High levels of ‘social capital’ (the value gained when people work well together) create the conditions for high performance in health & care. The evaluation of 5 NHS organisations that undertook whole system transformation showed that social capital is more important than human capital (the skills, knowledge & experience people possess) when it comes to improving performance. Now, research newly published in @HarvardBiz concludes that social capital is at least, or more important, than human capital OR financial capital for high performance in healthcare organisations.
If we want to improve performance & productivity, we need to get serious about:
- understanding social capital (relational co-ordination & social network analysis)
- providing the time, space, focus & leadership support for relationships & connections
- building it into our improvement routines & nurturing & measuring its growth as a key component of our performance strategy.
https://t.co/30h5nDpMYc. Article via @ThomasHLeeMD. Material for graphic from @DrNicolaBurgess
How to lead across a siloed organisation. Researchers studied senior leaders who are exceptional at cross-functional collaborative working. This is what sets these leaders apart. They:
1) put organisational/system goals above functional, team or personal goals
2) believe their role is to find expertise everywhere
3) seek to understand the motivations & constraints of those in other teams
4) find ways to win together
5) design with others right from the start, not ask them to "buy-in" to an existing solution
6) see relationship-building as core work
7) spend as much time leading across the organisation/system as they do with their own function
https://t.co/3555PTlLw6 By Jeff Rosenthal and Molly Rosen. Plus my favourite graphic about siloed organisations from @voinonen
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