ASSESSING THE REAL POTENTIAL OF YOUR PRACTICE
Gavin Willis, Managing Director of Paradigm Design Solutions, explains how his company can help you review your options and avoid costly...
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Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
SHOULD I JOIN A CORPORATE?
Ask my wife and family and they’ll confirm it; I spend most of my working day thinking about dentistry and most of my sleeping hours...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
ARE YOU LOOKING TO MAKE OR SAVE MONEY?
I don’t think I can remember a time when there was such a contrast in the attitudes of the dental profession. On one hand, I visit...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
GOOD PRACTICE AND CLINIC DESIGN IS MORE THAN JUST LAYOUT; THE DETAIL IS THE KEY
Gavin Willis, Managing Director of Paradigm Design Solutions, has years of experience working with and for the Health Professions. Here...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 3 min
THE EQUALITY ACT - ARE YOU UP TO SPEED?
Are you equal to the Equality Act? Paradigm’s Managing Director, Gavin Willis, suggests that practices may, unknowingly, be falling...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
START THINKING OF PATIENTS AS CONSUMERS
Are you earning enough? I want to make it clear from the start that I love working with and for the dental profession. But, as with all...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
PAY ATTENTION TO THE NOISE LEVELS IN YOUR PRACTICE
Sound advice. A few years ago I had an appointment with a Practice Principal to discuss a surgery refit. As I sat waiting outside his...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
WHY YOU NEED TO SORT OUT YOUR OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES BEFORE YOU EMBARK ON ANY DESIGN PROJECT
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. In case you’ve never read Alice in Wonderland, this is the advice...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
AVOIDING WASTING MONEY IF YOU'RE REFURBISHING, RENOVATING OR EXTENDING
If you’re thinking about refurbishing, renovating or extending your practice and/or surgery there is one basic question you need to ask...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
WHY APPROPRIATE LIGHTING IN YOUR PRACTICE IS SO IMPORTANT
See your practice in a different light. Rarely will a patient comment on the lighting in a dental practice. Unless, of course, they trip...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
USING AVAILABLE SPACE TO BEST EFFECT
The mystery of space. I’m not a great follower of football but when I do watch it I’m fascinated by the way the very best players can...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
WHY BESPOKE CABINETRY WILL IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE
A cabinet issue. Surgery cabinetry is just not sexy. I accept that. However when you’re having a rethink about your surgery it merits...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIDINESS AND LACK OF CLUTTER
I know I put it down somewhere. There are degrees of untidiness. And some of us are more inclined to it than others. But I’m not here to...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
SETTING YOUR OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA
There isn’t a single right way. If you plan to extend, renovate or refurbish your practice or move into new premises, may I suggest you...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
GUIDELINES FOR INVESTING IN YOUR PRACTICE
I sometimes think that the best advice to give anyone is to ignore most of the advice they’re given. Or at least take it with a pinch of...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
AVOIDING THE OBVIOUS MISTAKES IN PRACTICE DESIGN
Not every dentist is fortunate enough to have a purpose built practice. If you can count yourself amongst these lucky few then, provided...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
ATTENTION TO DETAIL WILL HELP YOU EXCEED PATIENT EXPECTATIONS
I totted it up the other day. Over the 35 years or so I’ve been designing practices, surgeries, cabinetry and systems for the dental...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
DON'T BE TEMPTED TO REST ON YOUR LAURELS
When things are going well, there is always the temptation to rest on our laurels. Indeed most people would advocate that ‘if it ain’t...
Gavin Willis
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
PROSPERING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
‘You’re at the top of your game’, I told a Client when he asked me what changes he needed to make to his practice, ‘so ask yourself this....
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