Colin

“If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

“Standardized process guidelines belie the complexity of individual patient circumstances, and freeze care delivery processes rather than foster innovation. What is needed is competition on results, not standardized care. What is needed is competition on results, not just evidence-based medicine. There should be no presumption that good quality is more costly.”
― Michael E. Porter, Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-based Competition on Results

“Strategy is making trade-offs in competing. The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
― Michael E. Porter, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy

“We are all plagued by failures - by missed subtleties, overlooked knowledge, and outright errors. For the most part, we have imagined that little can be done beyond working harder and harder to catch the problems clean up after them. We are not in the habit of thinking the way the army pilots did as they looked upon their shiny new Model 299 bomber — a machine so complex no one was sure human beings could try it.”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right