Leading Through Healthcare Chaos: How Executives Make Decisions When the Playbooks Fail

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM · 1 hr. (US/Pacific)
Level 3 | Murano 3304
Education Sessions
Executive - Leadership Strategies

Information

Healthcare executives are operating in sustained chaos—AI hype cycles, workforce instability, cyber risk, regulatory pressure, and technology debt colliding at once. Traditional leadership models assume time, clarity, and alignment. None of those are available.

In this session, Nathan Tierney, former VA Deputy CIO and Chief People Officer, breaks down how effective leaders actually make decisions when information is incomplete, pressure is high, and consequences are real. Drawing from federal-scale transformation, healthcare IT failures, and field-tested leadership frameworks, this session focuses on judgment, prioritization, and execution—not buzzwords.

Participants will leave with a practical decision framework they can use immediately in boardrooms, crisis meetings, and transformation efforts.

Target Audience
CEO/COOChief Digital Officer/Chief Digital Health OfficerCIO/CTO/CTIO/Senior IT
Level
Advanced
Format
Expert Insight
Learning Objective #1
Distinguish activity from execution in healthcare transformation efforts, recognizing where motion masks stalled decision-making
Learning Objective #2
Identify the most common decision failures leaders make under pressure and understand how those patterns erode clarity, ownership, and trust
Learning Objective #3
Apply a simple, repeatable decision framework to prioritize ruthlessly, act decisively, and drive outcomes in complex, high-stakes environments
Session #
103

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