Paradigms.

Strategies for Leading Through Uncertainty It’s not the progress I mind, it’s the change I don’t like. — Mark Twain One of the most daunting leadership challenges is managing change. Every time you introduce a new initiative or process into your organization, you are asking people to adopt behaviors that they have never done before…

What design thinking tells us about creatively working through ambiguity. — Ambiguity is a fact of life that we’re often told to embrace. But ambiguity sucks. We’ve evolved to avoid it. Embracing an ancestral enemy is much easier said than done. Whether you work in finance, healthcare, IT, or design, you’ll encounter ambiguous problems that demand creative solutions. Most problems worth…

If school nurses are not part of your re-opening plan, they should be. — A child with epilepsy had a seizure while alone at home. He fell, hit his head on the corner of a desk, and died. The child missed 7 of the last 15 doses of his medications. Why? …

You’re not as good as you think. — “The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.”― Marcus Tullius Cicero Facial recognition technology has come a long way. …

A little appreciation for big letters. — Capital letters get a bad rap. Writing in all caps, for example, emphasizes the importance of the underlying emotion of the word, but being overly emotional in professional communication is something to be avoided. Many professional communication guides teach that capitalizing words is poor practice. …

Key ingredients for meaningful engagement and maximal impact. — Mobile health technology is a powerful tool for improving patient health. Convenient and widely available, it can allow patients and clinicians to monitor health status, diagnose medical conditions, and deliver just-in-time interventions. Now, more than ever, mobile health is recognized as vital for supporting patient self-management. However, there is limited…

A call for transforming the way we teach patients how to manage their health. — As an emergency nurse, I routinely take care of people who are suffering from preventable health conditions. I’ll admit to feeling frustrated. Of course, preventing medical emergencies is a complex issue. …

Social isolation will drain your ability to think. — Most “productivity hacks” focus on things you do as an individual. These can be helpful, but you should not forget that the scientifically-proven connections between social health, overall well-being, your ability to self-regulate. …

The major advantages of mixed methods designs for understanding complex problems. — Physician burnout is a problem that needs intervention. It is widespread and impacts populations in the United States and abroad. Physicians and nurses are leaving the profession at alarming rates. Burnout, often cited as the cause, is a job-related syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a diminished sense of…