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, December 31, 2025

Looking forward to 2026

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We've made it to the final day of the year 2025! It doesn't seem like it's been 12 months, but time does seem to go faster the ...

Thursday, December 25, 2025

"I heard the bells..."

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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! This is absolutely one of my favorite times of the year. Christmas has always been my favorite holid...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

"Sail On, O Ship of State"

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I want to touch on two poems by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . The first poem is the subject of today's post, while the...

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Winter Solstice

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Today, December 21, 2025 is the Winter Solstice. Well, technically that is only true for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Just as i...

Saturday, December 20, 2025

"Put on your own mask first"

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I was traveling over the Thanksgiving holidays, and one of the flight attendant's instructions struck me, as it always does: "Put o...

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Over half of US healthcare workers plan to switch jobs before next year...

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I recently read an article from Reuters by Mrinalika Roy, entitled "Over half of US healthcare workers plan to switch jobs by next year...

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...

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