Casey Bedgood is an author, thought leader, and master change agent with over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience. He is the author of Fit for the Leadership Challenge: The 17 Keys Leaders Need to Win Big in High-Risk Environments; The Power of Organizational Knowledge: 11 Keys that Help Leaders Leverage Accurate Insight, Data, and Metrics; The 10 Cardinal Sins of Leadership: What Thought Leaders Must Never Do to Succeed in High-Risk Environments; and The Leadership Survival Guide: 11 Keys for ""Storm Proofing"" Your Leadership Portfolio to Survive, Thrive In, and Outlast High-Risk Environments. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and an accomplished author. Over the years, Casey’s work has been recognized, sourced and modeled by National and Global best-practice organizations in the healthcare industry and beyond. He has amassed a portfolio of dozens of publications on topics such as thought leadership, knowledge transfer, performance improvement, strategic design, innovative thinking, transformation, Quality Management Systems (QMS), and many others. Subsequently, many large complex healthcare enterprises across the US, Canada, United Kingdom, and Singapore have sourced and sought-after Casey’s thought leadership expertise Casey earned a BBA Magna Cum Laude from Mercer University and a Master of Public Administration from Georgia College & State University (GCSU). He is an IISE Lean Green Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Also, CAP trained via GE, a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).