{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Leading Health | Building a Healthier Kansas","title":"It Requires Loss","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2374,"description":"It’s no secret that to solve the Health Gap in Kansas, we need those in authority to stop thinking of this as a health challenge and start thinking of it as a leadership challenge that requires a lot of change.We know that what people often fear most about change is losing something that matters to them. Understanding that distinction is the key that unlocks real progress. In this chapter of Leading Health, Ed O'Malley and Susan Kang dig into one of the most important and most overlooked concepts in leadership: the relationship between change and loss. Joined again by Johnathan Sublet, founder of SENT, Inc. in Topeka, they explore what it truly takes to help communities let go of what is to make room for what could be. Kansas has climbed to #27 in the health rankings — three consecutive years of improvement for the first time in 35 years. Getting to #1 will require leaders who can name the losses, speak to them honestly and create space for others to do the same.HighlightsPeople don't fear change — they fear loss. Reframing resistance as data, not opposition, shifts the locus of responsibility back to the leader.When someone pushes back on your idea, that's information. It means they perceive a loss you haven't yet addressed.Speaking to loss is powerful. So is letting loss speak — inviting others to voice what's hard creates trust and energizes people toward change.Johnathan Sublet shares five universal fears (death, being an outsider, the future, chaos and insignificance) and the five corresponding needs leaders must address to reduce anxiety and improve performance.The story of Topeka's first net-zero home and a significant tree to a grieving family. Illustrating what it looks like to speak to loss in a deeply human way.Technical experts (engineers, health professionals, administrators) face a particular challenge: their expertise can lead them to double down on logic when empathy is what's needed.The Moses framework: leadership requires both systems-thinking...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0hQBt6xYK5BoKvJpJLVCG8i_hk6fL1i15b_orl1BAYg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZjM5/YzE4OTE0N2UyMmUx/YzRjNjBiYzVkZGVh/ZjZhZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}