Enterprise Agility in Healthcare ― Candid Case Studies of Successful Organizational Transformations

The common challenge shared by healthcare, aerospace, and information-centric industries of every type is the extraordinary complexity and uncertainty driven by the enormous number of individual, yet codependent factors, whether in humans and their cellular functioning, or vehicles and the interaction of materials and environment, requiring leaders and decision-makers at every level to connect, interact, and synthesize vital, fluctuating data, typically via technology-intermediated network structures with varying content and scale. The networks may be obvious, like the organizational structure, while others are more abstract or virtual, like social networks and ecosystems

Despite healthcare’s amazing success in improving the quality and average lifespan of human beings, the maximum lifespan remains unchanged at no more than 125 years. Very few healthcare organizations live for much longer, with most disappearing before reaching one-third of that lifespan.

How systems, people, and culture respond as organizational size changes is a challenge and also an opportunity in scaling for any information-centric industry. This book will use the actual, real-world experiences of two, very successful healthcare organizations to provide specific, actionable insights into the principles and practices that provoke success.

Because scaling plays a determinative role in the successful design of everything from airplanes to skyscrapers, its impact on how effective and efficient an organization is remains a continuous challenge. Perhaps understanding scaling is of greater urgency due to the increasingly large and complex structures required for companies, institutions and governments to continuously evolve the complex adaptive systems they have become.

This book focuses on organizational expansion in healthcare. By examining two organizations with similar, yet very different growth experiences, this book demonstrates very successful, very real outcomes while offering key insights into the principles and practices that drove them.

John G. Stenbeck, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSP, is the Founder of GR8PM, Inc. (pronounced 'Great PM') – a provider of specialized training for engineers and technical professionals wanting to leverage Agile and Scaled Agile in Traditional project management environments to advance their career. John is a three-time Amazon #1 Best Selling author. His industry-leading project management books have reached almost $3 million in sales.

He has been a guest on VoiceAmerica talk radio, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Fox News and the Oprah Winfrey Show. John has been featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union.

John is a sought-after Keynote speaker because he enables executives and technical professionals to become powerfully productive leaders!

A partial list of John’s clients includes: Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA; County of Orange, Orange, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA; Lucent Technologies, Allentown, PA; Nike Corp., Beaverton, OR; Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, CA; Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA; U.S. Army – Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, Fort Monmouth, NJ; U.S.D.A. – National Finance Center, New Orleans, LA; U.S. Marine Corp. Systems Command, Stafford, VA; Visa – Smart Cards, Foster City, CA.

He recently recorded 71 video lectures for Villanova University’s online certificate and degree programs. John has taught numerous public and corporate on-site programs to over 15,000 participants. John helps technical professionals master project management and leadership skills dramatically improving their contribution to enterprise results.

John holds PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMPR) credential and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACPR) certification. He also holds Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) designations from the Scrum Alliance and an ITIL v3 Foundations certification.

Lauren E. Mix -- editor in chief/owner of LM Editing -- whether in the role of editor, ghostwriter, or co-author, has a unique background that makes her a valuable asset to technically sophisticated books.

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Lauren is a very focused, driven individual who does not shy away from any challenge. She relishes opportunities to learn new skills then hones them to increase her value in the field. With exceptionally strong organizational skills and self-discipline, Lauren is able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with ease.