RWL Newsletter #37
Greetings from Durham! I'm writing a day late this week, sorry about that. I got distracted yesterday with our annual Boston Day - I took a bus load of students from my department down to Boston to attend an alumni-run networking event at Boston Children's Hospital. We have such great alumni - they are always very generous with their time and really add a lot of value to our program.
I'm gearing up to head out to the American College of Healthcare Executives annual congress tomorrow, and looking forward to seeing some of you there! Here's a few leadership tid-bits to think about on your way to Chicago, for those of you coming, and to think about at home for those of you not!
Read
What: from Fast Company, Ideo Studied Innovation In 100+ Companies–Here’s What It Found, by Katharine Schwab
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3069069/ideo-studied-innovation-in-100-companies-heres-what-it-found
Why: The ability to change and adapt to the environment is key to organizational success. Healthcare continues to go through seismic shifts. Most healthcare organizations are geographically constrained, so they can't pick up and move to a place where their strategy will be more effective - they have to adapt to the environment as it evolves - so nurturing an innovative culture is critical for organizational survival. I think most healthcare organizations actually are pretty good at many of the six vectors outlined in this article, but it's worth considering where your organization sits with respect to all of them, and how you might improve.
Watch
What: Inno-Versity Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet
https://youtu.be/OqmdLcyES_Q
Why: This semester, as I've mentioned, I've turned control of my organizational behavior course to the students in my class. They re-wrote the syllabus, developed a course schedule, and divided up the teaching. They're working on writing a text book for early careerists about organizational behavior and leadership. And they're all blogging. It's been a great experience for me, and it seems most of the students are enjoying the control I have ceded to them. This short video by David Marquet describes a similar approach - but with much more at stake. I've learned quite a bit myself this semester - about teaching and about leadership. I won't say I'm completely satisfied with how I've managed the class, but like the students, I'd never participated in a student-run course before, neither as a student nor as a teacher. One of the things I ask leaders when I interview them for the Health Leader Forge is about their leadership philosophy. I've been thinking about it lately, and I'd say mine is, "let's do something amazing together". Like Fukuyama's End of History, I think self-leading teams are the end of management. I stumbled across this video - I plan to read Marquet's book.
Listen
What: Economics Detective, interview with Ray March, MEDICINE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND HEALTH POLICY WITH RAY MARCH
http://economicsdetective.com/2017/01/medicine-entrepreneurship-health-policy-ray-march/
Why: I recently found the Economics Detective podcast and I've been enjoying the wide-ranging guests Garret Peterson hosts. Ray March is a PhD student at Texas Tech University and studies health care from a market perspective (clearly Austrian School - not the usual, rather dull econometrics-based work). Worth a listen!
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
Health Leader Forge Podcast: http://healthleaderforge.org
Twitter: @bonicatalent
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