Healthcare leaders are being asked to do the impossible. So, how do we make the work achievable? In this episode, we talk about the courage it takes to prioritise, the role of risk conversations in setting boundaries, and how tools like FMEA and Cal Newport’s ideas in Slow Productivity can help us work differently. I also revisit the ‘big rocks’ allegory and why health—our own and our teams’—must be in the jar first. This is about making working and leading in healthcare sustainable.

Links and Resources

Slow Productivity Cal Newport

Be clear on what matters

Rocks, pebbles and sand analogy

Stephen Covey’s Big Rocks video

FMEA from the IHI

Your meetings from a perspective of courage

Nick Petrie on burnout