Shaping Culture on Purpose Joe Ryan on leadership, accountability, and building trust in the HSE artwork
Leading with Hearts and Minds

Shaping Culture on Purpose Joe Ryan on leadership, accountability, and building trust in the HSE

  • S2E8
  • 33:03
  • January 19th 2026

Shaping Culture on Purpose

Joe Ryan on leadership, accountability, and building trust in the HSE

In this episode of Leading with Hearts and Minds, Joe Ryan, National Director of Public Involvement, Culture and Risk Management at the Health Service Executive, speaks with Marie Kilduff about leadership, organisational culture, and psychological safety in healthcare.

Episode Highlights

  • Leadership and organisational culture in the HSE
  • How healthcare culture has changed over time
  • Compassionate leadership and accountability in practice
  • Psychological safety, staff wellbeing, and patient safety
  • The impact of workplace incivility on performance
  • Informal leadership and culture change in healthcare teams
  • Measuring culture through staff experience and patient feedback

Guest:

Joe Ryan, National Director of Public Involvement, Culture and Risk Management, Health Service Executive

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Marie Kilduff
Presenter - Director, National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery (NCLC)

Presenter - Director, National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery (NCLC)

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Dr Aoife Lane
Presenter

    Dr Aoife Lane is Leadership advisor at the National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery.