Are we being innovative enough as an organization? How can we support a more disruptive organizational culture? These are two questions that I have recently heard being asked by senior leaders in my provincial health authority. So what are they really asking and what is their vision for future directions? What I think they are asking: How do we use technology to the maximum of our capability to increase healthcare efficiency and...
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As we wrap up LRNT 525, I find myself swept up in a new position at work and starting a new training course at work – Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. As a result of my workload, this post will be uncharacteristically short but no less meaningful to the author. The content in this course has been timely for me in an uncanny way. A review of leading change, project management, and systems theory could not possibly have come at a...
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LRNT 524 has engaged us in readings that reflect on the meaning of innovation. Innovation is a word without a clear definition. Skillicorn’s (2016) blog post demonstrates the diversity in opinion around the meaning of innovation and guides our reflections on what innovation means to each of us. Some definitions of innovation that I connected with in Skillicorn’s (2016) article: Gijs van Wulfen: “An innovation is a...
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