Leadership Reverie

Life is all about metaphors and personal stories. I wanted a place to collect random thoughts, musings, and stories about leadership in general and more specifically on leadership and management in health care.

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

"Why clinicians hold the key to fixing health care's complexity problem"

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I once wrote a post with the title, "A jumbo jet is complicated, but mayonnaise is complex..." with the point that there is an im...

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Erase or embrace?

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I came across (special thanks to my boss for sharing it with me) another great blog post by Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison , "Erase or E...

Friday, December 12, 2025

Once again...the math horror show

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A couple of months ago, I posted about some disturbing statistics about how the current generation of high school students are struggling wi...

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

"Remember to look up at the stars..."

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The late Stephen Hawking was arguably one of the greatest minds in at least our lifetime, if not in history in general. He passed away in ...

Monday, December 8, 2025

We shall never forget...

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"We shall never forget" is a common, powerful refrain used every December 7th, which is known throughout America as National Pearl...

Friday, December 5, 2025

It's an island thing!

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It's definitely winter here in the Midwest! Our family recently took a trip to Grand Cayman Island and missed the post-Thanksgiving sno...

Friday, November 28, 2025

Future Shock

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I've been wanting to read Future Shock by Alvin Toffler for several years. It's an older book (it was first published in 1970), s...

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