Bred To Lead

Ep. 037: The Hidden Beliefs That Keep Healthcare Stuck

THE BELIEFS YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE ARE CONTROLLING YOU How do you know the sky is blue? You just know. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs argues that some of what leaders "just kno

Ep. 036: The Healthcare Parallel: Why Optimizing the OR Alone Never Works

YOU CAN'T OPTIMIZE DOWNSTREAM WHILE THE CONSTRAINT SITS UPSTREAM Every week the same meeting happens: the CFO sees rising costs, the COO hears surgeon complaints, the CN

Ep. 034: From Conformity to Innovation: Rebuild Leadership and Systems

TRADITION WITHOUT EVOLUTION IS SLOW DEATH WITH BETTER BRANDING When Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs walked into a 30 year old organization and suggested change, leadership told h

Ep. 033: Built to Survive, Not Scale: Rebuild Healthcare While Running

ONLY BROKEN SYSTEMS SHAKE AT 80 PERCENT CAPACITY Two hospitals in the same city, same patient acuity. One falls apart at 75% capacity, the other runs smooth at 95%. Dr.

Ep. 032: Why The Wrong Leaders Get Promoted

WE HIRE FOR CREDENTIALS AND HOPE FOR CAPABILITY The best nurse becomes charge nurse, the best tech becomes director, and nobody asks if they can actually lead. Dr. Jake

Ep. 031: Stop Funding Chaos: How Organizations Pay for Emergencies and Ignore Prevention

WE FUND CHAOS, STARVE PREVENTION, AND CALL IT DISCIPLINE A periop director brought her executive team a $300,000 two year plan to fix workflows, training, and staffing.

Ep. 030: From Dependency to Design: Hospitals Shouldn't Have to Rent Stability

YOU CAN'T BUILD PERMANENT CHANGE ON TEMPORARY HELP Season three opens with a hard look at the traveler dependency crisis. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs shares the story of Sara

Ep. 029: Decision Paralysis: Why Smart Leaders Make Bad Calls

INDECISION IS A DECISION, USUALLY THE WORST ONE At Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, the pediatric heart surgery program saw mortality rates three times the nationa

Ep. 028: 90 Days to Make or Break: A $60M Leadership Collapse

YOUR FIRST 90 DAYS DECIDE YOUR WHOLE TENURE In March 2014, North Adams Regional Hospital in Massachusetts closed with three days' notice, leaving 37,000 residents withou

Ep. 027: Lessons from the $8 Billion Healthcare System's Collapse

STEWARD HAD PLENTY OF PLANS. WHAT IT LACKED WAS FUTURE FOCUS In May 2024, Steward Health Care, one of the largest private hospital systems in the country, filed for bank

Ep. 023: Beyond Quick Fixes: The Truth About Transforming Organizations

IF YOUR PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN CHANGE, NO PROCESS WILL STICK Watching Coach Prime rebuild Colorado football, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs saw what he has taught leaders for y

Ep. 021: Cracking the Leadership Code: Your Blueprint for Mastery

THE HIGHEST PAID POSITION IN THE WORLD IS NOT A TITLE Closing a conference in Delaware, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs told the room that too many people want leadership roles b

Ep. 020: The Leadership Paradox in Healthcare: Why Your Experts Might Be Holding You Back

YOUR BEST EXPERT MAY BE YOUR WORST CHOICE TO LEAD Picture a hospital that promotes its top surgeon to run perioperative services and its most experienced technician to r

Ep. 019: Reimagining Healthcare Staffing - Beyond the Quick Fix

TEMP STAFFING SHOULD BE A TOOL, NOT YOUR WHOLE STRATEGY Picture flu season: the ER is overflowing, periop is surging, and two of your most experienced sterile processing

Ep. 017: The Gritty Reality of Corporate Turnarounds: Lessons from a Corporate Fixer

EVERYONE CAN NAME THE PROBLEM. FEW FIX IT FOR GOOD. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs pulls back the curtain on life as a corporate fixer, including why SIPS brought in someone fro

Ep. 016: Patience Pays: Why Slow and Steady Wins the Leadership Race

YOUR PREPARATION BEFORE THE PROMOTION DECIDES WHETHER YOU SHINE OR BURN Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs tells the story of Alex and Jamie, who start in hospital administration to

Ep. 015: Next Up Leadership: Building a Pipeline of Leaders

CAPABLE BEATS WILLING WHEN YOU PICK YOUR NEXT LEADER Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs introduces Next Up Leadership: building leaders from within before the seat is empty, not aft

Ep. 014: The True Cost of Neglecting Team Development in Healthcare

TEMP STAFF STOP THE BLEEDING. THEY DO NOT HEAL THE WOUND. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs runs a staffing and workforce company, and he still calls temporary staffing what it is:

Ep. 013: The Power of Storytelling in Leadership

CONTENT WITHOUT CONTEXT GIVES PEOPLE NO REASON TO CARE Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs learned this from his mentor Tony Stevens Sr., who kept answering his questions with storie

Ep. 012: Part 2 - The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

IF YOU DON'T GRIP YOUR EMOTIONS, THEY WILL GRIP YOUR LIFE On a new golf course, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs sliced a ball into a homeowner's yard, went in to grab it, and had