Recently, I joined another online networking group, this one regarding quality, which happens to be one of my passions; watch subsequent blog posts for control charts and value stream maps. Hoping for the chance to make new contacts and broaden my knowledge base, I was one of the first to register for the group, which promised to send out weekly status updates regarding new members, discussion topics, posted questions, and other relevant quality news.In the coming weeks, I was amazed—but not really surprised—to watch the status updates pile up in my inbox showing exponential growth in new members, the total member count, and, strangely, no other news. No discussions, no questions for the group, no brilliant nuggets of newly discovered wisdom from the world of quality. It was as if people signed up for the group and then forgot that it existed. I have witnessed this phenomenon before, and have to ask why this occurs. Could it be that all of these quality-minded professionals have improved their organization’s efficiency to the point that they have reduced their jobs to filling out online registrations for the fun of it simply to pass the time? I rather doubt it.
These people, like me, joined the network in question seeking some tangible value: to learn from others, to draw on their experience and expertise and thereby gain insight into new tools and techniques that they can apply to their own organizations to affect positive change. Sadly, it is very difficult to find this type of networking online, which brings me to the point of this blog. Ahrmm 11 will draw a multitude of professionals from the healthcare supply chain, all of whom you may network with face to face at the conference. Arhmm’s educational sessions are presented by professionals at the leading edge of healthcare supply chain innovation in a manner that is easily understood and completely relevant to the needs of today’s healthcare supply chain.
Come to Ahrmm 11, and learn how to lead the charge of the supply chain revolution. I hope to see you there.
Jon Reiners, CMRP
