Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning From Leadership’s Missing Manual
https://www.ted.com/talks/fields_wicker_miurin_learning_from_leadership_s_missing_manual
Leaders’ Quest founder Fields Wicker-Miurin host …show more content…
He well known, and praised, for successfully executing complex wartime operations. As the a onetime Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) chief officer, international governments have charged McChrystal with leading the most elite armed forces in the world. His talk discloses lessons learned during his career, such as building morale by listening, learning and offering honest assessments.
Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a Life of Immersion
https://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion
Through her nonprofit organization Acumen, founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz advances impoverished communities using business methodologies. She has also published a tome highlighting philanthropic initiatives that help underprivileged groups help themselves. Novogratz’s organization connects recipients with entrepreneurs who invest in critical community infrastructures, such as:
• Agriculture
• Education
• Energy
• Housing
• Water
The Acumen methodology reshapes global strategy for developing third world regions. Novogratz’s talk narrates how win-win business investments foster growth in poverty-stricken …show more content…
Among other public services, the doctor advocates for global surgery safety. The surgeon has penned three bestsellers, “Complications,” “A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance” and The Checklist Manifesto. His talk explains how relying on simple checklists help surgeons improve the operating stage performances and suggests the practitioners simply the service process.
Deborah Rhodes: A Test That Finds 3x More Breast Tumors, and Why It’s Not Available to You
http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_rhodes
Mayo Clinic Executive Health Program Director Deborah Rhodes has improved on the traditional mammography. The breast cancer expert, along with her colleagues, has developed a new screening technique called molecular imaging that cost little more than a standard mammogram. Rhodes and her associates use a “gamma camera” to detect minute tumors lodged in dense tissue. The procedure compliments mammography screenings and causes significant less patient discomfort.
Putting New Ideas to Work
Healthcare practitioners currently grapple with sweeping changes. While attempting to decipher what works in this new environment, care providers must make monumentally difficult decisions. [2] Executives who have historically devoted their talents to providing internal organizational leadership must now collaborate with community enterprises and other healthcare