The Executive Innovation Show

This month The Executive Innovation Show in collaboration with Humans Helping Humans debuts the series “Mental Health is Health!”, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we will be releasing five podcasts all covering the topic of mental health.  

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey and Daniel Miller speak with Dale Cook. Dale Cook is the co-founder and CEO at Learn to Live, Inc., an engagement and consumer-driven healthcare company that provides coach-supported, digital cognitive behavioral therapy programs for people suffering from mental health problems. Dale has been recognized as one of the “(REAL) Power50 in healthcare by MN Business magazine, has been awarded the Leader in Healthcare Innovation in 2017 and featured in national publications like Forbes and Oprah magazine. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• From 2013 to present, Learn to Live has covered over 2 million lives! Listen and discover more about Learn to Live and Dale’s quest to help others who are struggling with mental health. 
• Mental health is health! Hear Dale explain how greater awareness of mental health in the last few years has led to more investment into the issue via healthcare plans, employers and higher education institutions. 
• What are “silent suffers” and how has a stigma in mental health contributed to “silent suffers”? What is driven in outreach and tools to help people suffering from depression and anxiety. 
• Carrie, Daniel, and Dale discuss the rise in youth mental health attributed to social media “best life forward”, how is Generation Z coping? 
• One of the largest underserved demographics are people who live in rural areas. Listen in on how Learn to Live has developed online courses, coaching services and more to better serve and reach rural and unserved demographics. 
• Learn more about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). What is CBT and how is it effective for those dealing with mental health obstacles?
• As digital and instant accessibility continues to grow, hear what Dale Cook believes to be the next step in mental health technology innovation over the next few years. 

Want to take part in one of Learn to Live’s programs? Use the code “POD2019” for a free trial for Mental Health Month in May.  

All month long we will be covering mental health topics in honor of Mental Health Awareness month. To learn how to get involved with Humans Helping Humans to raise awareness for mental health donate and become part of our influencer network/ market council.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Leslie Crowe. Leslie Crowe is the Chief People Officer at business travel planning platform TripActions. Prior to TripActions, she was VP of Talent at MuleSoft, responsible for scaling the company for a successful IPO. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• In some companies, hiring is more of a reactive approach. Learn how Leslie works to make hiring a proactive part of the company vs. being an afterthought just to fill open positions. 
• Is “culture fit” a buzzword in Human Resources space? Does the word bring a negative connotation that means you are either “in or out”? 
• Listen and learn the best way to get beyond “resume only questions”. How do you get to understand an applicant’s wants/needs for company culture and align to company need/wants?
• Hear Leslie Crowe’s favorite question to ask in an interview. Discover how asking this question will give you more information rather than asking 20 surface level questions. 
• Having a united effort between recruiters and hiring managers can lead to a much more honest outcome for candidates. How do you rid the disconnect between hiring managers and recruiters? 
• Can you refine your hiring process by looking at the attributes of existing employees? Hear what attributes of existing employees should really be assessed to learn and predict what is working for those roles AND what is not working for those roles. Can we minimize bad hires this way? 
• Is your company growing quickly like Trip Actions? Listen to the ways they keep candidate experience, company values and company culture consistent and that the forefront of hiring when rapidly scaling your talent organization. 

Keep up with Trip Actions as they continue to grow! 

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In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Adam Sabloff. Adam Sabloff is the Founder and CEO of VirtualHealth. VirtualHealth provides the leading platform purpose-built for integrated value-based care. They offer a vast range of technology capabilities to payer and provider markets.  

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• As the founder of VirtualHealth, we talk with Adam Sabloff about his entry into the value-based care industry coming from building Ritz Carlton residences. 
• How many beds are available for seniors who need/want to be in assisted living or skilled nursing facilities vs. population? With 50 Million Baby Boomers, is availability, demand or preference driving in home healthcare? 
• Learn about the difference between Medicare and managed care organizations. Carrie and Adam explain the ecosystem of paying for value-based healthcare. 
• Hear Adam discuss the future of healthcare and the innovation he is seeing in value-based care. How are healthcare systems changing to take a 360-degree look at a patient to become more proactive? 
• Different levels of care have caused the increase in retail healthcare solutions across America with more clinics in pharmacies. How will this continue to change in the next 12-24 months? 
• With Gen X being the largest population of caretakers, how will technology change to give relief and help this segment of the population to be better caregivers to their parents? 

Want to learn more about VirtualHealth? Follow them on Twitter for more updates. 

