Many wait on others to lead the way, hoping they will develop
pathways that are without risk. This is not leadership – it is merely running-with-the-pack.
True change is only possible when you can accurately identify your core values
(cultural DNA) and then develop pathways that will actually sustain your unique
future (short and long-term). To do so, you need to be a leader, not follow!
You need to seek new pathways that are original and uncharted: taking the necessary risk, knowing and
understanding that you may fail, but realizing
that without risk, change is impossible.
Health Care today requires risk takers, but challenges faced today (risk) cannot be solved without a well-developed-partnership that can apply supplementary knowledge and skills to bridge-the-gap. It requires people willing to help you change, shift and grow your values, expectations, visions, attitudes, and behavioral norms (habits). Universal solutions will not offer you an authentic pathway. It requires transformational thinkers that can create pathways that go beyond territories that remain uncharted. Making hard and sustainable decisions will always remain difficult for some, but true explorers confront and embrace such conditions and still proceed off-road into the unknown. The world is weary of tried-and-true-solutions that simply don’t work.
Health Care today requires risk takers, but challenges faced today (risk) cannot be solved without a well-developed-partnership that can apply supplementary knowledge and skills to bridge-the-gap. It requires people willing to help you change, shift and grow your values, expectations, visions, attitudes, and behavioral norms (habits). Universal solutions will not offer you an authentic pathway. It requires transformational thinkers that can create pathways that go beyond territories that remain uncharted. Making hard and sustainable decisions will always remain difficult for some, but true explorers confront and embrace such conditions and still proceed off-road into the unknown. The world is weary of tried-and-true-solutions that simply don’t work.
The definition of Institutional
Isomorphism is: any organization that characteristically mimics the
structure of another, thus accepting and executing the same concepts blindly
without questioning the intelligibility offered within the suggested
resolution. Star Trek puts it this
way – “We are the Borg, you will be
assimilated … resistance is futile.” To manage a facility you cannot be assimilated
into the norm; if so you become the Borg. Best Practices and other suggested design
solutions do not offer enough sustainable conditions that the future demands;
thus you become a victim of the status quo, (i.e. we have always done it this way, so we will continue using the same
pathway to manage our departmental functions). It is time to break out of the mode! True leadership begins when
you travel down pathways that are uncharted and risky, but still remain open to
seek out and obtain the necessary help to minimize those risks.
Don Quixote was a romantic dreamer; an aging gentleman who
set out from his village of La Mancha, for the sole purpose of executing acts
of chivalry. Riding throughout the countryside on his trusted steed named
Rocinante, accompanied only with his faithful companion Sacho Panza, his lace and
shield, his quest was to help others above his own self-interest. Dreamers come
in countless shapes and forms; some even
from the business world. Although labeled by many as crazy or simply an
aging buffoon; such servant leaders turn blinds-eye to risk to empower others
to change. Regrettably, those who bellow the loudest get heard, overpowering
those having that still small voice of reasoning allowing change happen. We all
need change makers; be a Don Quixo (as we are), who will make health care work
to meet the demands yet on the horizon. Uncharted territory will always need
those who are willing to step out. Call us so we may help you turn your visions
into reality. Don’t become the status quo, thus sit on the sidelines.
Albert Einstein stated: “There
are only two ways to live. One is as thought nothing is a miracle and the other
is as if everything is.” When you do the common things is life, in an uncommon
way, you will command the attention of the world. Begin a change maker.
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