because CHANGE HAPPENS.....

Publications

Books and Articles by the ‘di’ Team

APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: CHANGE AT THE SPEED OF IMAGINATION (Pfeiffer)
_by Jane Watkins, Bernard Mohr, Ralph Kelly

 Research-based Design: Breaking Down the Options (Healthcare Design Magazine)
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by Dina Battisto, Tom Clark, Ron Smith

Designing for Patient Safety: Thinking at the Intersection (Center for Health Design)
_by Ron Smith

 

What We’re Reading…..

Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation
_by Paul Plsek, 2014
…”If you are in health care and this book doesn’t scare you, you are not paying attention.” _Donald Berwick

PEER-TO-PEER LEADERSHIP: Why the Network Is the Leader
_by Mila K. Baker, 2014
…in organizations with “equipotent” nodes, leadership isn’t fixed or siloed, and information flows freely to those who need it.

THE POWER OF ALIGNMENT
_by George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky, 1997
… “Base every improvement on changing customer requirements” – in other words, if you don’t know why the customer needs it to change, why change it?
LEAN-LED HOSPITAL DESIGN_ by Grunden and Hagood
see Ron’s book review from the Winter 2013 issue of HERD Journal

EDGEWARE: INSIGHTS FROM COMPLEXITY SCIENCE
_ by Brenda Zimmerman, Curt Lindberg, Paul Plsek

THE DESIGN OF BUSINESS: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
_by Roger Martin, 2009
…combining proof-based analytical thinking with possibility-based intuitive thinking

HOW STELLA SAVED THE FARM
_by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble
a simple fable about innovation