01Steven F. Gonzalez
Twenty years inside post-acute care.
Field leadership, turnarounds, the executive seat.
- 2006
Building post-acute care organizations from the inside, and building healthcare technology companies in between.
- Before
Co-founded SpartX and helped build PokitDok from the founding team, both later acquired.
- 2022
President and CEO of HealthView. A home health, hospice and palliative care company founded in 1967, a Fortune Best Workplace in Health Care and an Inc. 5000 company.
- Writes
For Inc. Magazine and Forbes through The Culture Lab.
- Advocates
In Washington on the future of post-acute care.










02Writing
The Culture Lab, where the lessons get published.
- 22
- Field notes
- 7
- In Inc. Magazine
- 5
- In Forbes
- 22Culture Works When Nobody Has to Step Away From Their WorkForbes
- 21The Invoice
- 20The Fourth Lesson From Surfing
- 19The Permission Machine
- 18The Rocket
- 17Working Backwards
- 16Why I Open-Sourced the Way I Run My Companies
- 15The Yield
- 14294 Views
- 13Three Septembers
- 12Culture Isn’t a Speech, It’s a Habit You Prove Under PressureForbes
- 11How Scale Can Break Everything (And How to Prevent It)Forbes
- 10Why Your Best Managers Are Your Most Valuable Data SourceInc.
- 09The Metric of a Great Team: Recovery SpeedForbes
- 08Pay Attention to the Quiet OnesInc.
- 07Financial Disruption: 20 Early Warning Signals to Watch ForForbes
- 06Culture Is Not a Values Poster
- 05The Capacity Illusion: Why High Performers Burn OutInc.
- 04In a High-Tech World, Presence Matters More Than PolishInc.
- 03Certainty Is Overrated. Presence Is Underrated.Inc.
- 02The Most Undervalued Leadership Skill: ListeningInc.
- 013 Leadership Lessons From SurfingInc.
03The essay
Why culture is the most important clinical variable in care.
By Steven Gonzalez, President and CEO of HealthView · Updated October 2026 · A seven-minute read
04On the record
Where HealthView and the founders have been covered.
- How HealthView Weathered LA County’s Regulatory StormHome Health Care News · September 2026
- From Ride-Alongs to Accountability: Leadership Lessons From Home-Based Care ExecutivesHome Health Care News · September 2026
- Labor Analytics Dictate Home-Based Care Growth StrategiesHome Health Care News · July 2026
- The Documentation Dilemma: At-Home Care Providers Want AI Tools, but Cost Stands in the WayHome Health Care News · January 2026
- HealthView Home Health Services Avoids ‘Dangerous Growth,’ Battles Managed CareHome Health Care News · November 2025
05Monica D. Cutia
Managed by clinicians.
We meet every clinician before we change anything. We’re managed by clinicians, so we have empathy for the clinical team.
- CultureAI
Clinical founder.
- HealthView
VP Clinical Operations.
- Writes
From Scrubs to Strategy, a series within The Culture Lab, and Forbes.



