#117 – An Intro to Systems Thinking and High Reliability Organizations

Want to work on changing things? Want to learn about your team and listen better? Interested in a pretty good pathway to do that? Appreciative Inquiry is process of: In this podcast, we’re gonna walk through Appreciative Inquiry and Theory U and how these 2 organizational development processes meld together to create a powerful tool […]

Yo yo! Today, we close out our 3-part series on systems thinking with this episode on psychological safety & just culture. Part 1 (Episode 117) introduced systems thinking & high reliability organizations. Part 2 (Episode 118) walked through resilience engineering, safety differently and synesis. Part 3 (this episode) threads these topics together with psychological safety […]

This is Part 2 of a 3 part series on organizational development – how we work and live together as teams in healthcare so we can do our best work, master our craft, take amazing care of patients and actually enjoy the work we do. (no big deal) In the first part (Episode 117), we […]

Yo! This episode introduces the concepts of systems thinking and high reliability organizations. It’s the first part in a 3 part series. Part 2 is gonna dive into resilience engineering and safety differently. Part 3 is all about psychological safety and just culture. These 3 shows unpack crucial intel for front-line providers, equipping them to […]

On the corner of Skyland Drive and 23 in a little town called Sylva in Western North Carolina, sit’s PJ’s gas station. One hot summer day back in 2005, I was filling up the tank in a convalescent transport van on my very first day as an EMT-Basic. That’s the most basic, entry-level certification of […]

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This podcast is for leaders, clinicians, residents & students who need to get wildly important things done. It’s about how to prioritize when so much of your work seems important. How to find balance when so much seems to be coming at you. How to get started at achieving your biggest goals. This episode will […]

Matt & Alison Moody took a year off of working as CRNAs to live and travel in Spain with their then 4-year old daughter. This is part of that story. The two were living and working as CRNAs in Asheville, North Carolina when they caught the idea to take a year off of work and […]

What’s up y’all! This is Jon Lowrance and this is episode 112 – How to Transition from Clinician to Chief CRNA. Y’all are going to love this conversation. So… I almost don’t know where to begin cause there’s so much to talk about… This is an episode about chief CRNAs but so much more. It’s […]

What’s up yall! This is Jon Lowrance and this is episode 111 – How to Prepare for Medical Mission Trips with Stacey Such, MSN, CRNA. (Stacey pronounces her last name, Such, like “Suke/Duke.”) Before we get to this show, I’d like to give a quick shout out to the CRNAs, SRNAs & physician anesthesiologists who […]