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From Heroics to Stewardship: Reclaiming Your Bandwidth with Dr. Stephen Cohen
In medicine, we often equate competence with the ability to "handle it all." But after three decades in the House of Medicine, Dr. Stephen Cohen has realized that the heaviest load we carry isn't the clinical census—it’s the invisible work of buffering.
In this episode of The Hidden Load, Dr. Santina Wheat sits down with Dr. Cohen to discuss the "Competence Trap"—the paradox where being reliable and efficient actually attracts more system ambiguity and complexity. They explore how leaders routinely absorb system failures and fragmented information so that their trainees and families can…
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