Convening Teams to Exceed Expectations

By: Jeff Cowart, MAH Team is a concept that has firmly established itself in the language of our corporate lives. We convene people frequently to collaborate, innovate, set vision and address issues. But, over the years, as I have done leadership counseling for...
Helping Physicians Connect in the Future

Helping Physicians Connect in the Future

By: Jeff Cowart, MAH Nick van Terheyden, a healthcare technology futurist, writing in a recent edition of Fast Company’s Co.Exist cites three transformation trends to watch: Technology that works for physicians instead of against them The consumerization of health...
Merging Physicians in Hospital Mergers

Merging Physicians in Hospital Mergers

By: Jeff Cowart, BMc Consultant A recent article in the New York Times carried the headline, “New Laws and Rising Costs Create a Surge of Supersizing Hospitals.” The article noted that the U.S. is seeing a wave of mergers, with much more activity expected over the...
Thinking About Disruptive Change

Thinking About Disruptive Change

By: Jeff Cowart, BMc Consultant I was intrigued by the headlines in the newspapers this morning about the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, acquiring one of the icons of American journalism, The Washington Post. Newspapers are my old industry and I’ve lived through...

Five Principles of Innovation

By: Jeff Cowart, MAH Innovation is a pressing objective for leaders. Search the word in Google and you’ll find over 397 million hits. But what is “innovation?” And how do successful leaders think about innovating within their respective enterprises? “In times of...