a driving sense of purpose

Diffusion of Innovation Theory was popularized through the work of Everett Rogers in his book, Diffusion of Innovations first published in 1962 (Nelson, 2002; Wikipedia, n.d.).  Rogers postulates this theory to explain how new practices and ideas are adopted into more common use by describing...

Management theory is rife with the idea of “holding others accountable”. I have been struggling with the values implied by this language. AHS focuses on facilitating “Just Culture” to create a health care environment conducive to enhanced patient safety (AHS, n.d.). A central tenet to improving...

The art of persuasion, or consensus-building includes not just communicating to inform, but to expand the understanding of the issue for all communication participants. Much of the communication related to tasks in the workplace is handled by “information processors”. These are efficient...