]]> http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-edc/feed/ 0 http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-edc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Forum2009/~3/gMeUEOML-Lo/ http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-brunet/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:09 +0000 admin http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/?p=1851 “Le Dr Welby est mort.” is how Fabrice Brunet put it to participants who were wanting to hear about change and innovation in health care systems and organizations. The Executive director of Hôpital Ste Justine said the workloads of nurses and doctors, patients’ needs and healthcare system issues have all changed so much in the last couple of decades that it’s only logical that the management of hospitals need to also adjust and go through a change that adapts to all the new realities. Watch the video excerpt.]]> “Le Dr Welby est mort.” is how Fabrice Brunet put it to participants who were wanting to hear about change and innovation in health care systems and organizations. The Executive director of Hôpital Ste Justine said the workloads of nurses and doctors, patients’ needs and healthcare system issues have all changed so much in the last couple of decades that it’s only logical that the management of hospitals need to also adjust and go through a change that adapts to all the new realities. Watch the video excerpt [in French]:

October 1st, 2009

]]> http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-brunet/feed/ 0 http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-brunet/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Forum2009/~3/9VVXIxC3ogY/ http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-laporte/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:11:47 +0000 admin http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/?p=1843 Montreal has become a research powerhouse when it comes to public transit, according to Gilbert Laporte, professor and Canada Research Chair in distribution management at HEC Montréal, and Quebec would be well poised to adopt some of the conclusions that have come out of the research he and his colleagues have done. He brought up several cases of good transit planning, one of them being the Chicago subway system.]]> Montreal has become a research powerhouse when it comes to public transit, according to Gilbert Laporte, professor and Canada Research Chair in distribution management at HEC Montréal, and Quebec would be well poised to adopt some of the conclusions that have come out of the research he and his colleagues have done. He brought up several cases of good transit planning, one of them being the Chicago subway system.

]]> http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-laporte/feed/ 0 http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-laporte/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Forum2009/~3/P61EXyulqFk/ http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/2009/10/highlights-honigs/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:27:56 +0000 admin http://expertise.hec.ca/forum2009/?p=1831 Why do we look south when studying entrepreneurs, especially considering our higher immigrant make-up? We need to draw upon our own models, said Benson Honig from McMaster University. He raised the point that new Canadians have often found social mobility by becoming entrepreneurs and that these stories from our own backyards will help in further understanding this evolving sector. Watch the video excerpt.]]> Why do we look south when studying entrepreneurs, especially considering our higher immigrant make-up? We need to draw upon our own models, said Benson Honig from McMaster University. He raised the point that new Canadians have often found social mobility by becoming entrepreneurs and that these stories from our own backyards will help in further understanding this evolving sector. Watch the video excerpt: