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Social Capital Is as Important as Financial Capital in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

For a discipline so fundamentally altruistic, health care is oddly dysfunctional around relationships. Our full article describing social capital, its roles in health care, and strategies for building it in health care organizations is available here (PDF).

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. health care work.

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. health care work.

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The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs

Harvard Business Review

Focusing on relational energy between leaders and members of a large health care organization, we found that the experience of relational energy with a leader increases one’s motivation at work, attention to tasks, and absorption in work activities. This translates into higher work performance. Create Energizing Events.

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How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats

Harvard Business Review

We’ve heard a lot about how the Democrats need new leadership. A complete repeal would entail taking health care away from some 20 million Americans, many of who voted for Trump, which would be practically and politically disastrous. This is problematic even in the best of times. When times are bad, it can be fatal.