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Funded, But Not Ready
Getting funded feels like success — until the work begins. In healthcare especially, funding often becomes mistaken for readiness. New grants, budgets, and pilots launch before the leadership team has agreed on what ready  actually means. Capital accelerates motion, not clarity — and once the dollars land, the pressure to show progress  often replaces the discipline to align around purpose, priorities, and decision authority associated with change. Leaders move from “What sho

Rebecca Bonds
Nov 31 min read
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The Maverick Trap: When Siloed AI Projects Undermine Enterprise Strategy
Every organization has them — the innovators who move fast, build something clever, and get celebrated for being bold. Sometimes, that energy drives real progress. Other times, it quietly fragments the very strategy it was meant to accelerate. At first, the maverick effort looks like a win: a department head spins up a quick AI pilot, a data team prototypes something new without waiting for IT. It feels agile, entrepreneurial, even heroic. But beneath that momentum lies a dee

Rebecca Bonds
Oct 202 min read
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Who Owns the Data? Why Alignment on Ownership Is Critical for AI Success
The AI Hype vs. Reality AI promises to transform healthcare — from improving patient outcomes to optimizing operations. Yet for many...

Rebecca Bonds
Oct 82 min read
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Why I Started First Stage Advisors
After years of working inside healthcare organizations, I saw a pattern I couldn’t ignore: projects didn’t fail because the ideas were...

Rebecca Bonds
Aug 101 min read
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The Hidden Cost of Misalignment in Healthcare Projects
Healthcare leaders know the statistics: major IT initiatives and transformation projects in healthcare often run over budget, miss...

Rebecca Bonds
Aug 101 min read
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Three Steps to Executive Alignment Before Launching a Project
Every healthcare leader wants their projects to succeed. But even the best ideas struggle without one critical factor: executive...

Rebecca Bonds
Aug 101 min read
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