Lessons in Leadership: Part I

You see a huge new wave coming in medical imaging and want your radiology group to take the exhilarating and beneficial ride. You recognize that AI-enabled cloud computing is replacing the old on-premises, client-server way of life. You understand that while AI has barely moved the needle yet with regard to radiologist efficiency and accuracy, it is already disrupting how software is produced. This means that anyone in healthcare using an architecture where software cannot be upgraded without downtime at least a few times a month is going to be left behind.

You’re a hospital administrator confronted with a radiologist shortage, bargaining with radiology groups that own their own reading solutions, and wondering why you are redundantly paying for your own PACS.

What do these insights all have in common? To benefit from them, you must change your organization. Change is hard; it is disruptive, emotional, and inherently impeded by the human desire for stability. Change requires courageous leadership, inspiring communication, resilience, and the humility to iterate. Change also requires followership: a willingness to trust leadership, try new things, and provide constructive feedback.

Stay tuned for next week’s blog, in which I will share tips for leading change in your organization.