“There’s only one reason why we work here.”
“What’s that?” I said, the perfect nerdy straight man.
“The paycheck,” he said, and walked away.
“What I learned that conformity was highly prized, appearance was more important than substance, and managers always stayed till 5:05.” - University of Michigan Health Management and Policy Professor John Griffith’s experience in management published in Ah-Ha! in FINDINGS, Volume 23, Number 1 Fall/Winter 2007, a University of Michigan School of Public Health publication
Scenario B
Prestige was measured “by how few people there were above you who could prevent you from doing what you wanted to do.”
“The all-hands open-book session. Customer logs, revenue flow, fraud losses, burn rate; He’d display it all for every employee to see. This access to information coupled with the lack of offices, created a flat structure where any idea could win the day.”
“You didn’t measure where you were in the organization by how many people you’re managing.” he says. -Peter Thiel of the PayPal Mafia
Commentary
The health care system is burdened by too many wage earners under scenario A. It’s time to cut the real losses, human resources that use their employment to sustain their own life and none others, to stroke their own egos at the expense of their peons, and to only think of today instead of living to learn, excel, and change. It is time to shake down people’s attitudes and hire people with compassion, competence, and competitive spirit in the health care industry. Let’s challenge people’s stodgy notions, starting from the education system.
Photo Credits: Peter Thiel from Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Professor John Griffith from the University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Health Management and Policy
