Lessons from INSEAD

A paper by David Turecamo at insead.edu titles The Merck Orchestra: using Mendelssohn to teach leadership. It describes symphony orchestras as rather recent bodies since it wasn’t until the 18th and 19th centuries, when composers demanded more force and complexity in the execution of their works, that they were born. Turecamo latter explains the way orchestra direction can inspire leadership in large companies.

This document resonates very nicely with my current vision in health. Symphony orchestras were born from new complexity in music; I believe that it is high time we realize that current complexity in health demands for a counterpart in the form of a genuine health team around individuals.

It will actually be hard to achieve. The main reason being that the natural cast for orchestra conductor should be the GP; and it would mean a serious new deal in leadership. Not only considering GP versus specialists, but mainly GP versus hospitals – continuity of care versus excellence in acute treatment.

May a consensus be born that we all deserve being allowed to build a personal health team, then we will soon face another challenge: this team is actually virtual. And another paper at insead.edu by Erin Meyer, nicely titled Secrets of virtual success could quickly discourage you: it states that the latest research shows that skills needed to manage virtual teams are not simply different from those needed for running co-located teams; they are often the exact opposite.

Such issue remain perfectly unknown by people still working on the brave old concept of Medical Record (or Electronic Health Record or whatsoever) and its collective avatars (French DMP, NHS initiatives, hospitals portals, etc). New technologies have to be quickly born… and I expect Ligne de Vie (to be released very soon now) to play an important part in the process.

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