EPISODE · Feb 14, 2025 · 48 MIN
Approaching Systems Change with Dan Heath
from Turn on the Lights Podcast
The key to improving broken systems lies in identifying leverage points and strategically restacking existing resources. In this episode, Dan Heath, a New York Times bestselling author, discusses how to apply behavioral and systems thinking principles to health care. He emphasizes that health care, despite its challenges, can improve by focusing on successful examples, addressing system bottlenecks, and driving change through collaboration and alignment with existing motivations. Dan stresses the importance of prioritizing changes that are most likely to be adopted and supported. He also underscores the need to shift from a sense of helplessness to a sense of agency by learning from past successes. Tune in and learn how to find your leverage points to drive meaningful change in health care! About CareQuest: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is a national nonprofit dedicated to creating an oral health care system that is accessible, equitable, and integrated. Learn more about how their advocacy, philanthropy, research, and education are creating a better oral health system at carequest.org/turnonthelights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The key to improving broken systems lies in identifying leverage points and strategically restacking existing resources. In this episode, Dan Heath, a New York Times bestselling author, discusses how to apply behavioral and systems thinking principles to health care. He emphasizes that health care, despite its challenges, can improve by focusing on successful examples, addressing system bottlenecks, and driving change through collaboration and alignment with existing motivations. Dan stresses the importance of prioritizing changes that are most likely to be adopted and supported. He also underscores the need to shift from a sense of helplessness to a sense of agency by learning from past successes. Tune in and learn how to find your leverage points to drive meaningful change in health care! About CareQuest: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is a national nonprofit dedicated to creating an oral health care system that is accessible, equitable, and integrated. Learn more about how their advocacy, philanthropy, research, and education are creating a better oral health system at carequest.org/turnonthelights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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