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.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The Swing Route

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My wife and I watched the new Netflix movie Lonely Planet , starring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth the other night. Dern plays a novelist...

Monday, November 18, 2024

No risk, no leadership

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I read a great article by Darren Walker , who is soon to be the retired President of the Ford Foundation , in The New York Times , "The...

Thursday, November 14, 2024

"It is not necessary to change..."

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I have stated over and over again in this blog that leading and managing change is perhaps one of the most difficult, but also the important...

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The memory of a goldfish

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It's commonly believed that goldfish have a memory that lasts only three seconds, even though recent research suggests that may not be ...

Monday, November 11, 2024

Happy Veterans Day 2024

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Today is Veterans Day, when those of us in the United States of America celebrate all the men and women who have served in the United States...

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Bad Systems Beat Good People

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W. Edwards Deming said, "A bad system will beat a good person every time." He was right. Three executive leaders from the Insti...

Friday, November 8, 2024

Soon

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I've been a fan of the progressive rock group Yes since my early days in high school. The band was originally formed in 1968 and has ...

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