Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executive Briefings are crafted for executive leaders navigating the complexities of health and human services. Each briefing connects market intelligence with expert analysis to help guide strategy, respond to disruption, and improve organizational performance.
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Managing Permacrisis: Best Of The 2026 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute
June 18, 2026Last week’s institute in New Orleans had an unusually high energy feel. Great discussions throughout the week – but with an edge. I attribute it to the health and human service field moving from market turbulence to permacrisis. By definition, permacrisis… -
Making TIC Stick
June 17, 2026Trauma is not rare – over 70% of people report having experienced a traumatic event (see The Epidemiology Of Traumatic Event Exposure Worldwide: Results From The World Mental Health Survey Consortium). But not all trauma results in post-traumatic stress disorder… -
Getting To Tech Investment
June 16, 2026What gets in the way of tech investment? Tech debt and variable return-on-investment (ROI), according to a new survey of executives in eight industries – KPMG Global Tech Report 2026. On average, technology investments are spread relatively across three categories.… -
Get Aligned – Forget About Agreement
June 15, 2026There are lots of tough decisions to be made at health and human service organizations over the next year. The programs to build (or close). The technology to acquire. The potential partnerships. (For more on those decisions, check out my… -
Leading Through The Chaos
June 12, 2026Greetings from sunny New Orleans and the final day of the 2026 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute. Over the past three days, 500+ executives have discussed the many market shifts, emerging innovations in practice and technology, and how best… -
Think Replacement
June 10, 2026Greetings from “The Big Easy” and the first day of the 2026 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute. I spent the day with 500+ executives focused on innovation as the strategic path to sustainability in this changing market. The day opened with a… -
When Your Ambition Exceeds Your Execution
June 9, 2026What proportion of executives think their organization can “quickly course correct” when market conditions change? According to a recent survey—The 2026 CEO Agenda: Where Ambition Outpaces Execution—less than half (48%, to be exact). There isn’t a strategy deficit—as 83% said… -
The CEO – The Most Trusted Person In The Room
June 8, 2026The CEO is now the most trusted person in the country. That was the surprising conclusion of the article—Just Lead: A CEO Call To Action. That premise is based on a recent international survey on trust—the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer. The… -
Hedging Your Bets
June 5, 2026Most health and human service executive teams have revenue diversification as one of their strategic goals—looking for a financial cushion in the event that a key service line contract is terminated or rates are reduced (see Diversify Or Die and The Ripple Effect).… -
Why The Urge To Merge?
June 4, 2026In most U.S. metropolitan areas, there are only one or two remaining health systems. That was the conclusion of a recent analysis—One Or Two Health Systems Controlled The Entire Market For Inpatient Hospital Care In Nearly Half Of Metropolitan Areas…
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