OPEN MINDS Circle

05/29/2026

New Orleans is calling ⚜️🎉🎭🎺🎷🎶👑📿

450+ health and human services executives will gather to talk strategy, innovation, growth, technology, workforce challenges, payer relationships, and what's next for our field.

So before we see you in person, we want to know:
👇 What's bringing YOU to this year?

Cantata Health Solutions Netsmart Qualifacts Trillium Health Resources Easterseals Midwest Mend Monarch Volunteers of America Genoa Healthcare Grafton Integrated Health Network Ukeru Systems NextGen Healthcare Simple Fractal Streamline Healthcare Solutions

05/28/2026

05/28/2026

Kimberly Bond, Senior Associate at OPEN MINDS, guided executive teams through a practical framework for designing leadership structures that support a two- to five-year strategic plan.

The framework focuses on three critical leadership questions:
1️⃣ What leadership capabilities are required to execute the organization’s 2–5-year strategic vision
2️⃣ How to evaluate current executive team members objectively to determine role fit and future alignment
3️⃣ How to distinguish between technical expertise and executive-level leadership effectiveness

Watch the full Executive Roundtable: https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/presentation/how-to-build-the-right-executive-team/

05/26/2026

The future of behavioral health treatment is increasingly digital, but executives still need a way to evaluate what’s real, scalable, and market-ready.

That’s why we created The 2026 OPEN MINDS Digital Therapeutics Expo.

This exclusive showcase gives health care executives the opportunity to experience leading digital therapeutics and technology-enabled care solutions in real time, giving innovators direct access to the decision-makers shaping adoption across the market.

Only eight organizations will be selected nationwide to present.

Applications are now open for FDA-cleared or authorized digital therapeutics, diagnostics, and treatment solutions in the behavioral health and chronic disease space.

Join us August 12 in San Francisco during The 2026 OPEN MINDS Service Excellence Institute.

If you're interested in presenting, please contact Erin Deppen at [email protected].

05/21/2026

Why do executives keep coming back to OPEN MINDS Institutes?

👉 The peer-tested strategies.
👉 The real-world case studies.
👉 The endless networking opportunities.
👉 The push to think strategically about what comes next.

At The 2026 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute, 450+ executives will gather in New Orleans to explore how organizations are navigating technology disruption, financial pressure, workforce challenges, shifting policy landscapes, and growing competition.

If you’re looking for practical ideas, meaningful connections, and strategies you can actually take back to your organization, we’ll see you in New Orleans.

https://openminds.regfox.com/the-2026-open-minds-strategy-innovation-institute?registrants.prefillCode=2026SII_FB_LastChance

05/12/2026

How should health and human services organizations rethink SEO in the age of AI?

64% of executives plan to upskill their existing SEO and marketing teams to support answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO), while another 29% plan to hire new AI-focused marketing roles.

But the bigger question is not whether AI is changing search, it’s how organizations adapt their existing strategy to stay visible as content discovery shifts.

In our latest newsletter, Rachel Steinmetz, Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer at OPEN MINDS, outlines how executives can evolve traditional SEO into a strategy designed for AI-driven search and discovery.

Read the May newsletter: https://openminds.com/digest/referral-development-in-the-age-of-ai/

05/05/2026

The changing financing landscape is forcing states and communities to rethink how crisis services are funded.

In response, provider organizations are redesigning their crisis systems to better demonstrate value to local government partners.

Jeff Steigman, Psy.D., Chief Strategy Officer of Family Service League, shared how his organization reengineered its county crisis service system to improve performance and strengthen its value proposition.

05/04/2026

In 2024, 78% of children in foster care received their health benefits from Medicaid health plans. This is an increase from 60% in 2018.

30 states mandate the enrollment of children in foster care in Medicaid managed care health plans.

To go deeper into Medicaid coverage for children in foster care, read our latest report, Medicaid Foster Care Enrollment Updates, 2022-2024: An OPEN MINDS Market Intelligence Report.

Read the full Market Intel Report: https://openminds.com/intelligence-report/medicaid-foster-care-enrollment-updates-2022-2024-an-open-minds-market-intelligence-report/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=OMPost&utm_campaign=MarketIntelReport&utm_content=MedicaidFosterCareEnrollmentUpdates

Read the executive briefing on this report: https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/executive-briefings/fostering-health/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=OMPost&utm_campaign=ExecutiveBriefing&utm_content=FosteringHealth

04/30/2026

We didn’t just build a program. We built a pipeline for leadership.

In 2023, OPEN MINDS launched the Leadership & Management Certificate Program to help organizations grow the talent they actually need.

Since then:
- 95+ graduates
- 1,600+ participants
- A growing community of leaders learning, connecting, and advancing together

Whether you’re creating a career path for emerging talent or investing in your current team, this is how organizations are building the leadership bench they’ll need for what’s next.

Start building your team from within.

Learn more: https://openminds.com/leadership-management-certificate/

04/29/2026

We are gearing up for our series of upcoming executive education events designed to empower, connect, and inspire strategic teams.

In June you will catch us in New Orleans for the Strategy & Innovation Institute. There is still time to register if you have not already! strategy.openminds.com/

We hope to also see you at our remaining three executive education events of 2026!

🌉 Service Excellence Institute | Aug. 11-13, 2026 | San Francisco, CA | excellence.openminds.com/
🏙️ Executive Leadership Retreat | Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2026 | Gettysburg, PA | leadership.openminds.com/
🌇 Technology & Analytics Institute | Oct. 27-29, 2026 | Philadelphia, PA | technology.openminds.com/