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1 Year Later: How HRO Helped Schools Deal With The Pandemic

1 Year Later: How HRO Helped Schools Deal With The Pandemic

It has been precisely one year since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic around Covid-19. In that time every possible aspect of our daily lives have been put to the test. The educational system has been dramatically overturned and impacted. It would be...
An Introduction to HRO for Healthcare

An Introduction to HRO for Healthcare

This is a 3 Part series of podcasts based on a 90 minute HRO introductory class for Healthcare graduate students from a large research university. PODCASTS Part 1   Defining HRO: A Definition of High Reliability Organizing   Part 2   Defining the 5 Habits: A...
The Trouble With Values

The Trouble With Values

I believe wholeheartedly in values. I respect them as one of the core components of an organization’s brand (ideology, values1) so much that they served as the basis of 8 years of consulting work at Brand Mother. Here’s the thing about values. You spend a...
My Mixtape of Leadership

My Mixtape of Leadership

There are as many “Leadership Lessons” as there are leaders reading and writing leadership books. We all want to know what will make the difference for our organization. And many of us want to share our hard-won lessons, helping the next leader to avoid...