A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation

Ben & Jay talk to Tom Schlegel, Chief Innovation Officer of Radio Flyer, the iconic 102-year old company that’s on a mission to bring smiles to kids of all ages.  During his 16 years at Radio Flyer, he has been a key leader in the evolution of the company from a steel wagon manufacturer to a customer-driven design and development powerhouse.  Tom talks about how he has employed Dr. Clay Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovation and Jobs to be Done to help Radio Flyer hold potential disruptors at bay and continue to develop products that create warm memories for kids of all ages.  It’s not just little red wagons anymore!  Innovators of all walks of life will enjoy hearing Tom’s journey from studying engineering and industrial design at Notre Dame to leading product development, sales and marketing at one of our country’s recognized best places to work. 

Check out this beautiful Emmy Award winning short film capturing the essence of the Radio Flyer purpose brand, and then learn about the history of Radio Flyer. 

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Get ready to shift your mindset from scarcity to abundance in this episode of A Sherpa’s Guide to Innovation featuring Robin Glasco, co-founder and Managing Partner of Bambü Global Healthcare Advisors. Robin is a healthcare strategy and innovation dynamo, co-founding Bambü after serving as EIR with the Nason Group, Chief Innovation Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and an executive at Kaiser Permanente. She serves on several non-profit boards in the Boston area, and is passionate about disruptive innovation theory, advancing investment in high performing minority startups, and helping organizations fall in love with a problem, not a solution. Tune in and learn more Robin’s career, her new venture Bambü Global Healthcare Advisors, what the formula OO + NT = EOO means, why health equity is crucial for improving maternal health, and how a video about a shopping cart sparked her interest in innovation. “I’m telling you, Bannister, this girl is fun. F-U-N!”

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 The IDEO shopping cart video

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For episode #45, it’s our privilege to welcome our Atrium Health colleague Dr. Zeev Neuwirth, Senior Medical Director of Population Health, to our podcast. Zeev is the author of the recently released book Reframing Healthcare: A Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change and is the host of the Creating a New Healthcare podcast. This episode began in a different way. Typically, we speak into the microphones while seated. Our episode’s guest, Dr. Zeev Neuwirth, invited us to ditch the chairs, adjust the microphones upward, and stand for the episode recording. True to form, he reoriented and reframed our podcast experience. In this episode, Dr. Neuwirth will reorient your perspective so we can collectively reframe healthcare. Among many other things, you’ll learn about the launch of Zeev’s book and his articulation of the “Marketing Mindset,” the imperative for design thinking to become an industry competency, the many people who have influenced his thinking and writing, and what makes him dance in his pajamas. You’ll also witness an on-air induction into the #pinksocks tribe!

Additionally, we have a special announcement for our listeners! All those who give us a rating and a review on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher before June 5th, 2019 will be entered into a raffle to win a free and signed copy of Dr. Neuwirth’s book. Once you submit the rating and review, let us know you did on Twitter using the hashtag #innovationengine. One rating = one raffle submission. So, if you provide a rating on all three sites you can get up to three raffle submissions!

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Episode #44 features a man we admire from an organization we admire: Todd Dunn, Director of Innovation at Intermountain Healthcare.  This inspiring innovator, compelling storyteller and self-described family man shares his go-to list of innovation books, lifelong principles that influence his learning, why empathy should be at the heart of healthcare, and the three C’s of design disease. He’s also a big fan of Clay Christensen’s theories and contributed to the writing of Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Consumer Choice, co-authored by Clay Christensen, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan, and Taddy Hall. If your desired progress is to learn about how a world-class healthcare leader designs for people, then this episode is for you!

@SherpaPod @TToddDunn @Intermountain #pinksocks

• What We Learned from a Watch and a Question
• 7 Deadly Startup Sins
• 3 Cs of Design Disease
• Lucky Iron Fish

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Episode 43 features perspectives from Atrium Health teammates who attended the 10th anniversary Health Datapalooza conference on March 27-28 in Washington, DC. Hosted by AcademyHealth, Health Datapalooza brings together a diverse group of healthcare leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and data analysts to discuss collaboration opportunities at the intersection of policy, data, and innovation. A sponsor at this year’s event, Atrium Health also sponsored the attendance of several Charlotte-area patients who were able to contribute their insights to the national conversation on how to harness the power of data to improve the health of our country. Our very own Dr. Rasu Shrestha, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, kicks off our interviews. You’ll also hear some new voices, including Dr. Ed Kim, Chair of the Department of Solid Tumor Oncology at Levine Cancer Institute; Jason Schneider, Senior Director of Corporate Communications; and Allyson Cochran, Senior Clinical Data Manager for the Carolinas Center for Surgical Outcomes Science. Tune in and . . . #pinksocks! 

