Industry is keen on identifying experts with unique insight and capacity to influence. They write the map for the rest of us to follow. They’re called thought leaders. Alternatively there are thought followers. These are the folks who repeat, regurgitate, reshape and mimic thought leaders. Their association by sharing on the stage of Twitter can make them seem ... Continue Reading about Thought Leaders and Thought Followers
Physician Authority and Influence Online
When I look on Twitter here's how I see physician authority and influence: Authority - These are the true leaders in medicine with deep knowledge, experience and credibility in their domain. These are the leaders among physicians. The power hitters. And not necessarily academics. Influence - Those with lots of followers or influence as determined by social ... Continue Reading about Physician Authority and Influence Online
Lockstep Medicine – Marching in Time with the Past
In medicine we are obsessed with lockstep medicine.... We idolize leadership but promote management. We marginalize vision while rewarding process. We worship list makers. We’re trained as responders not initiators. We propagate a culture of permission and seek to breed a generation precisely like the last. We believe that thought leadership and ... Continue Reading about Lockstep Medicine – Marching in Time with the Past
Medical Leaders will Think Out Loud
The public space is where knowledge, information and conversation now collide. It’s where we should be. The evolution of our profession in a networked world must involve attention to how we think and share in the great wide open. In fact, the medical leaders of tomorrow will think out loud and trade in the currency of ideas. In fact, a defining feature of a ... Continue Reading about Medical Leaders will Think Out Loud
Outward Thinking Medical Leaders
I had coffee with the director of a local residency program. The topic of blogs came up and he couldn't see the value of a blog for their residency program. My most compelling case made his face quietly contort. Then I realized: There are those who look out and those who look in. There are the public and private, connected and disconnected. There are those who ... Continue Reading about Outward Thinking Medical Leaders
Medical Leaders in an Idea Economy
I was at a meeting not long ago where I had dinner with two rising stars of the pediatric world. The conversation drifted into the dodgy territory of international journals they had found which were willing to publish less-than-stellar research. One advised the other how to make two weaker publications where there was one. Our meeting lacked intellectual energy. ... Continue Reading about Medical Leaders in an Idea Economy