- Spotlight:
Using Innovation to Achieve the Impossible - Thank You for Supporting Future Leaders
- Recognition Opportunity: Apply for Baldridge Award 2024
- Keep Your ACHE Member Benefits for 2024
- Sneak Peek at Congress Bookstore
- Members in the News
Spotlight:
Using Innovation to Achieve the Impossible
For a fresh take on solving highly complex problems, take a lesson from Mick Ebeling, founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs. Named by Fortune magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, Ebeling’s mantra has become “commit, then figure it out.”
“We are constantly transitioning things from impossible to possible,” says Ebeling in the latest episode of the Healthcare Executive podcast, “Innovation in a Tumultuous World.” Ebeling says it’s critical that leaders mine and nurture creativity within their organizations to achieve goals.
By pushing the bar on innovation and convening disparate teams of hackers, doers, makers and thinkers, Ebeling’s Not Impossible Labs has created devices that improve the world by bringing accessibility to all. For example, he and his team have developed technology to craft 3D-printed arms for an amputee, given a voice to an ALS patient who hadn’t spoken in 15 years and allowed a paraplegic street artist to draw again.
Ebeling shares emotionally resonating stories of using technology and creativity to make an impact. He’s the author of Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done. And if you plan on attending the Congress on Healthcare Leadership in March, you can hear him in person at the MacEachern Memorial Lecture and Luncheon, where he will present: “Creativity for Breakfast—Innovation in a Tumultuous World.”
Thank You for Supporting Future Leaders
We extend our heartfelt gratitude for donations received on ACHE’s fourth annual Day of Giving, Feb. 13. Your generosity helped raise over $6,700 for the Fund for Healthcare Leadership. It’s also moved us closer to our goal of raising $1 million by March 2025 for the $1 Million Campaign for Healthcare Leaders of Tomorrow.
By donating to the Fund, you help provide resources for future leaders in our field. The need to assist aspiring leaders continues throughout the year, so if you missed this opportunity, please consider making a contribution at another time. Many organizations offer a matching gift program, so check with your employer to help increase the impact of your donation.
Recognition Opportunity: Apply for Baldridge Award 2024
Online applications are now being accepted for the redesigned 2024 Baldrige Award. The award seeks to identify and recognize organizations that are role models of resilience and long-term success in six categories covering the U.S. economy, including the healthcare sector.
The redesigned award program features a streamlined, results-focused evaluation process using a tailored set of new Baldrige Award criteria derived from the literature on organizational resilience and the Baldrige Excellence Framework. The new criteria are intended to help organizations adapt, innovate and thrive in a dynamic environment where change and disruption are constant.
To be considered for a Baldridge Award, an organization must “demonstrate success and sustainability and…want to share their best practices to enable other organizations and their communities to become more resilient,” says Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
A new, user-friendly online process will allow applicants to submit information about their organization’s performance results or outcomes in areas such as leadership, planning, workforce and operations.
Applicants must complete the eligibility portion of the application process by 6 p.m. Eastern time March 12, 2024. The award application deadline is April 2 at 6 p.m. Eastern.
Keep Your ACHE Member Benefits for 2024
If you haven’t done so already, you still have time to renew your ACHE membership so you can continue to receive exclusive member benefits while staying connected with your healthcare leader peers across the country.
As a member of ACHE, you are part of a community of more than 49,000 healthcare leaders who make a difference in the field by advancing healthcare leadership excellence, and we’re proud to serve as your professional home.
To ensure uninterrupted access to programs, products and services that will support your care for the patients and communities you serve, you can select from online auto-renewal or pay your dues in three easy installments. To enroll in the installment payment program when you renew, visit My ACHE and select “My Memberships.”
You can also print a dues statement or receipt for reimbursement and update your profile so we can better personalize our communities. For questions about your dues, contact our Customer Service Center at contact@ache.org or (312) 424-9400.
Sneak Peek at Congress Bookstore
Visit the onsite ACHE Bookstore at Congress, located inside the Solutions Center, and receive a 50% discount off the purchase of books.
You’ll find all the latest titles from Health Administration Press, including Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations and Environmental, Social, and Governance: A Framework for the Future of Healthcare. Other popular titles cover topics including leadership, rural health, caring for communities and strategic planning.
Displays will also contain books by featured Congress speakers, including Leading With Your Upper Brain: How to Create the Behaviors That Unlock Performance Excellence, the James A. Hamilton Award, by authors Michael Frisina, PhD, and Robert Frisina, who will be on hand for an author event Monday evening.
The bookstore will be open Monday through Wednesday, including during the Monday and Wednesday night networking receptions. In addition, be sure to stop by and see the latest ACHE merchandise available for purchase onsite. As a reminder, the Congress early bird pricing ends Feb. 29.
Members in the News
Visit ACHE Members in the News to learn about Heather Cherry, DNP, RN, NE-BC, who was recently installed as the new chair of pediatric nursing at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock. Also read about Jerry J.K. Tillery, FACHE, who was appointed senior vice president, field development and community impact, at the National Kidney Foundation, New York.