RWL Newsletter #35
Greetings from the University of New Hampshire - home of boundless optimism! That's the best thing about teaching - you get to work with young people who are looking forward to getting their start in the world, and they always give you a different lens. Before I get to feeling too cute, here are some lenses for your leadership thinking this weekend! (Oh, man, I better stop now...)
Read
What: from the Washington Post, Surgeons were told to stop prescribing so many painkillers. The results were remarkable. By Lenny Bernstein
https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/03/07/surgeons-were-told-to-stop-prescribing-so-many-painkillers-the-results-were-remarkable/
Why: In my experience, the most interesting and effective innovations tend to be the simplest. Is this going to stop the opioid crisis by itself? Certainly not. Is it an important step? I think probably so. But regardless, the elegant simplicity of this intervention is worth contemplating.
Watch
What: from OnePercentBetter, Who Moved my Cheese Animated Book Summary
https://youtu.be/VsSNMzgsE7U
Why: Kyle and Erin showed this video during their lecture on change in my organizational behavior class. Who Moved my Cheese is a classic, but this video does a nice job of updating the ideas by using book publishing on Amazon as an example.
Listen
What: from Econtalk, Paul Bloom on Empathy, with Russ Roberts
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/02/paul_bloom_on_e.html
Why: If you've ever had a class with me, you know I'm a huge EconTalk fan. This is probably the fourth EconTalk I've referred RWL readers to, so I guess even if you haven't had a class with me, you've probably figured out I'm a huge EconTalk fan. We've been talking a lot about empathy in my organizational behavior class, so it's interesting to hear this discussion about how empathy can trick us into doing the wrong things.
That's it for this week!
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Thanks for reading and see you next week!
Mark
Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-0598
mark.bonica@unh.edu
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Twitter: @bonicatalent
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau