Best Evidence Based Systems Modelling Podcasts (2024)

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Don't Accept the Either/Or - The Power of Integrative Thinking 14:05

13h ago14:05

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Today I will be considering why you shouldn't accept the either/or with the power of integrative thinking. A concept derived by strategy advisor and author Roger Martin, integrative thinking is a quality that is shared throughout numerous inspirational leaders to make the most effective decisions. I explore the challenges of adopting integrative th…

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The IQOS Illusion: Whistleblower papers from inside Philip Morris International 26:01

11d ago26:01

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Whistleblower papers from inside cigarette giant Philip Morris International reveal the true intentions and strategies behind the company's IQOS non-combustible nicotine product. The papers show that Philip Morris secretly funded research on harm reduction and cessation, created a comprehensive marketing plan to build support for the product, and t…

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The Challenges of Leading Third Sector Organisations 18:36

12d ago18:36

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Today, I am delighted to welcome my guest Kelly Jennings-Robbins. Kelly is the Executive Director of Charity Mentors Oxfordshire, board director of IAPMD and a fundraising consultant. With nearly 20 years working in the private sector and educational publishing, in recent years Kelly has transitioned into the third sector. We reflect on the unique …

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Reflections on the Systems Thinking Apprenticeship 19:05

12d ago19:05

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Today I'm delighted to be joined by Elise Grint, who is the first person to pass the new Level 7 Systems Thinking Apprenticeship in the UK and will be opening up about what it was like to study within the apprenticeship and what systems thinking brings to her career. Elisse has a degree in project management but started her earlier career off as a …

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Episode 59: Model for Improvement Compared to Other QI Models – Choosing the Best Model (Part 2)

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In the second episode of the Model for Improvement series, the Center for Nursing Inquiry’s Nursing Inquiry Program Coordinator Nadine Rosenblum picks up her conversation with Holley Farley, DNP, RN. Nadine and Holley, the Nursing Coordinator for Clinical Quality at … Episode 59: Model for Improvement Compared to Other QI Models – Choosing the Best…

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Episode 58: The Model for Improvement – Definition and Application (Part 1)

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In this edition of the Center for Nursing Inquiry Podcast, Nadine Rosenblum, Nursing Inquiry Program Coordinator, is joined by Holley Farley, DNP, RN the Nursing Coordinator for Clinical Quality at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, to share a discussion on the … Episode 58: The Model for Improvement – Definition and Application (Part 1) Read More »…

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Managing risks in the external labour market 22:20

25d ago22:20

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Today I am delighted to chat with the founder of Red Wizard, Jules Barrow Reed and her business partner Colin Yoshoka Smith. We will be exploring the challenges we face in the external labour market and how we can best manage these risks. Jules talks about educating managers, highlighting that de-risking business through education is a first step.…

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Governing Strategic Systems: Excelling in complex environments 26:34

1M ago26:34

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I'm delighted to welcome Mark Baker for a second podcast exploring governing strategic systems. Mark talks about balancing the conversation at senior levels between risk and opportunity. Practical application of foresight and linking this with organisational purpose. We talk about methods and applications for anticipating outcomes of decisions. Doe…

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Episode 57: Repositories of Pre-Appraised Evidence (Part 3) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry

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In this episode, the third (and final) in their series on pre-appraised evidence, Nadine Rosenblum and Maddie Whalen discuss how and where to find evidence for your clinical questions. Maddie talks with Nadine about repositories of pre-appraised evidence, focusing on … Episode 57: Repositories of Pre-Appraised Evidence (Part 3) | Johns Hopkins Cent…

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Episode 56: Who Produces Sources of Pre-Appraised Evidence and How Do We Find Them? (Part 2) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry

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In part two of their three-part series, Nadine Rosenblum and Maddie Whalen continue their conversation about pre-appraised evidence. This episode focuses on sources of evidence for your clinical question - Maddie shares information about two well-known sources, Cochrane and JBI.By Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Episode 55: Searching Pre-Appraised Evidence (Part 1) | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry

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This month’s podcast begins the first of a three-part series on finding evidence for your clinical question. This episode focuses on the definition of pre-appraised, or “filtered” evidence and what types of evidence they are. Nadine Rosenblum, Nursing Inquiry Program … Episode 55: Searching Pre-Appraised Evidence (Part 1) | Johns Hopkins Center for…

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Establishing Healthy Conversations About Risk 19:42

1M ago19:42

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Today I am very happy to be joined by Mark Baker. Mark is a scholar practitioner who has links into industry, academia, commerce. Mark also runs his own consulting business. Mark talks about his journey into systems consultancy. Mark has spent a lot of his career solving complex problems for large companies and international businesses. Mark talks …

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An antidote to organizational inefficiency 25:23

1M ago25:23

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Today I am talking to Mary-Beth Hosking, who is a global CIO working in the CEO space. Mary-Beth’s new book is Not Another Digital Transformation which looks at how organisations can really do well, about how they can maintain the pace and efficiency of a startup as they grow. Transformation isn’t just about going digital. Transformation could be a…

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Episode 54: Inquiry for Home Care Nurses

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In this month’s podcast, the CNI’s Nursing Inquiry Program Coordinator, Nadine Rosenblum, spoke with Dawn Hohl, Executive Director of Transitions and Relationship Management, about how inquiry impacts her work. Dawn, who is with Johns Hopkins Care at Home, faces unique … Episode 54: Inquiry for Home Care Nurses Read More »…

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Public Sector Transformation 22:06

2M ago22:06

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Today I am talking to Benjamin Taylor who is Chief Executive of the Public Service Transformation Academy and Managing Partner of Red Quadrant. I asked Benjamin about what led him into consultancy and we talk about his first job as coordinator of a youth development program, aiming to fill places on exciting expeditions, which would have been more …

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Helping People to Find a Way though Complexity using Systems Thinking 23:10

2M ago23:10

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In this episode I talk to Houda Boulahbel about her journey towards finding ways of dealing with complex projects. For people who are new to this area there is always the difficulty of where do you start when the problems that you see are complex and the systems methods take time to master? It all feels overwhelming. Houda has founded the Institute…

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Creating Data Driven Change in our Public Sector 23:03

2M ago23:03

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I this episode I am delighted to continue my conversation with Adam Townsend, founder of Viewit DataLabs Limited. Today we look beyond the data and consider the drivers for improving patient outcomes in hospital. We consider why is the system driven away from improving patient outcomes before people get to the hospital. One of the metrics that we t…

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Getting to the truth: What is Going on with our Public Services and What Motivates these Behaviours? 15:12

2M ago15:12

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There is a lot of discussion about what is happening with our public services, a lot of newspaper columns are dedicated to attention grabbing headlines, but in this episode we dig into what is really going on. I am very pleased to introduce Adam Townsend, founder of Viewit DataLabs Limited. We talk about what the data really tells us, and from the …

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Adding Value using Project, Programme and Portfolio Management 24:58

3M ago24:58

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Today I am very privileged to be joined by Lindsay Scott and Eileen Roden who are co-founders of the House of PMO, a professional body for PMO professionals working to support Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (P3M). We talk about the need to brigade multiple projects underneath a programme level, the ways that portfolio management can en…

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Cutting through complexity with human centric data 14:57

3M ago14:57

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Today I am joined by Donnie MacNicol who is a director of Team Animation LTD. Donnie is an advisor to the UK Major Projects portfolio and has led an innovative approach to cutting through the complexity with human centric data. Donnie talks about the challenges that people face in a transformation activity and how it is important to get underneath …

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Encouraging and Empowering Change in times of Complexity 24:25

3M ago24:25

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Today I am thrilled to introduce Suzana Barbosa as my guest. Suzana encourages people to change in her work as a facilitator of a popular method known as Psych-K, which aims to change limiting beliefs – things that people are usually unaware of and limit or hold them back. Suzana talks about her own journey of change and her experience of complex s…

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Getting public services back on track: Why do we so often blame the wrong people for system wide failings? 25:24

3M ago25:24

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Welcome back to the Evolving Enterprises podcast. I have just returned having spent some time with my family at Easter. In almost every consultancy assignment I have worked on people usually start by blaming the wrong people for the situation. Why is this? I will look at what drives people to do this and how this helps us to improve our public serv…

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Episode 53: Magnet Designation: How Nursing Professional Development Inspires the Inquiry Mindset 20:25

4M ago20:25

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In this month’s episode, Nadine Rosenblum, nursing inquiry coordinator for the Center for Nursing Inquiry speaks with Paula Murray, manager of nursing professional specialty programs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Paula describes her role, … Episode 53: Magnet Designation: How Nursing Professional Developmen…

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Using systems thinking to build an Auto Consultant: Initial Planning Work 22:05

4M ago22:05

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Working from the approach that I suggested in the previous episode, Sophie Jackson and I work on planning the early stages of the Auto Consultant project. We look at how we can structure a complex business problem so that we can find a way forward using a systems approach.By Martin Parr

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Using systems thinking: An outline 20:56

4M ago20:56

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In this episode I look at how systems thinking get help to deal with a complex and unbounded problem. I look at the ways that we can view the problem and the different stakeholders that are involved. This leads on to next week’s episode in which we will apply some systems thinking approaches to structure a business problem.…

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The rise of Systems Thinking within the UK 16:03

5M ago16:03

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Today I will talk about the rise of systems thinking and how an increase in demand for systems thinking and increase in supply of systems staff has changed the way in which complex projects are delivered in the UK. This change has been gradual and there is a big difference from when I started using systems thinking 20 years ago. Now systems thinkin…

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Enabling Strategic Decision Making with Operational Research 23:36

5M ago23:36

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Today I am joined by Seb Hargreaves, the Executive Director of the Operational Research Society (ORS). Seb talks about the recent highlights in the journey of supporting strategic decision making using scientific methods. There is great news. Some of the society’s journals are becoming open access, meaning that it will be much easier for busy profe…

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Episode 52: Set and Meet Your Writing Goals with WAGs – Writing Accountability Groups 13:37

5M ago13:37

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Publishing the results of your work is an important way to share what you’ve learned with other nurses and – bigger picture – advance the science of nursing. Finding time to actually write, however, can be challenging. That is where … Episode 52: Set and Meet Your Writing Goals with WAGs – Writing Accountability Groups Read More »…

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Finding your place in a complex business landscape 22:30

5M ago22:30

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I am so pleased to welcome Orian Mendes a business development manager with a vast experience of evolving businesses in Europe and Africa. Orian has worked in engineering, publishing and the clothing industry. We talk about what makes a business grow, how businesses evolve to match market need and the continual pushing and pulling of demand in the …

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Lead Poisoning: The Urgent Need for Global Action 29:48

5M ago29:48

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We’ve known about the health harms of lead exposure for more than 1,000 years. But many people, including children, are still exposed to lead through various sources including paint, water and soil. In this episode, Dan Kass, Senior Vice President of Environmental, Climate and Urban Health at Vital Strategies joins us to discuss this pervasive publ…

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Thriving as a Senior Leader in Education 25:19

6M ago25:19

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I am delighted to welcome Ani Magill as my guest. Ani has provided inspirational leadership as CEO of a growing Multi Academy Trust, and in her previous roles as head teacher and “super head", turning around failing schools. Ani's journey as a transformational leader in education illuminates invaluable lessons for CEOs and aspiring leaders across s…

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Does Systems Thinking work for everything? 15:49

6M ago15:49

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Today we look at the important topic of Systems Thinking. Is it useful for most problems and why? What does systems thinking do to help us move complex project forward? Hope does it help us manage risks and opportunities?By Martin Parr

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The Post Office Horizon System: The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history 14:55

6M ago14:55

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In the UK the Post Office is being investigated after the system that it introduced to 18,000 branches in the 1990s was found to be faulty and did not report the correct figures. Between 1999 and 2015 the Post Office prosecuted 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses. Another 283 cases were brought by other bodies including the Crown Prosecution…

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Now you see it … now you don’t – A journey into Metrics and Business Performance – how to use metrics well 23:34

6M ago23:34

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I am very happy to welcome Professor Mike Bourne, who is well known to anyone in the field of Business Performance and Governance within the UK. Mike is based at Cranfield University and is Director of the Project Leadership Profession Programme (PLP). Mike shares insights into his journey in the metrication of organisations, exploring the challeng…

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Do you want to fail comfortably, or succeed uncomfortably? 21:15

6M ago21:15

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I had a really interesting conversation with Sophie Jackson, a seasoned systems thinker with a biology background, bringing profound insights into the world of strategic thinking and organisational change. We also talk about: Challenges of Strategic Thinking: The common struggle with strategic thinking, identifying biases and evolutionary traits th…

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Episode 51: From Inspiration to Abstract: Disseminating your Project 42:32

6M ago42:32

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In this month’s podcast, Nadine Rosenblum, Nursing Inquiry Coordinator, discusses taking a project from the idea stage to dissemination with Dr. Donna Berizzi, DNP, Associate Chief Nursing Officer for the Johns Hopkins Health System. Follow along as Donna discusses her … Episode 51: From Inspiration to Abstract: Disseminating your Project Read More…

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A look back on 2023 using a Systems Thinking Context and some soundbites from the 2024 podcast series 14:37

7M ago14:37

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Happy New Year. In this episode I will look back on how some of the interviews from 2023 fit within the context of Systems Thinking. We will particularly look at learning journeys and how we can use good systems approaches to change people, and therefore change organisations. I will also look forward to 2024, to my discussion with Professor Mike Bo…

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The transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge – A seasonal look at a transformation from 1843 5:04

