The unprecedented rapid pace of AI and tech innovation has transformed healthcare and life science organizations. With many new answers however come lots of new questions about how to ensure continuous reinforcement of deep, hands-on knowledge of the science and detailed steps behind the art of diagnosis or steps in an experiment, and to enable the best talent in healthcare truly express itself despite the real-world struggles to find the resources they truly need and fill the job positions where their innovation can flourish.

At the 2025 Medical Innovation Olympics, Tim Mikhelashvili (CEO, Amedea Pharma, Host #MIO2025) brought together an expert panel of executives in Human Resources, Life Sciences, Marketing, Founders and Investors (Kim Mack, Founder & Principal, HR Reinforced; Christina Smith, Founder, Neo HR Consulting Group; Christopher Piedmonte, Managing Director, NeoTerra Capital, and Bart Zoni, SVP Innovation & Product, Woven Health Collective) addressed a sensitive question on top of millions of people's minds in healthcare - in an AI-powered talent market, how do we hire, reward, and retain teams where deep scientific judgment and technical execution must win together—every single day?

This session focused on the underlying human factors behind both layering and rewarding the best talent across science and tech in healthcare. Speakers shared practical solutions to build a strong culture that rewards both as leaders, hire, interview, onboard teams, as well as distinguish talent through innovative methods such as video submissions of candidates' CV's or work samples.

0:00 Episode Highlight 1 - Move from "No But to Yes If" in Medicine

0:49 Episode Highlight 2 - Fusion of Science & Tech

1:34 Opening Remarks - Lots of Talent - Few Ways to Express It

3:07 Expert Panelist Introductions

5:41 How do you reward Science versus Tech in Life Sciences?

10:11 Hiring True Talent in the Age of AI crafted Resumes

16:38 Onboarding & Retaining Best Talent

17:05 What the Tech Industry should learn from Science?

19:24 What Life Science should learn from Tech

20:17 Driving Quality Science despite more Informal Training

21:05 Building Cross-Functional Pods across Science & Tech

26:28 Q&A: How do you balance and upskill Medical Talent?

27:57 Q&A: How do you work around AI to hire best talent?

30:50 Q&A: Value of Video Submissions of CVs/Resumes

31:42 Q&A: Work Sample or Task Completions in Interviews

32:27 Final Thoughts - Optimism about Rewarding Best Talent