HELPFUL RESOURCES
EDITOR’S PICKS
TECHNOLOGY
What You Need to Know About Your IT. Before You Get Burned.
Because, if you’re looking to grow your organization to more than a handful of properties you’re going to get hammered if you don’t get strategic about IT.
New Staff Position Makes Residents Happier
Itzel’s title is “resident technology assistant.” You might think that would be part of the technology operation, but it’s not.
This Tech Tuesday Episode Made Me Angry
Because there’s no excuse in a world where integrated care coordination platforms like PointClickCare (a Foresight partner) exist.
DEVELOPMENT
Legal Peril
Let’s hope that we can get there soon to restore justice to senior living providers and to those they serve.
A Traveling CCRC
There is much for CCRC operators and investors to learn from a deep dive into this intriguing new cruising lifestyle venture.
That Dream Job
If you don’t like the corporate nonsense of recruiters, start your own business or find your own path. Your dream job may not be a job at all.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Hours vs. Mission
We punched in and punched out. I lasted three weeks till I found something better … a job with purpose beyond hours.
Great Leaders Know Their Team’s Story — Do You?
This is the leadership stuff that no one ever talks about but is critical: when you know someone’s story, everything changes.
The Sacred Responsibility Of Leadership
Great leaders don’t just find great people — they build them. They create cultures where ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
LEADERSHIP
Stagnation
Complacency can kill the creative spark, leading, as Dan fears, “to an industry largely indifferent to innovation.”
What the Joseph Schwartz Pardon Really Tells Us About Senior Living — And Why It Should Worry Us
When a large operator collapses due to massive mismanagement and the person at the center gets a second chance, it sends a terrible message.
Renewal: The Hardest Part of the Job
No enterprise, no organization, no corporation can remain fresh without renewal. The key to renewal is people.
LIFE ENRICHMENT
A Disconcerting Health Care Question
The United States has the highest cost of healthcare of any advanced nation, without the wellness advances to match that outlay.
This Thanksgiving We Broke His Heart
I felt like I was abandoning him after dropping him off. I knew that he was in the best possible place. I felt guilty.
Food Service and Belonging
CCRC dining differs from dining-out expectations, and starting with residents, instead of corporate, can be the key to successful community living.
SALES & MARKETING
What CCRC Operators Don’t Want to Hear
It’s time to pull a Steve Jobs and totally upend and reinvent the industry for the better. “You’ve got to start with the customer.” – Steve Jobs.
Gene Hackman and the Case for Senior Living
Every time I see another story about his death I find myself thinking … if only they had been living in a senior living community …
Stories to Steal: Love and Food
Because every story shared is another step toward changing perceptions and showing what truly exceptional senior care looks like.
FORESIGHT RADIO
S7 Episode 22 – From Pessimism to Potential: Designing Senior Living for Legacy, Health, and Hope with Ben Lytle
Live from the SLIF’s Fall Conference, Steve Moran sits down with entrepreneur and former public-company CEO Ben Lytle.
FORESIGHT TV
A Conversation with Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki joins Steve Moran on #ForesightTV to discuss what senior living operators can steal from Apple’s playbook.