Ride along with Mark as he tells you about how another flea took another bite. Will it kill another hospital CEO?
Tag: control
In reality, the "CEO" never really owned his business. He was simply its caretaker. He just realized it a bit too late.
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In reality, the "CEO" never really owned his business. He was simply its caretaker. He just realized it a bit too late.
Uniforms send a message to others. A uniform can create tainted uniformity among its wearers, uniformity of thinking and uniformity of action.
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Just as no vote was required for a dictator like Castro to take over Cuba, no medical staff vote, no survey by Press Ganey, no long and drawn out process among “stakeholders,” is required to topple the status quo.
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Listen to Mark as he discusses in the real-world context of opportunistic action, “partnership” is a euphemism for “acquired” or “controlled.”
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Uniforms send a message to others. Witness the quintessential example: the police officer. Even security guards and TSA workers don faux police uniforms with iron-on badges to manipulate people into a high degree of compliance. What uniform are your employees wearing?
Just as no vote was required for a dictator like Castro to take over Cuba, no medical staff vote, no survey by Press Ganey, no long and drawn out process among “stakeholders,” is required to topple the status quo.
In my 2017 post, What You Need To Know About The Flea That (Metaphorically) Killed The Medical Center CEO, I wrote about the fact that, as in a guerrilla war, change within an organization, as well as within a domain in which the organization interacts, can occur as a result of agitation by a vocal minority.
In the real-world context of opportunistic action, “partnership” is a euphemism for “acquired” or “controlled.”
