by Jonathan Fine | Jan 29, 2020 | Business growth, Industry trends, Leadership, Movers and shakers, Workshop
At the back end of last year the Fine and Hive teams spent a day in a beachside hotel wondering about the next 10 years in dentistry. We split into groups and brainstormed the main themes, which came out something like this: Private equity money will continue...
by Jonathan Fine | Jan 8, 2020 | Business growth, Performance reporting, Self-managing business, Workshop
A good business manager (BM) in dentistry can seem chimeric. You can do your best to recruit the right person but then you can only hope and trust that they will deliver. That transition period leaves the owner vulnerable, because the BM is responsible for their...
by Jonathan Fine | Dec 21, 2019 | Business growth, Communications, Patient journey, Performance reporting, Treatment coordinator, Workshop
The next five years in UK and Irish dentistry are all about retailisation, a process that’s already in full swing but has some way to go. The dental practices and small groups that have already nailed this are outperforming the corporates and redefining the...
by Jonathan Fine | Dec 4, 2019 | Advertising, Branding, Communications, Compliance, Cosmetic dentistry, Orthodontics
Another day, another fight between disrupters and agents of the status quo. Invisalign and the direct to consumer firms SmileDirectClub, EZ Smile and WonderSmile are being investigated in Australia over claims of secret dentist incentives and the less serious crime of...
by Jonathan Fine | Nov 27, 2019 | Movers and shakers, News
Imagine a superpolyclinic led by dentistry — after lots of talk (and hype) Walmart is in trials. The US based multinational retailer (and owner of ASDA), which has a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores, has just appointed its first...