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Burnout continues to be a significant challenge in healthcare for clinicians and leaders. In this episode we explore addressing burnout for clinicians and leaders from the perspective of individual responsibility and organizational responsibility. We talk about the numerous tensions and values that lie under the surface of burnout and the significance of being able to distinguish between what is a...

In this episode we interview Dr. Rick Weisbarth, the president, and Dr. Jody Frost, the immediate past president of the National Academies of Practice (NAP). You may or may not be familiar with NAP, so we begin the interview with Rick introducing NAP, why it was established, and why it exists today.   We talk about healthy partnerships and some of the partnerships NAP has established to promo...

In this episode, we interview Beth Wonson about her book Mastering Feedback:  Everything You’ve Never Been Told About How to Give Feedback” .  Beth shares why she wrote the book and the 4- step process that can help managers give and receive feedback. Beth also talks about the Navigating Challenging Dialogue Framework she’s created. Toward the end of the interview, we discuss the impact...

In this episode, we explore how Polarity Intelligence™ supports Team Psychological Safety. We discuss how to invite the voices of those with differing perspectives and look for any interdependencies of those perspectives.  We also talk about advocacy and the role it plays in creating an environment of inclusion. As we close the episode we share the risks and benefits leaders face when they do...

Dr. Jo Shapiro was the founding Director of the Center for Professionalism and Peer Support at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is an associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School..  Dr. Shapiro saw early on how the culture of medicine needed to better support physicians and how physicians could support each other. The center was intentionally designed...

This 100th episode marks a major milestone in Healthcare’s MissingLogic Podcast history. Our core values include celebration and gratitude, so we are celebrating and expressing our gratitude in this episode!  We are very grateful for our listeners and have thoroughly enjoyed producing the last 99 episodes of the podcast! During the episode you get to meet our Sound Doctor and our Personal Ass...

In this episode we interview Dr. Jane McCurley and Dr. Val Morrison, Commissioners for the American Nursing Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence® Program.  The Pathway to Excellence® is an ANCC designation.  It focuses on six standards to support culture and practice environments including different healthcare environments such as long-term care facilities and CVS MinuteCl...

In this episode, we interview Dr. Edgar Schein and his son Peter about the second edition of their book Humble Inquiry:  The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling. They share a little about the book and why they wrote the second edition.  Ed and Peter describe why Humble Inquiry is not just a process but an “attitude”.  Ed talks about the different levels of relationships and shar...

If you are like many of the clinicians and healthcare leaders we have worked with over the past 30 years, you have experienced the tension between completing routine tasks and practicing at the top of your license or delivering your full scope of practice since the beginning of your career! The tension is real. And the struggle to balance this tension is significant because safe, quality care is d...

In this episode we interview Dr. Kevin Browne, Vice-President and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK).   Kevin shares with us his incredible story of experiencing COVID as a patient in his own hospital and as a nurse leader in New York City. His personal story was so remarkable he ended up on the NBC Today Show! Kevin describes his quest to strengthen the commitment...

The past year has been challenging for everyone, but it has been especially challenging for those working in the healthcare system. The front-line clinicians and staff have experienced extraordinary challenges and trauma, and the healthcare leaders who support them have also faced challenges they never imagined. “I think that our healthcare system and our healthcare leaders have been remarkable in...

Creating interprofessional collaborative practice environments has been a long road! The challenge has never been how to work collaboratively in emergent situations; we can do that all day long.  The challenge is sustaining it once the emergent situation has passed.   Successful and sustainable interprofessional collaboration requires leaders to leverage individual competency and team co...

To say vulnerable populations have been impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic is an understatement.  Yet, at the same time, communities and businesses are partnering to develop innovative solutions to address the disparities that plague this population. “The pandemic is teaching us how interdependent we are on each other, and how creative we can be to solve things locally.” says Lau...

Leaders have been facing one of the most difficult times in their careers.  And it’s not coming to an end any time soon. Let’s face it.  Leadership is not easy on a normal day let alone during a pandemic!  If you are feeling guilty, exhausted, frustrated, and conflicted then you are an overwhelmed healthcare leader. Overwhelmed healthcare leaders are looking for new tools and skills...

It was so inspiring to interview and dialogue with Dr. Seena Haines about well-being.  As we begin our interview, Seena shares with us her personal health professions journey, which leads to a brief discussion on how our experiences and stories inform who we are and what we do.   Seena shares her passion for well-being began with her own personal struggles and the desire to pay it forwar...

One of the consistent messages we are hearing from overwhelmed leaders is they want to do more to care for their team, but they are neglecting themselves in the process.   A leader’s well-being doesn’t have to be in competition with caring for the team. You can care for you and your team. Since this is such a prominent theme in our conversations with leaders today, we thought it would be appr...

When we did this initial interview with Dr. Paniagua we had no idea that within a few months we would be facing a global pandemic that would not only add to the stress and mental health challenges healthcare clinicians were already facing but would lead to a parallel pandemic. In this interview Dr. Miguel Paniagua shared his personal and professional story about burnout, clinician well-being, and...

In this episode we talk with Dr. Andrea Pfeifle, about the history and future of interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice (IPCP), her experiences as a leader in today’s environments, and some of the barriers that have inhibited progress. Andrea shares her interprofessional journey and a little of how a special relationship with a young boy and his family ignited her love affair...

We didn’t think when we conducted this interview back in June of 2020 that we would still be facing significant challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.    This episode is as relevant now as it was when we originally recorded it.    During this episode we interview our dear friend and colleague Dr. Barry Johnson about two crux polarities/tensions we are facing as a nat...

In this episode we talk with co-authors, Dr. Mark Goulston and Dr. Diana Hendel, about their book Why Cope When You Can Heal?  How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD .  In their book, Mark and Diana paint the picture of the “perfect storm for trauma” that is being experienced by healthcare workers today.   In the interview Diana shares her perspective that healthcar...

We are thrilled to provide this Encore episode of our interview with our dear friend and mentor  Dr. Barry Johnson.  Barry is the author of AND:  Making a Difference by Leveraging Polarity, Paradox, or Dilemma.  Volume One: Foundations .   AND is for people interested in making a positive difference in the world or in any part of their life as a citizen, a family member, o...

Would you like to lead or work in a healthy work environment?    Eliminating toxic work cultures and replacing them with healthy work environments is no small feat but it’s something we share a passion for with Moe Carrick the author of Bravespace Workplace .  It was such a pleasure to talk with Moe.  In the episode she speaks about her experiences in creating Bravespaces, what...

Do you ever wonder why you keep experiencing and solving the same problems over and over again?  Every day feels like Ground Hog Day!    If you are like other healthcare leaders who are excellent and well-regarded problem solvers, you’re frustrated and a little embarrassed.    Well, we were too!  Good news- you’re in the right place if you want to leave that all behin...

It was a pleasure to talk with Susan Dentzer about the important work she is doing at the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University, the complexity of healthcare, and some of the challenges the healthcare system and leaders are facing today.  Areas of focus for the Center have been health system transformation and specifically the transition from volume to value payment,...

Welcome to Monday Morning Live with Tracy and Michelle.  This is a live show we do from our Facebook page every Monday morning.  We choose a topic and share what we've learned or our experience with it.  This morning talk about identity, what we mean by identity, why identity matters when it comes to work life balance, and what three identities influence your work life balance.