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Calling all Young Doctors, FAs and Medical Executives with “FLY”

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

[Publisher-in-Chief]

In my real-job travels as a medical management consultant, speaker and physician focused financial advisor, my clients and their healthcare practices / financial services business models run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous; from pegboards to eMRs and clinical groupware; from cash/bond holders to hedge fund devotees and IPO junkies.

And, from broker-sharks and commissioned sales agents, to fee-only financial advisors and fiduciary RIAs. Fortunately, we see much more of what’s in-between than the latter [www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com and www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.org

Business Analogy

Nevertheless, I am always struck by the fact that change and disruptive innovation [both positive and negative] seems to be within the realm of the young, rather than the more “mature” [sic].

Why? Younger folks just don’t seem to have the mental baggage and fear of failure that older counterparts seem to harbor. THINK: Janis Joplin: Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose.

For example, Microsoft, Dell, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Apple and Twitter, etc. No one told these young founders that “it can’t be done” – or – “we don’t do it that way around here.” Or, they did not listen to such talk. Unfortunately, this hubris [confidence or elan] is often just lost with age in the guise of political correctness.

Nevertheless, although started by folks in their youth, the professional management that most successful companies in the public domain ultimately require is from “older” folks.

Healthcare / Financial Services Analogy

Still, it is not surprising to learn that even some hospitals that house the most accomplished authorities in the fields of IT and quality care do not always follow their own advice when it comes to making improvements in the delivery of healthcare, or in their operational and delivery activities. THINK: Robert Wachter, MD.

And, it is not unusual for industries like the financial services and banking sectors, facing deep structural change, to be slow moving. THINK: Harry Markopolis.

Also, consider the auto industry – public education and labor unions – before the fall. Why – because the leaders of such sectors are typically promoted within, and because of past success, and not any ability to change the current environment?

IOW: They were hired for their ability to maintain the status quo, rather than for their ability to make constructive changes.

Assessment

Do we call this need for young blood, the “theory of business evolution?” The dinosaur is dead … long live the dinosaur!

Moral: We can’t help getting physiologically old – but we can help getting cognitively old to the extent possible. Be disruptive – champion change – don’t settle and raise a little hell in the dual industries we love and serve!

Conclusion

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