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A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk managementThe ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk taking. The key is to make the right decisions—even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions.In the new book, Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise, authors Rick Funston and Steve Wagner suggest that effective risk taking is needed in order to innovate, stay competitive, and drive value creation.Based on their combined decades of experience as practitioners, consultants, and advisors to numerous business professionals throughout the world, Funston and Wagner discuss the adoption of 10 essential and practical skills, which will improve agility, resilience, and realize benefits: Challenging basic business assumptions can help identify "Black Swans" and provide first-mover advantageDefining the corporate risk appetite and risk tolerances can help reduce the risk of ruin.Anticipating potential causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success through improved preparedness.Factoring in velocity and momentum can improve speed of response and recovery.Verifying sources and the reliability of information can improve insights for decision making and thus decision quality.Taking a longer-term perspective can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of short-term decisions.

“This is an outstanding book and I would highly recommend it for any professional or faculty in a current public health role, and absolutely for a student in the fields of public health, nursing, health administration, health education,medicine, and information technology (artificial intelligence)… This book provides the resources for professionals to learn and apply theory, analytics, quality, and services to understand populations with the ultimate goal of transforming U.S. health care." ---Doody's Review Service, 5 starsPopulation Health Management: Strategies, Tools, Applications, and Outcomes uniquely combines perspectives and concepts from community, public, and global health and aligns them with the essentials of health management. Written by leading experts in academia and industry, this text emphasizes the integration of management skills necessary to deliver quality care while producing successful outcomes sensitive to the needs of diverse populations.Designed to be both student-friendly and comprehensive, this text utilizes various models, frameworks, case examples, chapter podcasts, and more to illustrate foundational knowledge and impart the skills necessary for health care managers to succeed throughout the health care sector. The book spans core topics such as community needs assessments, social determinants of health, the role of data analytics, managerial epidemiology, value-based care payment models, and new population health delivery models. COVID-19 examples throughout chapters illustrate population health management strategies solving real-world challenges. Practical and outcomes-driven, Population Health Management prepares students in health administration and management, public health, social work, allied health, and other health professions for the challenges of an evolving health care ecosystem and the changing roles in the health management workforce.Key Features:Highlights up-to-date topics focusing on social marketing, design thinking for innovation, adopting virtual care and telehealth strategies, and social marketing ideasIntroduces new population health management skills and tools such as the Social Vulnerability Index, Policy Map, PRAPARE, the PHM Framework, Design Thinking and Digital MessagingIncorporates "Did You Know?" callouts, chapter-based podcasts, and discussion questions to help explain real-world situations and examples that students and health professionals may encounter as administrators and managersIncludes four full-length case studies focusing on the co-production of health, implementing a population health data analytics platform, health equity, and collaborative leadershipConnects chapter objectives with the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) and the Public Health Foundation (PHF) competenciesPurchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers, as well as full suite of instructor resources with Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, test bank, and sample syllabus

How can scientists present their projects with power to the point? This book is the ultimate guide for transforming complex research into captivating, convincing Science Pitches in a given time. The innovative ESPRIT model equips scientists with tools to blend professional expertise with personal passion, ensuring every presentation resonates deeply with its target audience.This concise manual combines research excellence and professionalism. It integrates artificial intelligence (AI) applications and slide design. Practice-oriented advice is enriched with real-world examples preparing for outstanding presentations.Designed for students and researchers eager to gain visibility, this book is a unique guide to getting your message across; it advances your research and engages your audience. Unlock your project’s potential and wrap expertise and passion in unique science storytelling.The Science Pitch results in a convincing short talk, successful networking, and securing funding approval for the research project.Via app: Download the SN More Media app for free, scan a link with play button and access videos directly on your smartphone or tablet.