Browsing by Author "Linderman, Albert"

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    The Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership A Tribute to the Three Directors
    (University of Minnesota School of Nursing, 2021-03) Linderman, Albert
    Dean Connie White Delaney notes: The purpose of “Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership: Tribute to the Three Directors” is to honor the first 3 directors spanning the initial 23 years of this Densford Center and the precious namesake legacy; lift up the major accomplishments of each director and applaud the uniqueness of each director and the common strands across leadership foci and priorities; create an official archival capture of this significant commitment of the school; and to inform the next era of the Densford Center, including leadership models and initiatives that span the “I Am — We Are” enlightening the School’s waves of impact on global and planetary health. Unwavering commitment to the next era of the Densford Center includes the continuing evolution of the Center as an incubator for foresight and futures thought leadership, an incubator of wisdom, and boldly leading action with impact. The Densford Center is called now more than ever called to nurture and empower Richard Olding Beard’s core constructs of the founding of this School and birthing its impact on the world: “help society recognize the worth of human life, conserve human health and provide for social justice”. The next era of the Densford Center is informed by the work that has gone before and as T.S. Eliot reminds us, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” This document describes the creation and evolution of the Densford Center with attention to the first, second and third Directors of the Center.
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    Legacy and Wisdom of Joanne Disch PhD RN FAAN
    (Sagis Corporation and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Katharine J Densford International Center for Nursing Leadeship, 2013) Linderman, Albert; Linderman, Albert
    Albert Linderman, Ph.D., cultural anthropologist, and CEO of Sagis Corporation has for more than 10 years, been eliciting, surfacing, and representing, with his Sagis team, the “deep smarts and wisdom” of leaders and experts. This surfacing and representation allows for the transference to others. Effective also with groups, this Sense‐Making approach, adapted from the work of Paulo Freire and Brenda Dervin, has been used with great results in many businesses and organizations in Minnesota. Albert also is the author of Why the world around you is and as it appears (2012, Steiner Books) and lead author of "Surfacing and transferring expert knowledge: the sense making interview," Human Resource Development International (07/2011: 14(3): 353‐362). This document summarizes the wisdom and legacy of Dr. Disch who developed her mastery through the many leadership positions she has undertaken during her career. She came to Minnesota in 1991 as Senior Associate Director/Director of Nursing of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic. She oversaw a mammoth re‐organization and, in 1997, became the VP of Patient/Family Services of the merged Fairview Riverside Hospital and the University of Minnesota Hospital. In 2000, she became the Director for the Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, a position she held until 2012. Along the way she served numerous significant positions of leadership, most notably as Interim Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing (UMN SoN) (2004), President of the AAN (2011‐2013) and Chair of the Board of AARP (2006‐ 2008).
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    Legacy and Wisdom of Sandra Edwardson PhD Dean of the School of Nursing 1991-2004
    (Sagis Corporation and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Katharine J Densford International Center for Nursing Leadeship, 2013-08) Linderman, Albert
    In the summer of 2013 the Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership (K. J. Densford Center) Director, Daniel Pesut, asked Albert Linderman to partner with the School of Nursing to interview retired Dean Sandra Edwardson, who served as Dean from 1991 to 2004. The partnership’s goal was to provide historically significant documentation of her deanship as well as to elicit and represent her experiential wisdom for the benefit of others. Sandra Edwardson’s deanship, 1991- 2004, provided a needed bridge to allow the University of Minnesota School of Nursing to advance from its former status as an innovative education focused school to the sophisticated, technologically savvy, integrative health conscious force that it is today. She guided significant culture change during her tenure, emphasizing practice-based research and the building of a research focused faculty that has allowed the school to blossom under the leadership of current Dean Connie Delaney. During the summer of 2013, Albert Linderman of Sagis Corporation had the privilege to engage in interviewing Dr. Edwardson focused on her career as Dean. With the use of Sense Making Methodology, Dr. Linderman elicited significant insights from Dr. Edwardson. Linderman also surveyed numerous documents and interviewed others, including Dean Connie Delaney, faculty member Linda Halcon, and the Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership Director Daniel Pesut. These activities and findings serve as the foundation for this report.