In December of 2020 I took a pause. After nearly two decades leading healthcare innovation teams, projects, and change efforts, I decided to try something different. This winter, I was a professional ski instructor in Montana. I’m immensely proud of the work I’ve done in healthcare, community healthy, and healthy equity. I’ve already returned to that world. But teaching skiing gave me a perspective on my experiences in healthcare I may not have otherwise gotten. Both healthcare innovation and skiing will continue to be parts of my life and I’m reflecting on how they have more in common that you might imagine. Here are five of lessons skiing taught me about leading change.

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