Download the "Telemedicine Pros and Cons" White Paper to learn about the patient drivers and use cases for proactive home healthcare.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with the SVP of Talent Management and Marketing, Blair Primis. He leads a team of human resources, organizational culture, and marketing professionals at OrthoCarolina. With over 40 offices, 160+ surgeons and a staff of 1900. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• Human resources now requires more marketing skills in the team than ever. Hear how the combination of talent and marketing departments has changed the way OrthoCarolina builds company culture, recruits and nurtures the local talent pool. 
• It’s critical for employers to spend time in their local community nurturing future talent just as much as new customers’. Learn how being involved in your local community can help build an engaged talent pool. Discover what steps your company can take to be a part of your community? 
• Listen as Blair Primis gives advice on how HR and Talent executives should be thinking proactively vs. reactively when recruiting in their local markets.     
• Should recruiters discuss pay and/or benefits during the first interaction with a job candidate? Hear what steps recruiters should take to find the quality candidates that will last at your company and aren’t jumping for short term gains. 
• Do you have a high turnover rate in a competitive or low unemployment rate market? Have you thought about reducing attrition by looking within? We speak to the questions you should ask internally on why your company may not be retaining employees and what exit interviews might tell you. 
• With Millennials set to make up 75% of the workforce in 2020 and more being added to the C-Suite each day, learn what digital tools Blair believes are important when hiring quality candidates. 

Gain additional tips and tools in the  “Recruiting in a Candidate Driven Market” White Paper to make impact on your hiring in 2019.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Brad Christensen. Brad is the Executive Director of Corner Canyon Recovery in Draper Utah. He has over 10 years of experience in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse industry.

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• With over 20M Americans experiencing substance abuse problems, why do only 10-18% of Americans seek treatment? Brad talks about what constraints are stopping those with a substance abuse disorder to get help? 
• As the opioid crisis grows, find out how this is affecting insurance companies and how they cover treatment, detox guidelines. 
• There are many mental health and deep-rooted issues that lead to substance abuse? Listen as Brad explains how LGBTQ patients can experience a certain desire to fit in that lead to substance abuse and relapse rates.  
• Experiencing childhood trauma can have a significant increase in abusing substances in teen and adult years. Can trauma from youth and not addressing mental health issues lead to substance abuse?
• Learn more about the critical components that help patients find success in recovery. This includes aftercare programs, halfway houses etc. 
• Carrie and Brad speak about the use of video telehealth in aftercare to improve after care outcomes, reducing relapse rates. They discuss how to provide on-going video telehealth counseling with treatment facility to not have to start over in “telling their story”. 

Keep up with Brad Christensen and Corner Canyon Recovery.

To find out what Humans Helping Humans is doing to raise awareness and reduce relapse rates. 

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Matt Britton. Matt Britton is the author of Youth Nation, a best-selling book on building remarkable brands in a youth-driven culture. He is the CEO of Suzy.com and former CEO of agencies Crowdtap and MRY which sold to Publicis. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• Matt and Carrie speak about the several large culture shifts that were led by Millennials. Hear the top legacies that can be contributed to Millennial behaviors. 
• With 75% of the workforce being made up by Millennials in 2020, discover the changes Matt believes will happen with the shift of Millennials being in the C-Suite. How will businesses align with the values and practices of Millennials? 
• What shifts in banking will we see with the rise in Millennials and Generation Z bank customers?As more technology companies like Google/Apple jump into the banking industry, Matt explains what he believes will be the future of financial services. 
• How has the importance and currency of time changed the way Millennial consumers operate? How is it driving other generations? 
• The patient experience within healthcare has driven the rise of 24-hour health clinics. Listen to find out other changes the new on-demand patient experience has created such as video telehealth and online appointments. 
• As Millennials become the largest demographic for new home purchases, they are buying expensive homes that are based in the city. This is pushing up rent for businesses, increasing home prices and pushing out Gen X/Boomers. Find out what trickle-down effects this will have on businesses and the future of cities. 
• Generation Z is supposed to be the first generation to bypass college and go straight into the workforce. Find out what’s next for America’s workforce. 

Keep up to date with Matt Britton and learn more about next-generation consumer insights and read his book, Youth Driven Culture. 

 To learn more about video banking and video telehealth innovation and driving consumer changes.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Ladan Davia. Ladan is the CEO and Founder of Beeya. The 26-year-old entrepreneur is changing the online job search process by aggregating with intelligence.

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• Ladan discusses her early entry into the online job searching space and why she started Beeya. 
• We talk about the role that AI plays in recruiting candidates. Listen as Carrie and Ladan break down were AI is right in the recruiting funnel and where it’s not appropriate in candidate experience. Is there a place for AI on your careers page? Can AI help with job application abandonment? 
• Listen as we explain why there is no need to fear AI. AI is here to help HR with minute tasks and not replace humans in HR. Combined with the right human interaction it can increase productivity, save companies money and hire quality employees. 
• What is the criteria of what HR executives should be thinking about with HR tech innovation to free up your recruiters and hiring managers time?
• Why are innovative companies replacing the phone interview or augmenting it with live video interviews?
• The pair discuss how to remove bias from the recruiting process. With AI and live video interviews, these new technologies will help HR managers make better hires. 
• Find out why pre-record interviews create bias and companies are moving away from them. 

