The end of Haven Healthcare

When the formation of Haven Healthcare was announced in 2018, Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan, one of the sponsoring organizations (Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway were the other two) said, "The three of our companies have extraordinary resources, and our goal is to create solutions that benefit our U.S. employees, their families and, potentially, all Americans."

In the  March 27^th HBR.org  article, Lessons From Italy’s Response To Coronavirus, co-authors, Gary Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Michele Zanini examine Italy’s ineffective response to COVID-19 and the subsequent failure of other countries’ leaders to avoid them. They describe how the need for quick action and massive mobilization contributed to an ineffective decision-making process and call for a different approach, one that:  

• • Is systemic
  • Prioritizes learning
  • Quickly scales successful experiments and shuts down ineffective ones.