Blogger Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System

Will Weider is CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System in Wisconsin.

He calls his blog The Candid CIO and introduces it with this phrase: “This is the place where I share what I have learned through my mistakes and other crazy things in the life of a healthcare CIO.”

I like his conversational tone… at times, delightfully irreverent. He’s good at conveying his knowledge of his industry without getting overly techie. He’s got a knack for storytelling, as conveyed in this post about one of their doctors.

However, that post would’ve been waaaaay better with a photo of the doctor… or at least of the doctor’s hands and/or the fingerprint system. Photos serve a strategic purpose, even for an audience who’s likely to be mainly other healthcare IT professionals.

Although I only scanned his archives quickly, I didn’t see any posts about his staff, peers, or any organization employees. I’m starting to wonder if a leadership blog can be evaluated in part on to what extent it’s a “thought leader” blog vs a “people leader” blog.

I know he’s a client of mine but one leader who uses his blog as a “thought leader” and a “people leader” is Scott Neal, Eden Prairie City Manager.

[This profile is part of my ongoing Leaders who blog series that I began in June, 2006]