Notes on the road from bedside nurse to executive, by Monica D. Cutia, BSN, RN, PHN, COS-C, clinical founder of CultureAI.com. Each episode is one of her notes, read aloud.
A nursing assistant’s apology before a patient observation, and what it says about who feels safe to speak. The bedside stories, the research on psychological safety and speaking up, and what Monica practices now, beyond the title.
The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/beyond-the-title-sorry-to-bother-you/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/beyond-the-title-sorry-to-bother-you/)
30 Oct 2026
The Leader
Seven stories from the leader’s chair, and what the bedside taught her about each. The capstone of Chapter Four: the meeting, the promotion, the empty office, the hard conversation, the decision, the team and the culture, with the documentation.
The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-leader/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-leader/)
9 Oct 2026
Staying With Patients and Your People
A hospice daughter who was not keeping score, an intake call that built the trust before the nurse arrived, and the business case for keeping the same faces with the same family. Continuity, and why the commitment runs inward first. First published by Forbes.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/staying-with-patients-and-your-people-published-in-forbes-october-2026/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/staying-with-patients-and-your-people-published-in-forbes-october-2026/)
9 Oct 2026
The Nurse
Seven ordinary objects. Seven lessons she still leads with. The capstone of Chapter Three: the bag, the stethoscope, the name badge, the chart, the call light, the drive home and the last visit, with the documentation.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-nurse/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-nurse/)
15 Sept 2026
The People
Nobody in this cast supervised anyone. They taught her leadership anyway. The capstone of Chapter Two: the caregivers, patients, and teammates who built the leader, with the documentation.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-people/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-people/)
11 Sept 2026
The Buildings
The most trusted profession in America is almost never in the room where the decisions get made.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-buildings/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-buildings/)
9 Sept 2026
The Patient Who Said No
A patient who understood everything and still said no, and what respecting that choice taught a nurse about leadership. By Monica D. Cutia, BSN, RN, PHN, COS-C.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-patient-who-said-no/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/the-patient-who-said-no/)
6 Aug 2026
What Looks Like Falling Behind Is Often Someone Catching Up
A patient relearning a routine, a nurse stretching into a new role, and the question that changes everything: is this person struggling, or growing? First published by Forbes.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-looks-like-falling-behind-is-often-someone-catching-up-published-in-forbes-august-2026/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-looks-like-falling-behind-is-often-someone-catching-up-published-in-forbes-august-2026/)
11 Jun 2026
What the Bedside Can Teach Leaders That the Boardroom Never Could
Five leadership lessons from nearly a decade of bedside nursing, first published by Forbes.
Read in an AI voice. The full note, with its sources: https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-the-bedside-can-teach-leaders-published-in-forbes-june-2026/ (https://cultureai.com/scrubs-to-strategy/what-the-bedside-can-teach-leaders-published-in-forbes-june-2026/)
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