John Sauer's guest appearances

John Sauer

PreAccident Investigation Podcast

WisBusiness: The Podcast

David Smith

Brenda Rice

Sidney Dekker

Craig Marriott

Ivan Pupulidy

Adrian Cockcroft

Laurie Shelby

Edgar Schein

Gareth Lock

Brian Herman

Mike Blevins

Daryl Brister

Terry Chapas

Travis Brock

Joe Balas

OwlTail

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: The Podcast” features an interview with John Sauer, president of LeadingAge Wisconsin, a nonprofit nursing home company based in Madison.  In the discussion, he highlights challenges facing nursing homes in the state, and explains why LeadingAge is backing an $83 million budget request for the coming biennium. If approved, he says those funds would be used to boost reimbursement for nurses and other care providers.  Sauer notes that Wisconsin has the second-worst Medicaid nursing facility rates in the country. And one in five caregiver positions in the state are currently unfilled, based on a survey conducted earlier this year. That means about 16,000 positions in assisted living and skilled care are vacant.  These pressures are causing many nursing facilities to fold. Since 2016, more than 30 nursing homes in the state have shut down — 11 of which closed since the start of this year.  “It’s a well-documented workforce crisis,” he said. “We can’t just simply raise our prices to attract more people if public payers are not willing to step up and help fund those increases.”

WisBusiness: The Podcast with John Sauer, president and CEO of LeadingAge Wisconsin

Greetings Fellow Podcast Listeners.   Today is going to be a great journey in to a new problem set.  Today we are going to talk about toilets and poop.  If that leading statement does not catch your eye, I am not sure what would catch your attention.   Water and Sanitation is a complex problem around the world - Just as safety and reliability is a complex, albeit different, problem.  This podcast is about what our two professions have in common.  Believe it or not, the creation of safe work environments is very similar to the creation of sanitation and water security.Both worlds know that the system matters, the system is important, and the system is what we can help guid towards greater capacity.Listen to this podcast with two goals:  What can I learn from this discussion of sanitation to help my thinking and my organization?  What can I share to help this organization move forward in its goal of providing sanitation and water to the world?Thanks for listening.  You make the podcast go!

PAPod 31 - John Sauer - Toilet Talk -Another world talks about Systems Thinking