Wake Up.
Perspective. Curiosity.
Don’t sleepwalk through it.
HELLO. I’M SAM.
AKA
MR GIBBON.
Trying to wake up, build things, love people and stay human along the way.
Who is this bloke?
I’m Sam Whitaker, founder of Blugibbon Medical Recruitment and the bloke behind Mr Gibbon.
I’ve spent 20+ years building recruitment businesses, helping doctors, solving hospital workforce problems and developing people into leaders.
Mr Gibbon is where I share the stories, ideas, lessons, people and adventures along the way.
Wake up. Build things. Love people. Stay human.
Dad of two.
Travel addict.
Chilli obsessed.
Very new CrossFitter.
That’s the plan.
THE GENERAL PLAN
Build Things.
Businesses. Teams.
Ideas. Projects.
Love People.
Family. Doctors. Teams.
Communities.
Stay Human.
Make mistakes. Laugh.
Travel. Remember why
you’re doing it.
Three Pillars. One Vert Human Life.
Build Things & Fix Problems
Solving the Healthcare Workforce Puzzle
What 20+ years in medical recruitment has taught me about people, systems and what actually makes a difference.
Step Into Your Potential
Leadership Isn’t a Job Title
Practical lessons on building great teams, creating opportunities and helping people be their best.
Love People & Live Properly
Why I Climb Mountains
On perspective, resilience and why doing hard things in the great outdoors makes everything else easier.
Watch this.
View all videosThree pillars. One very human life.
Build things &
fix problems
Be useful. Recruitment, healthcare, business and lessons learned.
Explore
Step into your
potential
Leadership. People. Growth. Helping teams become better than they thought they could be.
Explore
Love people &
live properly
Family, travel, food, fitness and the occasional questionable decision.
ExploreTHINGS I’VE WRITTEN.
Where’s the Gibbon?
Current adventureNational Three Peaks
Three mountains. A questionable level of fitness.
A very good reason.
GOT A PROBLEM WORTH SOLVING?
I’ve spent 20+ years around medical recruitment and healthcare workforce, and more than a decade building Blugibbon.
I’ve made plenty of mistakes. I’ve also learned a few things.
Every now and then I work with organisations and teams on problems I genuinely think I can help solve.
Healthcare Workforce
Recruitment Leadership
Workshops Speaking
THE DAY JOB THAT GOT
SLIGHTLY OUT OF HAND.
Founder of Blugibbon — medical recruitment built around world-class doctors and communities that need them.
Same values.
Different hats.
Different hats.
A BIT OF EVERYTHING, REALLY.
Build
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Recruitment
Systems
Mistakes & Lessons
PEOPLE
Family
Teams
Culture
Healthcare
Doctors
Relationships
ADVENTURE
Travel
Challenges
Fitness
Different Countries
Getting Uncomfortable
STAY HUMAN
Perspective
Failure
Mentality
Freedom
Life Outside Work