2025 NESHS Fall Conference -Adapting to Uncertainty in an Evolving Environment, Mastering your Strategy in an Unpredictable World (11/12/2025)

Aaron Bujnowski, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Keynote Title: Strategic Agility in the Storm: Leading Healthcare Through Uncertainty
Keynote Summary: In an era of relentless disruption, healthcare leaders must cultivate strategic agility—balancing clarity with flexibility—to sense change early, seize emerging opportunities, and lead their organizations with resilience and purpose.
J.J. Ewing, BSN, RN, CCRN, Chief Nurse Executive, ShiftMed
Speaking Topic: What Old is New: Reimagining Workforce Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Summary: Healthcare’s most pressing workforce challenges are not new…..clinician expectations, efficiency, and resilience have always mattered. What’s changed is the scale and complexity and the resource dynamics. This session explores how timeless principles, paired with modern tools like automation and AI, can help leaders redesign workforce models that put people first, reduce dependence on expensive travelers, and build long-term stability by leveraging internal float pools and community-based resources.
David Nagel, MD, Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and NH State Representative
Speaking Topic: A Healthcare System in Distress, Re-discovering Our Guiding Principles.
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