Last week, the Children’s Hospital of Richmond celebrated one year since transferring the first inpatients into the building and opening its doors. I was fortunate to have been chosen to lead the Information Technology Program. As I began to onboard this massive undertaking, I repeated a mantra in my head that we used to say and teach in the Public Safety and All-Hazards Incident Management world, “No egos, No silos.”. In Five Antidotes to Avoid the Disease of Siloed Planning, I'm sharing five critical components that, when combined, form a potent antidote against the disease of siloed planning.

The Problem:

Many departments and organizations working together in one large program

The Hope:

Everyone will work together on their own to get to launch

The Plan:

Share the award-winning tactics my team and I used to help open a children's hospital in April 2024

The Solution:

Dive into how defining and sharing the big picture, breaking down silos and building bridges, embracing the dependency dance, making metrics that matter, and planning for and embracing the change will help your teams plan more openly and effectively together.