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Bred To Lead
by Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 21 | #109 | #38 | #36 |
| Oct 20 | #138 | #48 | #50 |
| Oct 19 | #152 | #51 | #52 |
| Oct 18 | — | #86 | #60 |
| Oct 17 | #187 | #69 | #55 |
| Oct 16 | — | #83 | #77 |
Latest episodes
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Ep. 038: The 10,000-Pound Elephant: Why Old Beliefs Keep Hospitals Chained
February 17, 2026 · 34 minYOU ARE A 10,000 POUND ELEPHANT CHAINED TO A SMALL STAKE A baby elephant tied to a wooden stake stops pulling. Years later, fully grown, it still doesn't try. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs names the four beliefs keeping healthcare organizations…
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Ep. 037: The Hidden Beliefs That Keep Healthcare Stuck
February 2, 2026 · 39 minTHE BELIEFS YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE ARE CONTROLLING YOU How do you know the sky is blue? You just know. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs argues that some of what leaders "just know" about their organizations isn't fact at all. It's assumption, and…
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Ep. 036: The Healthcare Parallel: Why Optimizing the OR Alone Never Works
January 20, 2026 · 35 minYOU CAN'T OPTIMIZE DOWNSTREAM WHILE THE CONSTRAINT SITS UPSTREAM Every week the same meeting happens: the CFO sees rising costs, the COO hears surgeon complaints, the CNO watches quality metrics stall, and SPD says the numbers look fine…
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Ep. 035: Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? IBM's Comeback and the Healthcare Lesson
January 15, 2026 · 30 minTHE SAME PEOPLE LOOKED EXCELLENT ONCE THE SYSTEM CHANGED In 1993 IBM posted an $8 billion loss and analysts said to break it up. Lou Gerstner kept most of the same managers and changed the beliefs and systems around them instead. Dr. Jake…
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Ep. 034: From Conformity to Innovation: Rebuild Leadership and Systems
January 9, 2026 · 51 minTRADITION WITHOUT EVOLUTION IS SLOW DEATH WITH BETTER BRANDING When Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs walked into a 30 year old organization and suggested change, leadership told him "that's not how we do things here." His answer: then how is that…
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Ep. 033: Built to Survive, Not Scale: Rebuild Healthcare While Running
December 15, 2025 · 1 hr 7 minONLY BROKEN SYSTEMS SHAKE AT 80 PERCENT CAPACITY Two hospitals in the same city, same patient acuity. One falls apart at 75% capacity, the other runs smooth at 95%. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs explains the difference: one was built to survive…
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Ep. 032: Why The Wrong Leaders Get Promoted
November 25, 2025 · 46 minWE HIRE FOR CREDENTIALS AND HOPE FOR CAPABILITY The best nurse becomes charge nurse, the best tech becomes director, and nobody asks if they can actually lead. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs calls it the clinical excellence trap and explains why…
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Ep. 031: Stop Funding Chaos: How Organizations Pay for Emergencies and Ignore Prevention
November 11, 2025 · 21 minWE FUND CHAOS, STARVE PREVENTION, AND CALL IT DISCIPLINE A periop director brought her executive team a $300,000 two year plan to fix workflows, training, and staffing. They said no budget. Six months later, eight people quit in three…
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Ep. 030: From Dependency to Design: Hospitals Shouldn't Have to Rent Stability
November 4, 2025 · 24 minYOU CAN'T BUILD PERMANENT CHANGE ON TEMPORARY HELP Season three opens with a hard look at the traveler dependency crisis. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs shares the story of Sarah, an eight year critical care nurse who quit after watching her…
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Ep. 029: Decision Paralysis: Why Smart Leaders Make Bad Calls
February 17, 2025 · 43 minINDECISION IS A DECISION, USUALLY THE WORST ONE At Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, the pediatric heart surgery program saw mortality rates three times the national average while frontline staff raised alarms and leadership delayed…
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Ep. 028: 90 Days to Make or Break: A $60M Leadership Collapse
January 27, 2025 · 50 minYOUR FIRST 90 DAYS DECIDE YOUR WHOLE TENURE In March 2014, North Adams Regional Hospital in Massachusetts closed with three days' notice, leaving 37,000 residents without their local hospital. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs walks through how new…
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Ep. 027: Lessons from the $8 Billion Healthcare System's Collapse
January 15, 2025 · 40 minSTEWARD HAD PLENTY OF PLANS. WHAT IT LACKED WAS FUTURE FOCUS In May 2024, Steward Health Care, one of the largest private hospital systems in the country, filed for bankruptcy. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs breaks down how a model built on…
About the show
PEOPLE AREN'T BORN TO LEAD. THEY'RE BRED TO LEAD.
Most organizations don't fail all at once. They break down slowly:
• Missed warning signs
• Leaders who stopped seeing what's in front of them
• Teams that quietly stopped believing
By the time someone calls in a fixer, the damage has been building for years.
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ABOUT YOUR HOST
Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs DBA, MBA, B.Ed. | The Business Doctor
• President and COO, SIPS Healthcare Solutions
• Author of Operational Blindness
• Nearly 15 years turning around struggling businesses
WHAT EACH EPISODE COVERS
• Why leaders and organizations lose their way
• The early symptoms most people miss
• The people-first habits that keep a team healthy before it needs rescuing
WHO IT'S FOR
Straight talk, real turnaround stories, and practical tools you can use Monday morning, whether you're running a company, leading a department, or stepping into management for the first time.
Leadership isn't inherited. It's built. Let's build it.
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