Delta Dental Plans Association ( DDPA) recently unveiled its 2022 Preventive Dental Care Study, the largest and longest running study of its kind, now in its 13th year. Surveying over 2,000 patients, the study assesses whether insureds are receiving recommended...

Rethinking Marketing Assumptions to Create New Markets
I recently discovered a book by co-directors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. Kim and Mauborgne were named the #1 Management Thinkers in the World in 2019. Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing—Proven...
A Reinvention Success Story
During the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to the need to reinvent the ways in which we do business and, in many cases, the very nature of our products and services. In the months ahead, we’ll hear many stories of how businesses and nonprofits reinvented...
The Flow System Offers Insights into Doing Business Better during COVID-19
A central theme of the newest book on my reading list is the need to listen to, and learn from, the customer. Its customer-centric message is particularly meaningful as applied to the challenges brought to us by COVID-19. Our business now offers products customized...
Praising Broad Adoption of Proper Dental Hygiene Habits
It’s exciting to learn that nearly 86% of Americans believe maintaining good oral health is essential to protecting overall health throughout the pandemic. Northeast Delta Dental is a proud member company of The Delta Dental Plans Association. Naturally, we continue...
Life as a CEO during COVID-19
I often think about what habits will continue as part of the new norm when COVID-19 is no longer a threat. For the last several months, I’ve exercised three ways regularly. I work out at a gym in the morning before work, I do a Title Boxing Club workout during lunch...
Dental offices reopening: Heroes work here!
Have you seen the signs thanking heroes emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic? I haven’t seen one listing dental professionals, but I think they should be included. Outside of every dental office a sign should appear that says, “Heroes Work Here!”. When you consider...
Communicating Clearly, Consistently, and Accurately
We believe that effective communication is essential for our continued success as a great place to work and a stellar place to do business for all customers, service providers, and employees. Communication is one of Northeast Delta Dental’s four values. My colleagues...
A Fresh Perspective
We’re living through times of high stress and anxiety, and it’s natural to be worried about something you have no control over. We all process troubling information, and react to it differently. It’s important that we guard our emotional health for our own wellbeing,...