John O’Brien

Portland

Senior Research Analyst at Uptime Institute

Research Director, IDC

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BODS OR BOTS? - CX Network

3 weeks ago | cxnetwork.com.au | John O’Brien

The entertainment industry attracts a wide variety of people. Creatives, weirdos, and free thinkers get mixed up with practical, technical, logical minds – an unholy alliance that is so much greater than the sum of its parts. This maelstrom of temperaments and talents is seemingly required to stage a successful show. Getting the balance right for each cast and crew melange is always a juggle but when it gels nicely it lifts everyone a few steps higher and the results can be seen on stage.
Ask ACE: What management practices will maximize respect and minimize rudeness at work?

1 month ago | mainebiz.biz | John O’Brien

Processing Your Payment Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a fewmoments. Q: What management practices will maximize respect and minimize rudeness at work? ACE advises: Poorly managed stress in workplaces creates behavior that is rude and disrespectful. This incivility affects the target, any witnesses and eventually the culprit.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? — CX Network

1 month ago | cxnetwork.com.au | John O’Brien

Have we got a video? YES, we’ve got a video.” The Young Ones were responsible for myriad quotable lines and that one has long stuck with me. But that was the ’80s and we watched courtesy of government funded TV (BBC and ABC). That’s how our generation rolled. There’s a meme going around that jokes about Gen X getting pissed off by paying for our music collections multiple times over.
Convenience is the new retail king in Great Britain

Jan 20, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | David Pinto |Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien |Susan A. Cantrell

By David PintoThe Economist, that news-oriented, internationally flavored, reasonably neutral, highly regarded weekly print publication, recently explored, in print, the newest, or not so new, emerging retail format in the United Kingdom: the corner store.
Prospects for PBM reform in’25 look good

Jan 20, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | Jeffrey Woldt |David Pinto |Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien

By Jeffrey Woldt Retail pharmacy operators had their hopes of finally a-chieving federal PBM reform dashed last month, when rapidly changing political dynamics led to the collapse of a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) that would, to some extent, have reined in middlemen in the prescription drug market. While the demise of the bill brings to mind other occasions when PBM reform seemed near at hand, the latest attempt provides reason to be cautiously optimistic.
DOJ sues Walgreens over unlawful opioid prescriptions

Jan 19, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien |Bill Schiffner

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued Walgreens over allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions.
RFK Jr. sought to stop COVID vaccinations 6 months after rollout

Jan 19, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien

Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration in May 2021, asking that the agency revoke authorization for COVID vaccines, The New York Times reported on Friday. NEW YORK — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to “Make America Healthy Again” as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, petitioned the government to stop use of all COVID-19 vaccines in the heart of the pandemic.
2025 Health Care Outlook: John O'Brien, NCP

Jan 17, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | John O’Brien |Susan A. Cantrell |Thorvardur de Shong

By John O’Brien, president and CEO of the National Pharmaceutical Council With a new Congress, a new administration, and new leadership in statehouses across the country, there is a new opportunity for a data-driven and evidence-informed conversation about the value of medicines to patients and to the health system. At the time of this writing, the incoming administration was announcing its nominees for key health policy leadership roles.
dLocal Announces Expansion of Offering to UK Merchants With New Authorised Payment Institution License and Partnership With ICC

Jan 7, 2025 | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |John O’Brien

dLocal, the leading payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced that it has been granted the Authorised Payment Institution license from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. This milestone positions dLocal to offer regulated payment services in the UK, bolstering its commitment to global compliance and expanding its service offerings for UK-based merchants.
WIRED FOR SOUND - CX Network

Nov 24, 2024 | cxnetwork.com.au | John O’Brien

Where is the Walkman now? As a child of the 70s and 80s, I have everlasting memories of Cliff Richard roller skating down the road, Walkman tucked into the belt, singing about being ‘Wired for Sound’. Now, I’m no great musical fan of Sir Cliff, but the song and accompanying video clip was a real cultural touchpoint. It signified being plugged into both the latest in fashion taste and the hottest in technology: ‘Walking about with a head full of music.