RWL Newsletter #9
Greetings from Durham and happy Friday! For your reading, watching, and listening pleasure this weekend, I suggest to you the following links:
Read
What: from the HBR - Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company’s Productivity by Josh Bernoff
Why: One of the courses I am teaching this semester, Management of a Healthcare Organization I, involves a fair amount of writing by the students. I've intentionally designed the course this way because clear, concise business writing is a critical management skill. I spent some time in class yesterday harassing the students about taking writing seriously, and it just happened that this article popped up in my daily e-mail from the HBR right before class, so I shared it with them, and now I am sharing it with you. It's a quick read, but makes some good points.
https://hbr.org/2016/09/bad-writing-is-destroying-your-companys-productivity
Watch
What: TED Talk with Daniel Kahneman, The riddle of experience vs. memory
Why: Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics (yeah, wrap your head around that one). His work with behavioral economics is absolutely fascinating, and in this video he talks about the mysterious way that memory and experience interact. There's even a segment on colonoscopies. This is probably one of my three favorite TED Talks, and the one TED Talk that has influenced my own thinking the most. There are some great management lessons to learn from this. I'll leave it to you to draw those out.
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory?utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tedspread
Listen
What: Health Leader Forge interview with Luanne S. Rogers, President & CEO of The Courville Communities.
Why: The Courville Communities is a family owned long term care system in southern New Hampshire. Given the aging of our population, understanding the long term care market is critical for healthcare leaders. Luanne's career journey takes us through the consolidation of the industry over the last couple of decades.
http://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2016/09/luanne-s-rogers-president-ceo-courville.html
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