Health and Wellness

Ep. 31: Backstop, with the Veterans Health Administration’s Richard Stone

“As we began to see in January the evolution of this virus...we began reorienting ourselves to our inpatient responsibilities and to the potential that the nation would need us to be its backstop in a healthcare system.” Dr. Richard Stone’s...

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Backstop, with the Veterans Health Administration’s Richard Stone

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Ep. 30: Values, with Kroger’s Rodney McMullen

“We made the decision to share publicly all the work that we were doing internally in case it could be helpful….We're trying to pay it forward just like others paid it forward to us.” When Rodney McMullen took a high school job bagging...

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Values, with Kroger’s Rodney McMullen

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Ep. 27: Reaching Out, with Humana’s Bruce Broussard

“Many of our members are alone and in their homes, and that can become quite an impact on their mental health. Having a phone call and being able to talk to somebody sounds so simple, but has been so impactful.” As president and CEO of one...

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Reaching Out, with Humana’s Bruce Broussard

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Power of Ideas

How We Emerge from This Pandemic Will Set the Course for Our Future

29 Apr 2020

It is natural to think about recovery in the middle of a pandemic response as it takes our minds off of the tremendous uncertainty around us and gives us hope for a brighter future than today. Emergency managers and public health experts...

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Nicolette Louissaint

President, Healthcare Ready

Power of Ideas

The Elevated Leader Through Crisis

29 Apr 2020

These are unprecedented times. You have heard this phrase ad nauseam over the past few weeks—and let’s be very clear, they are. You know the world impact in deeper detail than most can even fathom. You know that with every challenge comes...

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Chenoa Maxwell

Founder and CEO, Live Limitlessly

Power of Ideas

COVID-19: The Importance of Geroscience in Promising Research Directions

29 Apr 2020

We are living through a defining moment in history. The staggering COVID-19 mortality rates for older adults make improving these outcomes an exigent goal. This pressing priority can be achieved through research focused on keeping disease...

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Ep. 26: Greenlight, with Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

“When we reopened, we were very tentative about letting people back into the office….You have to show your health code, which is attached to the Alipay app. It'll show a green, yellow, or red code; basically it reflects a lot of data—where...

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Greenlight, with Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

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Ep. 25: Essential Work, with Kindercare’s Tom Wyatt

“[Our teachers] write me, they call me, they are so taken aback by the grateful comments they get, the emotional letters and emails they get from the doctors and nurses and others saying that they could not be doing their work without our...

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Essential Work, with Kindercare’s Tom Wyatt

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Ep. 24: The Right Thing, with Children’s National Hospital’s Kurt Newman

“We've been around for 150 years and we want to be around for another 150 years. So we'll figure out a way to deal with the finances. Right now we're just focused on doing the right thing for these kids and families.” Putting patients first...

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The Right Thing, with Children’s National Hospital’s Kurt Newman

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Ep. 23: Curveball, with Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred

“They may not be perfect with large crowds at Dodger Stadium. It may look a little different. But I really am committed to the idea that it's important as part of our recovery to get the game back on.” A month after what would have been...

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Curveball, with Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred

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