Why Can’t We Improve Healthcare?

Healthcare is one of the more confounding aspects of American life. We host some of the finest technology and talent in the world. We have state of the art facilities. But when we compare the overall quality to other countries we land somewhere around 42nd in the...

Michael Johnstone

Michael Johnstone Special skills: Adaptive Leadership, Consulting, Training, Executive Coaching and Top Team Strategy Sector Specialties: Public, Not-for-Profit, Private, Science, Technology and Knowledge organizations • Co-founder and Executive Director of Vantage...

Building a Support System – Dancing with the Ugly Dancers

One of the critical practices for exercising leadership is “Getting on the Balcony” – that is, finding a way to reflect in the midst of action. A useful metaphor is to think about your place of work as a “dance floor.” As the tempo builds, the action gets more...

Legacy as Opportunity

One of the most common problems in organizations – or across human systems generally – is that the current generation in charge does not feel the next generation is ready to take over AND they are doing little to get them better prepared. This not...