Dr. Carolyn Bennett M.P University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine LEADERSHIP Passion & Principles

Vision Values Risk taking

Never retreat, never apologize, get the thing done and let them howl

Florist, Artist Not a manager…..my dad did that ! 2 things Work hard Value your friends

My mother …grandmother Camp.. Patient as Partner … Feminist Theory… Inclusive decision making Parenting the toughest job weve ever done Complexity Theory and Politics for every complex problem, there is a simple solution thats WRONG !! Role as M.P.

Fairness natural leadership evident Good and Bad !!! Motivation ??? Expected more of me than I expected of myself… Friendship… Loyalty vs principles…..

The toughest job weve ever done Barbara Colorosa Consequences convince me Have a plan !!

Empowered patients Effective advocates Engaged citizens

Non Quo Sed Quo Modo …. Not what we do, but how Patient as Partner Social Determinants of Health Poverty, Violence, Environment, Shelter, Equity, Education Doctor Multidisciplinary Hospital Community

Asking people whats wrong and listening… what do they think it is ? Patient knows their body best As a professional – know what you know, what you dont know, who & when to ask for help Comment on the affect Evidence-based

it is a safe rule…. That the best teaching is that taught by the patient himself Aequanamitas

Inclusive decision-making Horizontal structures Harvesting solutions from the trenches Good ideas can come from anywhere Attitude …. Good governance Fair Transparent Takes People Seriously

First Woman Premier, NWT

The worst thing for a physician is to help someone get well and then send them straight back into the situation that made them sick in the first place

Politics in Canada has always been the art of making the necessary possible. Peter C. Newman Deciding what s necessary is political

Good public policy is developed when the policy-makers can keep in their minds eye the people affected. Jane Jacobs

Canadians Patient Advocate Citizen Government Professionals

NGOs Professional Organizations Media Electoral Politics

Knowing whats best and just doing it ? or Listening and responding….. or Values based, evidence based strategy, education and effectiveness

Power is not real. It is an illusion maintained by the belief of the powerless that others hold it. Elizabeth May Leader, Green Party

1. Stop talking like victims 2. Stop assuming we all agree 3. Stop underestimating our strength. Michael Ignatieff Three mistakes:

Feel our strength. We cant go back to some nostalgic paradise in the past. Michael Ignatieff

Underestimating our power. Well- meaning fatalism. What can we do? Michael Ignatieff

Education, cheerleading, persuasion, championing, inspiration vs. Control, command, supervision, intimidation

No amount of good you can do if you dont care who gets the credit

There are 2 groups of people : those that do the work and those who take the credit…… I have always preferred to be in the former group because there is less competition

LEADER

Wisdom … having made all the mistakes but learned from them… A Complex Adaptive System !!

For every complex human problem, there is a neat simple solution. It is just that it`s wrong ! H.L.Mencken We must fiercely defend the need for complex solutions for complex problems….. Progressive movements needs much simple language.

Simple… following a recipe Complicated… putting a rocket on the moon Complex…. Raising a child

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin

The folly of rewarding A while hoping for B

THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING FOR CHANGE THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO

The enemy is ourselves: We cant let the desire for perfect get in the way of good. Le mieux est lenemie du bien. Voltaire

2 way Friends in all generations Ursula Doris Monique, Judy Lyn McLeod Mary Eberts, Marilou …my age Siobhan Coady, Kirsty Duncan Briony Penn Tricia, Sinead, Vanessa Webb, Chi, Moneen Nasmith

Knowledgeable Stakeholders + Committed Politicians = Better Public Policy

A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman thinks of the next generation James Freeman Clarke

Life begets life. Energy begets energy. It is only through spending ones life that one gets rich.

Physical and mental energy come from feeling in control of your life, having real choices and being involved with others to find ways of organizing for a change for the better.