Ever been working on something only to later find out someone else was doing the same thing? D'oh! Working in a large decentralized organization definitely presents its challenges. Over the last few months i've been previewing many different parts of the health system and have been exposed to some really cool things. Given that i'm seeing so much in such a short time, and covering so much ground at that, I've started mapping out exactly what i'm experiencing, in the form of observations and themes. It reminds me a lot of scribing your dietary intake or monthly spending habits. You don't realize what's actually happening until you put pen and paper to it. So i started writing down every instance of a project or idea and tagging a person/dept to it. Ever since, i've started putting teams/people in touch when they had similar ideas and/or had already started on a project to address the same issue/challenge. It's amazing how much better outcomes turn out when a more diverse group of heads come together. A nurse brings up different points than a physician, a med tech, a statistician, researcher, analyst, intern, environmental services, and so on. So often only HiPPOS (highest-paid person's opinion) are leveraged for scaling and/or approving major changes at an org. But i often wonder-- why aren't the people on the front line who are most knowledgeable in specific scenarios leveraged more? Why is it so often up to the C-suite to implement change that effects an entire org or dept, when they have no idea of what is actually going on at the front line or the downstream impact(s)?
Some of the most memorable Nashvegas experiences to date? On the city bus. In so many ways, it's opened my eyes to many aspects of life. Intellect, appreciation, open-mindedness, mental health, socioeconomics, respect, patience, time management, conflict mgmt. What i love most about public transportation, just like subways, is it's classless arrangement... a physician standing next to a disabled military vet, sitting next to a single mother with 3 kids, and 2 broke undergraduate students riding to Broadway. A melting pot, that's for sure!
