Richard Corbridge
A CIO hooked on working with people to achieve the most for everyone he works with
All posts tagged Leadership
A festival of eHealth!
A year ago we were invited to be involved in the Future Health summit for the first time. We built a house as the theme for the event, from blue print to decoration eHealth experts from across the EU used the story of creating a new build as an analogy to describe how eHealth Ireland… Read More
Mix tape management…
On days like yesterday I am so pleased I am a bit of a music geek, I love making musical lists, the best 75 songs of Bowie, the best 10 Stone Roses songs and yesterday morning way more important than any list ever before, the best 50 Prince songs. The day the world lost Prince… Read More
The Bright side…
First published as a blog article on in the Health Management Institute of Ireland Journal. One of the most critical parts that must be carefully considered when creating an eHealth fabric for any care delivery system is not the latest innovation but actually how will the system react under the worst case scenario. Many systems… Read More
Investment in technology is an investment in health…
At the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) conference I was quoted as saying, ‘Investment in technology for health should not be seen as an investment in IT but an investment in the delivery and improvement of health care for Ireland.’ A friendly face got in touch via social media to say that whilst paradoxes… Read More
Transition to transformation to continued development.
So there we were, three lads at the back of Mr. Carter’s British History class, Richard H, Richard C (me) and Gary. This was going to be a two year support friendship to ensure we passed a GCSE that to me was important as at that stage in my life I thought I was going… Read More
eHealth Ireland and Clincial Engagement
I feel privileged, as a clinician, to be on the senior management team of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OoCIO), a member of the eHealth Ireland committee and the coordinator of the Council of Clinical Information Officers (CCIO). The responsibility of these roles is somewhat onerous but this is counterbalanced by the advantages… Read More
What should you never tell the CEO?
What does my boss never want to hear? Ian Cox, a prominent commentator on the role of the CIO recently published an open letter to all CEOs. The letter contains five pieces of advice every CEO should hear about the role of the CIO and how a CEO can support them more. The corollary of… Read More
The first twenty percent of initiation…
There are plenty of articles and books that give a great deal of advice about starting a new job. First 90 Days by Michael Watkins and the Gartner First 100 Days were great preparation reads for me moving to my new role in Ireland. Now I am more than 20% into that first period of… Read More
USP, a Big Issue…
What is your Unique Selling Point (USP), even the Big Issue seller I pass on a regular basis now has a USP. Today he was playing a flute and shouting the catch phrase at the same time! Whilst it was a strange sight to behold it certainly grabbed my attention and I would imagine his… Read More
Innovation leadership: Sustain or short sharp shock?
The world moves more and more quickly. The Stone Age lasted 48,000 years and came to an end with the innovation of how to create iron. The Iron Age and the Industrial Revolution changed the world at a rate so rapid that one could propose that it did as much damage as quickly as it… Read More