Andrew Gauthier remembers his 1993 Thanksgiving, along with some other food options of the day (Crystal Pepsi, Pizza Hut Big Foot Pizza). He begins: Overall, 1993 was an exceptional year to be a fat kid……
Daily Archives: November 18, 2004
Wisconsin Institution for Discovery
Nathaniel Liedl on Governor Doyle’s plans to build a $375M research institution on the UW Campus:
The facility would include specialists in biochemistry, nanotechnology, computer engineering and bioinformatics, which would ease collaboration between scientists of different backgrounds, Doyle said during the press conference.
According to UW Chancellor John Wiley, the facility would occupy the entire block between University Avenue, West Johnson and North Charter streets and North Randall Avenue.
?We are replacing one of the ugliest blocks on campus,? Wiley said during the conference.
The Psychology Department will likely be moved to Sterling Hall. The UW Physical Plant would be relocated to the space Lot 51 currently occupies.
The End for Sears & Lands End?
Doris Hajewski writes that K-Mart’s takeover of Sears likely means a sale of Lands End.
Michael Porter: Solving the Health Care Conundrum
Harvard Strategy Guru Michael Porter on Solving the Health Care Conundrum. He summarized some key learnings here:
- The U.S. health care system is a paradox in that it has competition yet fails to deliver improving value.
- The root cause of these problems is that the competition taking place has been the wrong kind.
- The key to addressing these problems is moving to value-based, positive-sum competition.
- Moving to value-based competition has important strategic implications for providers as well as health plans and employers.
30 Teeth Pulled A Day
I had a wisdom tooth pulled last week – unplanned, after a painful few days. The professionals who did the job quickly told me that they do this 30 times per day…. Much, much better now.