About Shirlee

I've worked within the Canadian health care system for over 25 years, engaging with it from different angles. I helped pioneer health system breakthroughs, led a company to achieve 180% growth and made mistakes along the way. [Read more about Shirlee].

In this blog I write about leadership and bringing new ideas to health care. Many of us know that our health system needs new thinking to address the challenges it faces. We just need to figure out how to get there. From what I can see, the best way to stimulate new thinking is to share - and, at times, share thoughts that are unconventional and from outside the health care space. It's all in an effort to sow the seeds for that all-important "ah-ha" moment that cultivates a rich feeling of excitement and wonder, qualities needed to imagine and action change.