Leadership & Business tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-126131 2009-09-15T11:56:05-06:00 with David Silverstein TypePad leadershipandbusiness/Czeqhttp://feedburner.google.com The GREAT BIG Elephant tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e20120a5c80f2e970c 2009-09-15T11:56:05-06:00 2009-09-15T11:56:05-06:00 Perhaps the biggest elephant in the healthcare room is the cultural one. Until we address the cultural problem in healthcare, all other problems are nothing more than a distraction. Denial about the nature of our cultural problem is, to me,... David Silverstein http://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2009/09/the-great-big-elephant.html The Healthcare Elephant tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e20120a58e46b1970c 2009-08-31T07:58:36-06:00 2009-08-31T07:58:36-06:00 As the debate rages regarding how to revamp our (US) healthcare system, there are some plain and simple truths that everyone had better start acknowledging (these are the elephants currently being ignored). Healthcare rationing is a fact. We rationed healthcare... David Silverstein http://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2009/08/the-healthcare-elephant.html Herds of Elephants tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e20120a4d35202970b 2009-08-10T08:31:56-06:00 2009-08-10T08:31:56-06:00 Everyone understands the expression, “The elephant in the room.” The phrase is an idiom for something that is obvious, but mostly ignored. It refers to a situation in which there is an elephant in a room with people, which would... David Silverstein http://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2009/08/herds-of-elephants.html