Marlies van Dijk

Healthcare and big bureaucratic type organizations are one of the most complex and change-resistant systems in the world. The Insider’s Playbook to Moving Fast in a Slow System gives leaders, clinicians, and innovators the tools and mindsets they need to overcome barriers and overcome accelerate transformation.

In this highly interactive and energizing workshop, Marlies busts the myths of change — including the belief that transformation must be top-down, linear, and bureaucratic. As a change agent, she names the culprits that derail health and large bureaucracies overreliance on consensus building, risk paralysis, and the inertia of “we’ve always done it this way.” With humor and honesty, participants will explore why traditional change management so often fails & and what to do differently.

The playbook introduces organizational approaches that break the mold: self-managed teams that share ownership of decisions; agile and scrum methods that bring speed and iteration into daily work; and design thinking that puts users and consumers at the center of problem-solving.