RWL Newsletter #7
Happy Friday! Thanks for subscribing to Reading, Watching, Listening! A few goodies that I came across this past week:
Read
What: Blockchain: Transformational Technology for Health Care by Bruce Broussard, President and CEO of Humana
Why: Blockchain technology is what is used by BitCoin to make it secure from counterfeiting and anonymous. The big challenge for medical records is to both keep them secure and universal. Could we transfer the Blockchain technology to medical records?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-transformational-technology-health-care-bruce-broussard
Watch
What: Michael Phelps' Under Armour Commercial
Why: Every now and then there's an ad that transcends commercialism and reaches inspiration. This short video really accomplishes that. The 2016 Olympics is over, the medals have been handed out, and now it's back to the dark. I've heard it said, character is what you do when no one else is looking. The same could be said for organizations. Perfect execution is the result of a lot of hard work customers/users/patients never see. Take 2 minutes and watch this video, it's well worth it.
https://youtu.be/Xh9jAD1ofm4
(FYI - I don't have any financial interest in Under Armour or Michael Phelps for that matter)
Listen
What: HBR Ideacast, How Work Changed Love with Moira Weigel.
Why: This is a fun and interesting conversation about how dating changed as a result of the changing workplace participation by women. While the conversation about dating is fun, there are implications about class mobility and income inequality implied. Weigel goes on to discuss some issues around parental leave and so forth that you may or may not agree with (as an economist, I don't automatically agree with her assertions), but the conversation is interesting when framed in the context of workforce participation. As healthcare leaders, we have to think about the changing nature of workforce participation and how it influences our talent management strategies.
I'll sort of make this a two-fer. Here's a graph using Bureau of Labor Statistics showing the change in the percent of working age men and the percent of working age women who are either working or looking for a job since 1950. This helps set the stage for the podcast.
Here is the podcast:
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hbr-ideacast/e/538-how-work-changed-love-45945844
OK – those are my suggestions for this week. If you find these links interesting, won’t you tell a friend? They can subscribe here:https://tinyletter.com/markbonica
I' d love to hear what you think of these suggestions, and I'd love to get suggestions from you. Feel free to drop me a line by e-mail, or you can tweet to me at @bonicatalent .
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
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau