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, 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...

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Our National Bird

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Our family will be celebrating Thanksgiving this coming Thursday in Atlanta - it's been our family tradition (see my post "Holiday ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

"Think tragically to avoid tragedy..."

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I'm not sure why or how I got started, but I really like to read about foreign policy. The author and political scientist Robert D. Kap...

Sunday, November 23, 2025

"Victory is won through many advisors..."

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I came across a reference to a verse from Proverbs 11:14 , which states, "For a lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won th...

Friday, November 21, 2025

Ten seconds

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I've mentioned Admiral Arleigh Burke a few times in the past (see my posts, "You know what to do..." and "We rely upon ...

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

"Change happens at the speed of trust..."

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The late Stephen R. Covey is perhaps most famous for his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People . His son, Stephen M.R. Covey , is ...

Monday, November 17, 2025

Broken banjos and guitars...

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I was talking to our Chief of Cardiology earlier this week who apparently just returned from the American Heart Association meeting in New O...

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