Post on 11-Dec-2015
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Dr. Carolyn Bennett M.PUniversity of TorontoFaculty of Medicine
LEADERSHIPPassion & Principles
Leadership
Vision
Values
Risk taking
Nellie McClung
“ Never retreat, never apologize,
get the thing done and
let them howl ”
My mother
Florist, Artist Not a manager…..my dad did that ! 2 things
Work hard Value your friends
Prior learning !!
My mother …grandmother Camp .. Patient as Partner … Feminist Theory…
Inclusive decision making Parenting
the toughest job we’ve ever done Complexity Theory and Politics
for every complex problem, there is a simple solution that’s WRONG !!
Role as M.P.
Camp
Fairness ‘natural’ leadership evident
Good and Bad !!! Motivation ??? Expected more of me than I expected of
myself… Friendship…
Loyalty vs principles…..
Parenting
The toughest job we’ve ever done Barbara Colorosa
Consequences “convince me” Have a plan !!
Empowered patients
Effective advocates
Engaged citizens
Non Quo Sed Quo Modo ….
“Not what we do, but how”
Patient as Partner Social Determinants of Health
Poverty, Violence, Environment, Shelter, Equity, Education
Doctor Multidisciplinary Hospital Community
Patient as Partner
Asking people what’s wrong and listening… what do they think it is ?
Patient knows their body best As a professional –
know what you know, what you don’t know, who & when to ask for help
Comment on the ‘affect’ Evidence-based
Sir William Osler
“it is a safe rule…. That the best teaching is that taught by the patient himself”
Aequanamitas
Feminist Theory Ursula Franklin
Inclusive decision-making
Horizontal structures Harvesting solutions from the trenches Good ideas can come from anywhere Attitude ….
Good governance Fair Transparent Takes People Seriously
“Paternalism has been a total failure” Nellie Cornoyea, ‘Speaking Together’ 1975
First Woman Premier, NWT
Sir Michael MarmotChair, WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
“The worst thing for a physician is to help someone get well and then send them straight back into the situation that made them sick in the first place”
“Politics in Canada has always been the art of making the necessary possible.”
Peter C. Newman
Deciding what ‘s necessary is political
“Good public policy is developed when the policy-makers can keep in their mind’s eye the people affected.”
Jane Jacobs
Players
CanadiansPatientAdvocateCitizen
Government Professionals
Making a Difference
NGO’s Professional Organizations Media Electoral Politics
Is Political Will … another word for leadership ???
Knowing what’s best and just doing it ?or
Listening and responding…..or
Values based, evidence based strategy, education and effectiveness
“Power is not real.
It is an illusion maintained by the belief of the powerless that others hold it.”
Elizabeth May
Leader, Green Party
1. Stop talking like victims 2. Stop assuming we all agree 3. Stop underestimating our strength.”
Michael Ignatieff
“Three mistakes:
“Feel our strength.
We can’t go back to some nostalgic paradise in the past.”
Michael Ignatieff
“Underestimating our power. Well- meaning fatalism. What can we do?”
Michael Ignatieff
Leadership vs. Management
Education, cheerleading, persuasion, championing,inspiration
vs.
Control, command, supervision, intimidation
Lyndon Johnson
“No amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit”
Indira Ghandi
“There are 2 groups of people : those that do the work and those who take the credit…… I have always preferred to be in the former group because there is less competition”
LEADER
LEADER
Best practices… wise and wonderful
Wisdom … having made all the mistakes but learned from them…
A Complex Adaptive System !!
Complex Solutions ……
For every complex human problem, there is a neat simple solution. It is just that it`s wrong !
H.L.Mencken
We must fiercely defend the need for complex solutions for complex problems…..
Progressive movements needs much simple language.
Complexity Theory
Simple… following a recipe
Complicated…putting a rocket on the moon
Complex…. Raising a child
Species at Risk
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin
Motivation and Incentives
The folly of rewarding
“A” while hoping for
“B”
Activists …. 2 kinds
THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING FOR CHANGE
THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO
Perfectionists
The enemy is ourselves: We can’t let the desire for perfect get in the way of good.
Le mieux est l’enemie du bien.
Voltaire
Mentoring
2 way Friends in all generations
Ursula Doris Monique, Judy Lyn McLeod Mary Eberts, Marilou …my age Siobhan Coady, Kirsty Duncan Briony Penn Tricia, Sinead, Vanessa Webb, Chi, Moneen Nasmith
Attitude 2+2=5
Knowledgeable Stakeholders
+ Committed Politicians
=Better Public Policy
ABSENT REAL LEADERSHIP,
POLITICAL WILL MAGICALLY ARRIVES
WITH INCREASED CIVIC LITERACY AND EFFICACY.
“A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman thinks of the next generation”
James Freeman Clarke
Sarah Berndhardt
Life begets life.
Energy begets energy.
It is only through spending one’s life that one gets rich.
Barbara Rogers
“Physical and mental energy come from feeling in control of your life, having real choices and being involved with others to find ways of organizing for a change for the better.”