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@AcademyHealth
@RasuShrestha
@AtriumHealth
@LevineCancer
@EdKimMDLCI ‏
@theNCI @CancerResrch @ASCO
@JSchneide12 

Atrium Health Datapalooza site.

 Learn about the Pink Socks movement. 

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Ben & Jay have the unique pleasure of speaking with Karen Dillon, NYT best-selling author and former editor of the Harvard Business Review, about her being in “the front seat of the Clay Christensen experience” through years of collaboration with Clay and some of their incredible colleagues.  Karen may refer to herself as “semi-retired”, but she sounds pretty busy and is having great impact on the world as a co-author of The Prosperity Paradox with Clay and Efosa Ojomo (featured in Episode 40), and as Editorial Director of BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors.  In addition to talking about The Prosperity Paradox, Karen provides a master class on writing, reflects on her collaboration with Clay and James Allworth on How Will You Measure Your Life, and what it was like to work with Bob Moesta on Competing Against Luck.  Take a “time dash” with the Sherpas and Karen to hear how Clay’s theories have evolved – and how they can impact an individual on a personal basis.

@KarDillon #ProsperityParadox @CompetingvsLuck #HowWillYouMeasureYourLife

@claychristensen @jamesallworth @EfosaOjomo @bmoesta

Stick around past the closing music for an outtake on how Twitter fulfills a Job to be Done for Karen and Jay.

Medium - Why I Hired Twitter

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Yeehaw! The Sherpas of the southeast went to SXSW in Austin, TX and lived to tell the tale. Listen to Lindsay, Jay, Sally, and Ben recap the sessions they attended, their tried and true success strategies for navigating SXSW, some of the overarching conference themes, the piles of delicious food they sampled, and the applications to innovation and healthcare they uncovered. You’ll learn that SXSW offers a Texas-sized assortment of innovation learning opportunities for any industry. You’ll also share Ben’s joy in his new favorite breakfast spot, Sally’s renewed passion for movie-going, and what put Jay and Lindsay into a dairy-related coma. If you haven’t been to SXSW yet, GO! If you have, GO AGAIN! Either way, check out this episode and enjoy the “South By” experience. 

@SXSW #SXSW #SXSW2019 @VisitAustinTX #innovationengine @healergizing #pinksocks 

@SherpaPod @LindsayDeneault @JayGerhart @TheBenReport @Robertos_Tank

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Ben & Jay are honored to speak with Efosa Ojomo, Global Prosperity Lead at Clayton Christensen Institute and co-author of The Prosperity Paradox with Dr. Clayton Christensen and Karen Dillon.  Efosa talks about how he came to think that business might be the answer for developing countries, why not all innovations are created equal, and why “pull” strategies can work better than “push” strategies for all stakeholders.  In addition, we discuss how The Prosperity Paradox can inspire and instruct social innovators close to home, even in generally prosperous geographies.

@EfosaOjomo @GlobalCCI @christenseninst @HarvardHBS @HBS_Forum #ProsperityParadox

@KarDillon @claychristensen

@SherpaPod @TheBenReport @JayGerhart #InnovationEngine

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"Ah, the HIMSS conference. . . If you don’t own it, it will own you.” Hear what else the Innovation Sherpas have to say about their recent trip down to the Sunshine State for the 2019 Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Orlando.  We have Dr. Jean Wright (Chief Innovation Officer), Emilie Pandullo (Investment Fund Director), and Michael Johnson (Director, Innovation) in the studio to relive their HIMSS experience. Among other things, they discuss the shift from patient engagement to patient activation, validated business models in population health, interoperability moving from a desire into a reality, genomics, and precision medicine. They also reveal the secret identity of one of the caped Champions of Health. If you want a recap of the conference or are considering attending in the future, this episode is calling out to you. 

#HIMSS2019 

@SherpaPod @ghiafixer @drjeanwright #InnovationEngine

#pinksocks 

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In this episode, we welcome Niyum Gandhi, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer at Mount Sinai, to discuss health system transformation, and how he tackles it in one of the most diverse cities in the world. Niyum shares the story behind his transition from Oliver Wyman to Mount Sinai, and the role key questions and visionary leaders took in making his leap. Hear Niyum talk about finding the leader who wasn’t afraid to be first to start the marathon of transforming a health system with a population health division to a population health management company that happens to own hospitals. He shares his insights on how we can shift from a health system designed to prevent death and treat illness to one designed to prevent illness and manage health. It starts with defining the problem differently. From there, we can design more creative and effective solutions. He’ll also share the importance of people in this transformation process. Ultimately our models are all about those we serve, and they are powered by those we work alongside.  Take a listen to one of the brightest minds in health care who is paving a way for a better future. You’ll be both impressed and inspired! 

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@SherpaPod @annsomerswh @TheBenReport #InnovationEngine
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