7M ago5:04

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. For the last episode of the year, I am exploring a timeless classic – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. What does this have to do with Evolving Enterprises? Well making changes involves changing people. It is really worth considering how was the transformation of Scrooge so effective, and so quickly …

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Georgina Wilson, the CEO who is Implementing Holistic Change Every Day 27:11

7M ago27:11

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Georgina is one of the most passionate and empowered people I have met. Georgina shares the story of the beginnings of her journey towards becoming CEO of BUD Leaders. Georgina began by understanding the people and the market place that BUD would one day work in. Based on this immense knowledge of the marketplace, Georgina found her passion for ins…

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Engaging an audience and helping them to change 27:30

8M ago27:30

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Today I am immensely pleased to introduce Ruby Lyon a famous actress on stage and the small screen. Ruby was a core cast member of the popular New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, playing the role of Ashley Whitley. Moving organisations forward involves changing people’s view of a situation. This is exactly what an actor does – during a perform…

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The conditions for success 26:42

8M ago26:42

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I am delighted to be joined in this second episode by my friend and colleague Jim Scholes. Jim is well known as an academic and a highly successful consultant, who has worked for some of the best-known companies in the world. Based on his academic work with Peter Checkland, Jim has spent much of his career helping some of the biggest names in the w…

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Growth Strategies for the World’s Biggest Brands 24:39

8M ago24:39

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Today I am delighted to be joined by my friend and colleague Jim Scholes. Jim is well known as an academic and a highly successful consultant, who has worked for some of the best-known companies in the world. Based on his academic work with Peter Checkland, Jim has spent much of his career helping some of the biggest names in the world achieve grow…

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The legacy of Matthew Perry - a new genre of entertainment 12:21

9M ago12:21

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This week I'm going to talk about Matthew Perry and a couple of things that have come to light following his sad and untimely death. Soap operas were a pretty crowded market back in 1994 when Matthew Perry and friends first hit American TV screens. Friends brought together comedy and a soap opera and the concept of bringing together two things whic…

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Why am I so passionate about making improvements? 21:46

9M ago21:46

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In today’s world people have to work very hard. I don’t mean just the long hours and relentless drive for results, but I mean the commuting, endlessly juggling caring responsibilities for younger or older members of the family, the 24 hour “always on” culture. But when you look at the outcome of all this pressure, I don’t really see most people ben…

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Our Right to Healthy Food 43:05

9M ago43:05

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Improving diets by creating and maintaining healthier food systems and environments is paramount to addressing the $2 trillion global obesity epidemic. It’s a task that seems almost impossible under the deluge of ultra-processed products that make up most of our food intake. In this episode, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right …

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The power of emotions 22:01

9M ago22:01

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In today’s episode Professor Martin talks to Isabel Gennaro a Global Impact Strategist about the power of emotions and how to channel them effectively. In this episode, we explore what to do when you're boiling with rage over mundane tasks. An insightful conversation on managing your emotions and transforming them into positive action.…

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Episode 50: Engaging Staff in Inquiry Work 26:41

9M ago26:41

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In the third and final episode from the 2023 SHINE Conference, expert panelists Kristina Burger, DNP, RN, Suzanne Dutton, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, Lisa Klein, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, and Tania Randell, MS, RN, ACCNS-AG, join the Johns Hopkins Health System’s Nurse … Episode 50: Engaging Staff in Inquiry Work Read More »…

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Episode 49: How QI can Improve you Scores—HCPAPs, CAUTI, CLABSI and More! 40:31

9M ago40:31

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In the second episode in our series of leadership panels from the 2023 SHINE Conference, inquiry experts Holley Farley, MSN, RN, Kim Kuperman, MSN, RN, Rossana Oakley, MSN, RN, Gosia Ryan, MSN, RN, and Amy Sawyerr, MPH, BSN, RN, RNC-LRN … Episode 49: How QI can Improve you Scores—HCPAPs, CAUTI, CLABSI and More! Read More »…

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Episode 48: Your Unit Presented at SHINE, Now What? 34:56

9M ago34:56

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In this episode, we’re beginning a special series, featuring our leadership panels from the 2023 SHINE Conference. Heather Watson, PhD, RN, Nurse Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Health System, discusses next steps after a project has been presented at a … Episode 48: Your Unit Presented at SHINE, Now What? Read More »…

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Re-connecting with our feeling world 17:02

9M ago17:02

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In today’s episode Professor Martin talks to Isabel Gennaro a Global Impact Strategist about the feeling world. In consultancy we consider three worlds – the material world, the political world and the feeling (emotional) world. Each is important to being able to deliver transformation. The feeling world can often be considered “lower priority” in …

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