Did you enjoy this very insightful HR podcast? Keep up with Ladan Davia on her LinkedIn and follow Beeya on Twitter! 

Learn about today's hiring climate, the latest digital recruiting tools, and why candidates experience is mandatory, click here.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Shelley Callahan about establishing hope in child poverty in the United States. 

Shelley Callahan is the Director of Development with Children Incorporated. She is also the writer of the On the Road Series, which highlights their work around the world. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• Hear about the work done by Children Incorporated and how they partner with schools, orphanages, homes and childcare centers to help children with basic needs. They work to provide food on weekends, clothes, shoes and school supplies. 
• We talk about the importance of showing a child that someone cares for them and improving their self-worth. 
• Learn why the volunteer coordinators are the critical component to both the children and the non-profit to reaching youth in need. 
• Shelley discusses the “On the Road” series to paint the picture of different success stories of children and highlight the work that Children Incorporated is doing. 
• Shelley and Carrie speak about the impact the opioid crisis is having on child family separation today. The US has seen a large increase in children being raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members, what financial constraints and health issues is this trickle effect causing? 
• Hear about what’s next on the horizon for Children Incorporated in 2019. 

To follow Children Incorporated and how they are helping children all over the globe.  

Download the Youth Mental Health Infographic and learn more about Humans Helping Humans.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Todd Unger of the American Medical Association. Todd Unger is the Chief Experience Officer and SVP of Physician Engagement at the American Medical Association. He has led digital change initiatives at companies such as AOL and Time Inc. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• Todd shares his experience as a “productive disruptor”, transforming companies to new digital heights and the way he’s done it over the years. 
• We talk about why companies don’t believe that they need digital. The problems that these companies face when they decide not to transformation and why now it’s not "whether we transform" but "how can we transform". 
• How to not end up in the “news” of closing locations because you didn’t embrace digital customer demands and buying trends.
• Learn about the embracing digital in healthcare and what physicians should be thinking about to embrace this digital patient experience demands to help grow and retain their practice. 
• As the world moves forward with new technologies such as telemedicine, we talk about adapting to today’s digital patient. 
• Todd gives tips on developing a digital roadmap to becoming a disruptor practice that includes individual consumer relationships, being web-native, and making your mission essential to your story. 
• With healthcare known to not be leaders in embracing new technology, find out why startups, healthcare entrepreneurs are leading in healthcare innovation faster than traditional providers. 

Learn more about the American Medical Association and keep up to date with Todd Unger. 

To download the "Telemedicine Pros and Cons" White Paper mentioned in the podcast on digital patient engagement, use cases to acquire and retain patients.

In this episode of The Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Michelle Dickinson-Moravek and Courtney Blanton about how to break down the mental health stigma walls. 

Michelle Dickinson-Moravek has been in the pharmaceutical industry for over 18 years. She is currently an associate director at Johnson & Johnson. She is the author of "Breaking Into My Life" and a social moderator at the non-profit 18 Percent. Michelle is out to raise awareness and compassion for those struggling with mental illness. 

Courtney Blanton is the Executive Director of the Hi How Are You Project, an Austin-based, nonprofit organization inspiring new conversations about mental health issues by funding and creating thoughtful media content, projects, and events. 

Listen in as we discuss topics such as: 

• We talk to Michelle Dickinson about her struggle growing up with a bipolar mother. We hear about the obstacles that come along with this experience and the empowerment Michelle found through her story. 
• We speak about the stigma that Michelle experienced with her mother’s bipolar disorder and why language is very important when it comes to removing the mental health stigma. 
• Hear the advice given to both children and adults who have a loved one with a mental illness. How to not get lost in being a mental health caregiver and take care of yourself too. 
• Courtney tells her story why the how Hi, How Are You? was started and it's relationship with the arts and music (Austin City Limits). She speaks on dealing with mental health issues her whole life and how people can take control of their situation. 
• How can the entertainment industry raise awareness of mental health and educate others? 
• We discuss the art of Daniel Johnston and the story behind his murals across the city of Austin, Texas. He has been recognized by the Flaming Lips and even Kurt Cobain. 

To find out more about these amazing ladies, follow their journeys and non-profits. 

To find out what Humans Helping Humans is doing to raise awareness and impact mental health.