Roadmap to Drive Innovativeness in Health Care

AONL Foundation Innovates to Bridge Science and Practice

“…To support our corporate partners, nursing leaders, academicians, and nurse researchers, we had to leverage our assets using a new mindset to generate solutions to problems communicated by our constituents. [2][3][4] The innovations generated within the Foundation concern financial aid opportunities, memberships, grants, and think tanks.…”

“…1 To ensure future progress, in 2021 the Foundation unveiled its research agenda for knowledge development. [2][3][4] This agenda is 3-pronged to: 1) optimize leadership effectiveness; 2) achieve equity in healthcare; and 3) improve the healthcare experience. The hope is to identify new evidence that will guide leadership practice.…”

“…6 Foundation leaders defined innovation as a new mindset to enable creative linkages that generate solutions to problems. 3 To enable innovations within the Foundation, we were reminded of the Jobs to Be Done Theory, 4 which states that in a given circumstance, individuals try to make progress, resolve struggles, or fulfill unmet aspirations. This circumstance is seen as the unit of innovation work; it is ongoing, recurring, and seldom a discrete event.…”

“…This circumstance is seen as the unit of innovation work; it is ongoing, recurring, and seldom a discrete event. 2,3 AONL membership, consisting of corporations, nurse leaders, academicians, and researchers, communicated about issues or problems related to attending conferences, the inability to participate in leadership development, access to membership, and the need for visionary solutions. Based on these pressing problems and issues, the AONL Foundation leveraged assets and innovated to support these members through targeted programming, new initiatives, and focused attention on the evidence needed for nursing leadership.…”

“…As the charitable and philanthropic arm of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), the AONL Foundation's mission is to provide resources that create opportunities to bridge science and practice to shape the future of nursing leadership 1 . To ensure future progress, in 2021 the Foundation unveiled its research agenda for knowledge development 2-4 . This agenda is 3-pronged to: 1) optimize leadership effectiveness; 2) achieve equity in healthcare; and 3) improve the healthcare experience.…”