HELPFUL RESOURCES
EDITOR’S PICKS
The Cost of Inaction: Delaying Finance Outsourcing
If your finance team is feeling the strain — or if you’re simply curious about how outsourcing could help — you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Who Should Be Innovating In Your Organization?
The most successful innovation leaders don’t say “follow me” — they say “I believe in your vision. How can I help make it happen?”
Richard Branson’s One-Sentence Business Revolution
In Branson’s world this means leaders need to genuinely care about people and they need to hire people who genuinely care about people.
TECHNOLOGY
Stop Testing, Start Connecting: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia Engagement
Caregivers who find something to talk about beyond care tasks build the trust that makes their work more effective and residents’ lives better.
My Contraband Health Tracker
As a technology junkie, I soon became aware of a watch that tracks blood pressure. The only problem. It’s banned in the United States …
Never Let the Present Blind You to the Future
How long will it be before AI is as power-efficient as a modern laptop or smartphone? Let’s keep moving forward to reap the benefits.
DEVELOPMENT
The Life You’re Leading Today Is Exactly Where You’re Meant to Be
Imperfection is what defines the human condition and what creates the opportunity to be better, to be happier, to grow, to change the world.
Rural America Could Solve Senior Living’s Affordability Crisis
The benefits for potential residents are obvious — a great living experience at a much lower cost. For the industry, the list is long…
Communal Origins of Senior Housing
Senior housing has become a business, which makes it easy to forget its beginnings in grassroots efforts by communities of faith.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Do This, and You Will Understand Your Team 1,000% Better
You think you know how your team is doing. Then something explodes, or a team member quits, or morale crashes for no apparent reason.
Why Your Team Doesn’t Trust You (And the Stupidly Simple Fix)
When team members trust their leaders, everything is better. Team members are more productive. They’re happier. They’re less likely to quit.
The Simple Question That Transforms Team Connection
Connection is the foundation of everything else you’re trying to build as a leader. This one question builds that foundation one sentence at a time.
LEADERSHIP
What’s Your Decision Style?
How you respond in those spontaneous moments tells a lot about who you are and what your leadership can achieve.
What If You’re the Problem?
What if it’s not the constraints? What if it’s not the organization? What if it’s not your boss, your budget, your staff, or your circumstances?
What Great Leadership Actually Looks Like — When Everything Seems to Be Impossible
You can’t make the building something it’s not. But …you can create a culture where people feel like they belong to something worthwhile.
LIFE ENRICHMENT
The Brutal Paradox
The right truth is that the best thing we can do is see life as a series of stages and enjoy each stage for what it is, for the joy it brings.
Striving For Perfection in Communal Aging
My question is whether creating this experience could be the key to the future of aging and whether it would be as profitable as today’s industry norms.
Stop Testing, Start Connecting: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia Engagement
Caregivers who find something to talk about beyond care tasks build the trust that makes their work more effective and residents’ lives better.
SALES & MARKETING
The NVIDIA Secret Senior Living Refuses to Steal (But Should)
This approach to creating and marketing products is why they are the most valuable publicly traded company IN THE WORLD.
Tours Are Theater. Families Still See The Truth.
For nearly twenty years, one thing has felt inevitable: when boomers reach “old age,” senior living demand will surge. And yet …
Vicarious Vendor Experience
It’s naïve to think that a booth staffed with no more than a salesperson will attract interest. You have to have something to grab attention.
FORESIGHT RADIO
S7 Episode 24 – Beyond ‘Behaviors’: Seeing Dementia as a Human Condition with Zach Parlier
Rachel Hill sits down with Zach Parlier, administrator and self-described dementia enthusiast at English Rose in Edina, Minnesota.
FORESIGHT TV
Stillness as Strategy: A Different Way to Think About Care
Steve Moran and Dr. Gary Irwin-Kenyon, discuss how stillness can reduce burnout, strengthen teams, and support more person-centered care.