Posts by Ross Swan

Through leadership and marketing, in business, bringing in the human aspect is what drives growth in today. If you remove people from business, there is no business. Going back into history to the times when barter trade was practiced. Business was still between people. Each offering something of perceived value to the other. It’s no different today.…

Toxic environments are taxing. Specially so in the medical profession. Toxicity in the healthcare workplace, unfortunately, occurs far too much. Looking back during my trainee days, one experienced it in the surgical department, then in family medicine. Today as one looks back the realization occurred that this toxicity is a consequence of doctors not being…

It’s a defining point in one’s life. It’s a painful moment that leaves an everlasting impression of the experience felt. It changes who you are as a person after the event. Such an experience brings up questions about purpose.  Understanding the event is a defining moment is where one starts with regards to purpose. The…

Leaders leading under pressure is a much discussed topic currently. With the world under pressure leading through to getting back to some form of construct for business. What’s the key when, as a leader, you’re leading and are under pressure? Inspite of the best plans, things do go wrong. They do so because technology can…

What does trust mean in business? At a foundational emotive level humans react in the same way to the world. So, trust is actually an emotion. Lot of people think of it as a moral or ethics as it gets rationalised in that way. However, as a deciding factor it is an emotion. What this…