chinese partners, when the idea of adding a ‘swissness’ element struck…
An interesting article (tap the link below) from McKinsey on Virtual Reality and its added value in the very early stages of New Product Development: “Virtual reality breaks the constraints of our physical world,” explains a physicist by training that leads cost-engineering work at McKinsey. “It can be used anywhere, anytime, with one person or…
“They did it again!”– this is what presumably W. Kim & R. Mauborgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy, would exclaim if they heard about the innovative idea of Roncalli circus in Cologne, DE to add animals again to its show. And they would be referring to the disruption of the industry from yet another…
Tennis and business learnings I met Roger Federer coincidentally at the gym, where we’re both members. Being a tennis player and lover myself, I asked him what kind of exercises he usually does when he’s around. He called them: agility exercises. And by being just the serene Roger we know from TV, he started moving…
The empathy-based social technology that addresses biases and hampering behaviors At Monash Health, a public health provider in Melbourne, a program called Monash Watch – that aims at using telemedicine to reduce hospitalization rates and keep vulnerable population at home – used detailed storyboards to help hospital administrators and government policy makers visualize the new…
Neuromarketing: from measuring consumer preference to influencing consumer behavior Trucks and cars ads were traditionally associated with beautiful and sexy girls striking a pose next to them. Most of the men seeing the ad will be influenced by the model, even if they don’t become fully aware of it. Sounds familiar? …
Are you, too, thinking of changing jobs, working independently, becoming an entrepreneur or considering a multiple income stream? Do you need a-call-to-action stimulator for this recognized urgency? Then you probably need to read FLEX OR FAIL. The days of lifelong employment are over. What is more, current generations may feel claustrophobic in a such situation.…
Studying at #IMDLausanne is what I call a mind-blowing experience from the very few that impacts unequivocally the way we think. We enter smart, we exit wise. One of the many highlights at campus was the live interaction with Mr. He-did-it-again and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Switzerland, Jean-Claude Biver. I took quite…