Written by Lindsey Dunn on September 17, 2014 for the Becker’s Hospital Review, The Daily Beat Blog There’s a theme arising in the various conversations I’ve had about leadership lately: The front-line employees are the ones with the real power to transform an organization, leadership just guides them. This, of course, is an intuitive concept, but […]
Stories from the Frontline – UnityPoint Health
A successful Ambulatory Strategy is essential in the new world of accountable care. The problem is, “culture eats strategy for lunch.” So, how can you insure that your Ambulatory Care and Patient-Centered Medical Home strategy will be successful?
Best practices don’t matter. Here’s what does.
Written by Lindsey Dunn on August 27, 2014 for the Becker’s Hospital Review, The Daily Beat Blog High-reliability organizations don’t implement best practices. They continually make new best practices. Healthcare is an industry obsessed with best practices. And for good reason. Our costs our growing almost uncontrollably, and quality is highly variable from hospital to hospital, […]
CEOs love talking about culture. Here’s why they shouldn’t.
Written by Lindsey Dunn on August 22, 2014 for the Becker’s Hospital Review, The Daily Beat Blog Attributing organizational success to culture doesn’t help anyone, because no one knows what culture is. Ask CEOs in any industry their secret to success, if their answer isn’t “the people,” $100 says it includes the word “culture.” In […]
Innovation & Adaptive Design with Dr. John Kenagy
Originally posted on the 3Pillars Global blog for The Innovation Engine on August 15, 2014 Physician, healthcare executive, and author Dr. John Kenagy joins us on this week’s episode of “The Innovation Engine” podcast to discuss using Adaptive Design as a means to fuel innovation efforts. Adaptive Design is Dr. Kenagy’s method for business improvement that puts […]
Deconstructing Disruption
Listen to the discussion live on Friday, August 15, 2014 1-2 pm EST (10am PST) Guests: Peter Jones, David Hurst and John Kenagy http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/4PQ3T9LMGR4D6B2F The concept of disruptive innovation was developed by Harvard business scholar Clayton Christensen, and the term has become ubiquitous. Harvard historian Jill Lepore wrote in a recent New Yorker article that […]
Steve Jobs didn’t disrupt, he adapted. So should healthcare.
Written by Lindsey Dunn on July 30, 2014 on Becker’s Hospital Review, The Daily Beat Blog Healthcare is poised for disruption, and if the leading theory on disruptive innovation holds true, the leading organizations in the industry today will not be the ones to bring about that disruption. But as I’ve written previously on this blog, that […]
Fireworks: The Disruption of Disruptive Innovation?
The fireworks in business journalism started before the Fourth this year when the New Yorker published Jill Lepore’s article The Disruption Machine: What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong. Here’s a summary: Coined by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, “Disruptive Innovation” and “Disruptive Technology” have become synonymous with business innovation “chic, cool, cutting edge […]
Kenagy, Westfall Dialogue Continues
Written by John W. Kenagy, MD and David Westfall Originally printed in the March 17, 2014 issue of “FYA, For Your Advantage“, a publication from TrendLeader Connections. Let’s rejoin John Kenagy, MD, and David Westfall as they continue their dialogue from the February 18th, 2014, FYA issue on the value of Velocity Management™ and how leveraging this approach […]
Small Hospital, Big Results: Systems Thinking in Rural Michigan
Originally posted online on Michigan Health Council website by Donald on March 17, 2014 For our second article exploring innovative clinical sites and new models of care delivery, we recently traveled to Harbor Beach Community Hospital located in Harbor Beach, Michigan. This facility is a Critical Access Hospital in a summer resort community in Michigan’s thumb. […]