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May 12, 2005
GTD and a real systems thinker...
Spent a wonderful afternoon and evening here in Houston with one of the brightest and most charming people I've ever met. Dr. Atul Dhir is President of the research division of US Oncology, a company that manages 500 cancer clinics around the country, treating 20% of all cancer patients in the U.S. Interesting and very successful business model - set up clinics for the standard cancer treatments (which are the majority) which can be done without having to go away to (and pay for) the "biggest and best hospital." Using local docs, close to home, out-patient modalities. They're growing like crazy. Spent a couple of hours this afternoon with a half dozen of their key folks.
Atul is an MD and PhD (molecular biology) with an MBA, trained in India and Oxford (Rhodes scholar); did M&A work for McKinsey in NYC for five years. (Just a portion of his CV!)
Atul "got" GTD a short while ago (though he shyly admits he still has a long way to go), and he and I have started a very creative and inspiring dialogue about the installation of real process - how success is often just making sure the process is right, and organic success and growth just happens. It's certainly galvanizing of my own thinking to engage with one of the most intelligent systems-oriented thinkers around, who's blown away by the underlying power of GTD and its potential. And also the absolutely critical and timely need for it now in the professional world (and how many people don't get it yet)!
Anyway, I continue to be awed and humbled by the elegance and horsepower of people like Atul that GTD is attracting. I just hope I can continue to do my part to facilitate the opportunities for "two or more to gather in the name of..."
Posted by David at May 12, 2005 08:20 PM
Comments
Strange use of this quote out of context (Matt 18:20, that is).
Posted by: bryane at May 14, 2005 08:15 AM
My experience is that when two or more are gathered with like minds in any area, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts...
Posted by: David Allen at May 14, 2005 07:58 PM
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Posted by: lesbiennes nues at October 2, 2005 02:54 PM
