by John G. Self | Jul 17, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
One of the hidden benefits of being a healthcare recruiter is that you get to see, firsthand, the rich irony that plagues our industry. Healthcare is one of the most technologically impressive businesses in the nation—where modern miracles happen every day—yet the...
by John G. Self | Jul 3, 2012 | Healthcare, Technology
What do BlackBerry and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have in common? Within the next seven years they will both be irrelevant, an asterisk in the history of business. For BlackBerry it will probably happen sooner. They got too comfortable. Their corporate leaders...
by John G. Self | Jun 19, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
Obtaining value in purchasing goods and services becomes extremely important when the economy slows. However, the reality of value can be illusive. “Value” in today’s economy is among the most used and abused words in marketing, followed by the popular...
by John G. Self | May 15, 2012 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership
As I prepare for my speech to the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley at Villanova on Thursday night, I find myself thinking out loud with my team, sharing ideas for brand management in a new healthcare environment. One of the more radical...
by John G. Self | Feb 10, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
A former politically savvy county judge in Fort Worth reportedly once told a group of ambulance providers who were loudly opposing a new regional emergency medical authority designed to enhance service and improve quality: The train is on the tracks. You are either on...