From Scrubs to Strategy

Seven stories from the leader’s chair, and what the bedside taught her about each. The capstone of Chapter Four: the meeting, the promotion, the empty office, the hard conversation, the decision, the team and the culture, with the documentation.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-leader/

A hospice daughter who was not keeping score, an intake call that built the trust before the nurse arrived, and the business case for keeping the same faces with the same family. Continuity, and why the commitment runs inward first. First published by Forbes.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/staying-with-patients-and-your-people-published-in-forbes-october-2026/

Seven ordinary objects. Seven lessons she still leads with. The capstone of Chapter Three: the bag, the stethoscope, the name badge, the chart, the call light, the drive home and the last visit, with the documentation.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-nurse/

Nobody in this cast supervised anyone. They taught her leadership anyway. The capstone of Chapter Two: the caregivers, patients, and teammates who built the leader, with the documentation.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-people/

The most trusted profession in America is almost never in the room where the decisions get made.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-buildings/

A patient who understood everything and still said no, and what respecting that choice taught a nurse about leadership. By Monica D. Cutia, BSN, RN, PHN, COS-C.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-patient-who-said-no/

A patient relearning a routine, a nurse stretching into a new role, and the question that changes everything: is this person struggling, or growing? First published by Forbes.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-looks-like-falling-behind-is-often-someone-catching-up-published-in-forbes-august-2026/

Five leadership lessons from nearly a decade of bedside nursing, first published by Forbes.

The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-the-bedside-can-teach-leaders-published-in-forbes-june-2026/