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.

Friday, March 31, 2017

"Is this another April Fool's joke?"

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"The story you are about to here is real. The names have been changed to protect the innocent..." All joking aside, this is not ...

Thursday, March 30, 2017

National Doctor's Day

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Happy National Doctor's Day! National Doctor’s Day is celebrated every year on March 30 th . The first Doctor’s Day was observ...

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Dealing with the Divos and Divas

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The urban dictionary defines a "diva" as a female that "has to have her way exactly, or not at all." The male version o...

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Forced Ranking - Goodhart's Law redux?

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In my last post, I talked about Goodhart's Law (and a related concept, known as Campbell's Law ). In essence, both Goodhart's...

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Your quality measure is no longer useful!

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I came across an interesting concept the other day called "Goodhart's Law" that states, "When a measure becomes a target...

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Monday, March 20, 2017

"The problem with airlines is..."

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Well, we made it back from Switzerland last night (see last blog post for details on the trip "We are more alike my friends..." )....

Thursday, March 16, 2017

"We are more alike my friends..."

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I am visiting Bern, Switzerland this week - I was honored to speak at the 12th European Postgraduate Course in Neonatal and Pediatric Intens...

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