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Bernard J. Mohr
 Bernard
J. Mohr is a Partner in Dynamic Health Systems, adjunct faculty
at Columbia University, Co-Founder, Innovation Partners
International, Advisory Board member of the Taos Institute and
senior faculty of NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science.
A frequent key note speaker at many professional conferences and
an international consultant based in Maine, Bernard has 35 years
experience with collaborative approaches to complex,
multi-stakeholder organizational change. His passion is the
co-creation of workplaces and cultures that foster community,
dignity, professional excellence and world class medical care.
He completed his undergraduate studies in Organizational
Psychology (University of Waterloo), and his graduate work in
Adult and Organizational Learning (University of Toronto) and
Organization Design (Columbia University).
Bernard has published numerous articles in the field of quality,
the design of high performance work systems and organization
transformation. His recent books include The Appreciative
Inquiry Summit, (Berrett-Koehler, 2003); Essentials of
Appreciative Inquiry: A Roadmap for Creating Positive Futures
(Pegasus Communications, 2002) and Appreciative Inquiry: Change
at the Speed of Imagination, Jossey Bass 2001)
Using an inquiry driven, strength based approach to cultural,
operational and strategic issues, he helps clients to identify
and learn from and build upon existing sources of excellence
within their organizations -i.e.- the positive deviations that
exist in every system, as well as their other strengths and
shared aspirations for the future. Working with this "positive
core" and an exploration of external innovations, clients modify
roles, relationships, strategies, structures and practices to
create the unique culture and operational functioning to which
they aspire.
His health care clients have included Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center, Martins Point Health Care, Elliott Health System and
Grenfell Regional Health System.
A representative list of other clients includes AT&T, British
Airways, BP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Coca Cola,
Exxon, GlaxoSmithKline, Grupo SAISC, Hannaford/Delhaize,
ITT/Hartford, Internal Revenue Service, LL Bean, National
Defense/Canada, Novo Nordisk, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, RR
Donnelley, YWCA/USA and the University of Maine System.
He can be reached at
bjMohr@DynamicHS.org or 207-874-0118 in Portland, ME
Martin Merry
 Martin Merry brings to his professional
engagements a unique background of “Corporate America,” clinical
practice and consulting/learning facilitation experience. He
received his undergraduate degree in Industrial and Labor
Relations from Cornell University, based upon a unique
“campus-factory shop floor” collaboration between Cornell and
Corning, Inc. He then earned his medical degree at McGill
University in Montreal, subsequently completing residency
training in internal medicine, with an additional year of
psychiatry residency at Dartmouth and Albany Medical Centers.
Dr. Merry then practiced general internal medicine for 8 years
with a group practice founded by two Mayo Clinic-trained senior
partners. During these years he developed the role of Medical
Director for Quality, the first designated medico-administrative
position at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, NY.
Building upon his medical practice and medical staff leadership
experience in responding to both JCAHO and New York State
regulation, Dr. Merry began in 1981 a career devoted to
consultation and education in the areas of quality, medical
staff leadership, and organizational transition. Presently he
has worked with more than 1000 health care organizations in each
of the 50 United States and internationally. Clients have
included hospitals, physician group practices, managed care
plans, multi-hospital systems, health care law firms, consulting
firms involved in a variety of health management issues, the
U.S. military health system (Project Director, US Department of
Defense, Civilian External Peer Review Program, 1987-94), and
the JCAHO. He has developed educational programs for the
American Medical Association, American Hospital Association,
American College of Physician Executives, American College of
Healthcare Executives, American Medical Group Association,
Medical Group Management Association, Veterans Administration,
Indian Health Service and numerous state and regional
professional associations. His practice keeps pace with vital
issues emanating from the emergence of health care’s information
and consumer revolutions. He is a recognized communicator of
leading edge quality concepts for health care, including Six
Sigma, Human Factors Science, ISO 9000 and Baldrige-based
systems development. His present areas of focus include
governance and leadership issues of organizational transition,
physician liaison and leadership development, integration of
quality systems into health system/network development, and
creative approaches to address the national issue of patient
safety. In order to expand his capabilities in these areas he
has recently joined with three other senior consultants to form
Dynamic Health Systems, an alliance that focuses on health
system leadership and innovation.
In addition to his consulting and educational work, Dr. Merry
continues in his part-time positions as Associate Clinical
Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of
New Hampshire and Senior Advisor for Medical Affairs for the New
Hampshire Hospital Association, a position created in 1994 to
foster effective communication and collaboration between
clinical and managerial professionals as they pursue health
systems development.
In 1997 the American College of Physician Executives recognized
Dr. Merry with its Rodney T. West Literary Achievement Award,
citing his article, "Physician Leadership: The Time is Now!" as
1996's "most significant literary contribution to the
advancement of the medical management profession."
Innovation Partners International -
DHS has formed a strategic
partnership with Innovation Partners International (IPI) to
enhance the abilities of both organizations to deliver high
quality service to the health care sector. Please click here to
review the IPI website.
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