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CommentEnd Game: Library lols as health leaders slip up
An amusing election debate in a library reveals disparities within political parties, while magnets have the power to heal menopause symptoms
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Resources for transformation are abundant, even in an era of austerity
Social movement leaders typically don’t have the economic resources of conventional leaders so they have to grow their own
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BlogsWhy you should reframe your strategy as transformational
Leaders need to combine coercion with a sense of shared purpose to bring about real change in their organisations
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What can civil rights leaders teach us about strategy for transformation?
Healthcare leaders can learn greatly from civil rights and anti-apartheid leaders who typically had few economic resources, yet were able to strategise to change their worlds and enable profound change
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Debunking some myths about disruptive innovation in the NHS
As the focus on innovation grows inside the NHS, some leaders have suggested that the really radical “disruptive” innovations that the NHS needs can only come from external sources. But where do the most radical, disruptive innovations come from?
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Demystifying the I in QIPP
We regard innovation as a critical part of the QIPP equation for delivering NHS quality and cost improvement goals. Yet in NHS reports and in the wider academic literature, the term gets used in a thousand different ways, with different meanings. In this blog, I describe a framework ...
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Thinking differently about quality and cost
"Revolution begins with a transformation of consciousness". Innovation, doing things differently, is becoming a high priority activity in the NHS. Innovation has a critical pre-requisite: thinking differently. If we are going to sustain a universal healthcare system for future generations, we need to think differently about the ...
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NHS targets: from compliance to commitment
The NHS is moving away from the “compliance” system of top-down national targets and standards. What should it be replaced with?
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BlogsOn Arctic marathons and large scale change
Training to run an Arctic marathon has made me reflect on the psychology of large scale change.