Nationally Known Business Author Profiles Michigan Company

DETROIT, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Ford Health System is the only Michigan company featured in a new book, "Practically Radical," by William Taylor, co-founder of "Fast Company" magazine.

In "Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself," Taylor profiles organizations that have been change-agents in their industry - Geek Squad; Girl Scouts of the USA; Humana; IBM; Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Interpol; Lexus; Life Time Fitness; and Swatch Group, among others. He explores how these companies have made remarkable strides in tough circumstances.

Taylor also interviews leaders who didn't use the long shadow of economic crisis and slow recovery as an excuse to downsize their dreams or stop taking chances.

In "Practically Radical," Taylor talks about the turnaround of Henry Ford Health System, the new hospital in West Bloomfield, which opened during an economic down-turn and is led by a CEO who wasn't even from the health care industry, and much more.

In the book, Nancy Schlichting, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health system, is interviewed about how Henry Ford Hospital, a 95-year-old health care organization, stood as an island of stability during a tough economic time and went on to invest $300 million in revamping and expanding the institution, as well as building a new hospital from the ground up.

Taylor is also the author of the national, best-selling "Mavericks at Work," and a blogger for the Harvard Business Review. He has also been a columnist for the Sunday Business section of The New York Times and for The Guardian.

Bill Taylor will be in Detroit Friday, Jan. 28 as a part of his national book tour and for a reception Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.

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William Taylor is available for interviews this week.

SOURCE Henry Ford Health System