The Transformative CEO: IMPACT LESSONS FROM INDUSTRY GAME CHANGERS

30A $700 Billion Cost Cut

Henry Kaiser was one of the greatest builders in the United States. He built bridges, dams, waterways. He was the number one builder of ships in WWII. He was foresighted and enlightened when it came to the health care of his company’s thousands of employees. Keeping workers working, healthy, on the job, is smart business. A worker who is worried about a sick child is not as productive as normal. Reducing the amount of health care money paid to retirees lowers costs, making companies more competitive. Kaiser built another permanent structure, named Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente was, and is, a group of clinics and hospitals, staffed by teams of physicians and nurses, that delivers preventive health care, as well ...