Rush Insights
Executive insights on growth, performance, and wellbeing.
Smaller TAM Models
The Healthcare Market May Be Smaller Than Your TAM Suggests Why affordability pressures are reshaping healthcare innovation For years, healthcare startups have built growth strategies around Total Addressable Market (TAM). But there’s a new variable entering the equation that many founders, investors, and operators are underestimating: Consumer financial strain is...
Sustainable Performance
Sustainable Performance Is Not a Wellness Perk. It Is Infrastructure. Burnout Is Not Just a Mental Health Issue. It Is a Systems Design Issue. Founder burnout is reaching a crisis point. According to recent discussions in the startup ecosystem, many founders are struggling with chronic stress, exhaustion, anxiety, sleep disruption, isolation, and declining mental...
High-Performance Cultures
High-Performance Cultures Cannot Exist Without Trust Why psychological safety is essential for sustainable performance, innovation, and leadership effectiveness A recent CNBC article highlighted a concerning workplace trend: employees are increasingly hesitant to speak up at work. According to a recent survey, more than 60% of employees reported observing coworkers staying...
From Hustle to Sustainable Performance
Leadership was never meant to run on exhaustion. A CNBC article this week reported that 71% of leaders are experiencing increased stress and burnout. Not employees. Leaders. And honestly, I’m not surprised. Early in my career, I thought sustainable performance meant pushing harder, sleeping less, and finding ways to outwork pressure. It worked… until it didn’t. At one point,...
Bending the Curve
Insights on bending the healthcare cost curve. The principles of Value Based Care work for non-profit organizations operating a closed system such as Kaiser. The people who buy Kaiser coverage, buy into the Kaiser way of healthcare. It’s a prevention first organization that promotes healthy living. Other healthcare systems have had a hard time realizing the same...
Future of Everything
Prepare for the Future of Everything I participated in several days of the WSJ Future of Everything conference. I didn’t get a sense of awe but got some good insights into what leaders are thinking about now. Jerome Powell spoke about the potential for a bumpy landing given the level of geopolitical instability. He acknowledged the limits of what they can...
Future of Work
The future of work is now. I participated in a Wall Street Journal [WSJ] event recently on the future of work and have also been reading Brand Thinking by Debbie Millman. Many of us are thinking about our post Covid lives and how we want to work in the future. A return to normal or new normal sounds comforting after years of so much disruption. However, I think...
Mental Health
Insights and practices for enhancing mental health. I am part of the Linked In creator community and have been prompted to write about mental health this month. Mental health is a departure from my routine topics. However, my hypothesis on mental health is that the Covid pandemic magnified existing issues. Psychotherapy and specifically, CBT routinely surfaced...
Rethinking Government
Rethinking the role of government as co-creators. I've mentioned the book called The Value of Everything before and think that it is a good time to revisit it now. New taxes are starting to be levied on businesses and more changes to the tax code are likely ahead. Leaders need to get curious and listen to the rational. That’s why I think revisiting Professor...