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In this special episode I interviewed the winners of the first ever month-long Medical Affairs Innovation Olympics competition in pharma and biotech in the fall of 2022, CEO and Co-Founder of Discreedly, Vinay Tharayil, MD, BCMAS and Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Gibu George, MD. My guests discussed why education and interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers need to evolve and how they are extending the reach and awareness of quality, fair-balanced medical education to not only academic physicians but those in the community using their platform, Discreedly. 1:55 - Vinay Tharayil - Background. GSK Vaccines. Medical Affairs Excellence and Operations at Astellas. Passion for Medical Affairs and the MSL role. MSLs bring lots of value to the healthcare system but often go under the radar. 4:59 - How they came up with the app @Discreedly 5:27 - Vinay and Gibu's vision and philosophy of Medical Affairs 5:46 - What makes Medical Affairs critical today in influencing health

This is an episode recorded a few months ago after my guest, Johan Lauritsen, CEO & Founder of PROBE, had won the Evidence Generation category in the first-ever Medical Affairs Innovation Olympics hosted by Amedea Pharma. Johan is a medical student with prior gene editing experience, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, as well as a chronic Spinal Muscular Dystrophy type 2 patient. He is dedicating himself to facilitating and accelerating appropriate and timely patient access to clinical trials by developing a new program that researches and lists all the clinical trials across the globe for which a patient who is subscribed to his program is eligible based on health records submitted, and even directly connects the patients to the research investigator of the given study. Johan's passion and professionalism are both incredible gifts we can admire as he is in the progress of publishing the company's first prototype which is aimed at accelerating innovation in healthcare and democratizing patient participation,

A lifelong fan of the Olympics, I recently interviewed Sharon Hannan, an Olympic Gold Medal winning coach in 100 m hurdles and Australian athletics veteran who had coached Sally Pearson to victory at the 2012 games in London. Listen to this truly personal conversation to learn Sharon's scientific approach to building curiosity, drive, confidence through small steps, innovative methods, and successes to winning in sports, business and life. 2:14 How did you get interested in Track and Field? 3:30 How did you become a coach that would train a champion to a gold medal in the Olympics? 6:04 Do you think you were always perceptive of other people and there was a coach in you that manifested later in life? 7:45 What is the role of curiosity and not being an athlete in your success? 8:52 One of the most impactful books I have ever read was Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston who had to cut off his arm to survive. She read the book over and over again to learn about how he faced adversity by the processe

This special episode takes you on a dream journey in a recent conversation I had with a two-time British Olympian swimmer, global keynote speaker and executive coach, Chris Cook! He inspires us to experiment, dare to share with our competitors who are our greatest assets at times, reflect internally, and keep things simple in order to make the dreams of reaching the Olympics a reality in sports and in business. 1:49 – How did you become an athlete and a swimmer first before you became an Olympian? 1:58 - Adrian Morehouse, British Swimmer had won at the 1988 Olympics - that's when he decided he'd be an Olympic Swimmer and joined a swimming club within 2 weeks at age 9 3:52 – Who were the coaches that inspired you? 5:08 – Story of daring to share ideas with competitors and learning to become more confident and vulnerable. 6:27 – What was your first breakthrough in your career? 6:48 - #1 - His coach told him to break the world record when we has only 13 years old, which he did by swimming 1 lap at a time with a

This is part 2 of a memorable conversation I recently had with Peter High, President at Metis Strategy, a premier advisory firm in business strategy, data transformation, international growth, mergers & acquisitions. Peter is the host of the first, longest-running technology podcast called "Technovation", keynote speaker, regular Forbes columnist, and author of the book "Getting to Nimble". The audio podcast is available across all platforms. In this part of the discussion, Peter candidly shares his lessons redefining productivity, performance metrics, and the legacy of information technology and modern enterprise executives in general. Enjoy the show - here are the highlights below! PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIVITY Q: Recent studies have published how many different employers began to use data to monitor their employees (“the worker productivity score”) which backfired because they were more likely to break rules. Q9: How do you interpret such results and what recommendations do you have in applying the new techn

This is a memorable conversation I recently had with Peter High, President at Metis Strategy, a premier advisory firm in business strategy, data transformation, international growth, mergers & acquisitions. Peter is the host of the first, longest-running technology podcast called "Technovation", keynote speaker, regular Forbes columnist, and author of the book "Getting to Nimble". In this part 1 of our discussion, he shares his lessons on the real world role and reality of competition, innovation, and culture in business today. 2:59 - Q1: Can you describe your personal transformation over the years? 5:32 - Pharma Med Data Culture Integration – Limited by Legal Restrictions COMPETITION 6:13 - Q2: How does a company's Chief Data or Information Officer / leader enable it to stay competitive despite the legal restrictions in some industries? 6:26 - Cybersecurity. RISK MITIGATION strategy has to be balanced with a RISK TAKING/TOLERANCE strategy. 9:20 – Q3: How does the ecosystem of a business impact its compe

In 2018 I underwent a critical transformation in search of more mentorship, learning and development. So I received an MIT certification in Leading Organizations and Change based on a course taught by Melissa Norcross, PhD, which paved the way for the growth of my network, business, and this podcast I would later start. As a former Chief Strategy Officer and veteran operations and strategy consultant for firms including McKinsey & Co., Melissa’s work spans industries and the globe. She has worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 100 companies to non-profits as well as private-equity funded turn-arounds. Melissa facilitates peer networks of senior executives in the digital and technology space through Collaborative Gain’s Councils. She holds a BS in Engineering from MIT, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Ph.D. in Values-Driven Leadership from Benedictine. I am excited to share this "podcast in a course" type of discussion she and I prepared for you so follow and share the episode if you fin

A few months ago I spoke live across social media with four colleagues, experts and Medical Affairs senior leaders with diverse, global perspectives across pharma and medical devices to discuss some of the best moments and surprises from the Medical Affairs Professional Society's (MAPS) May 2022 Meeting in Paris which we attended. The conversation was a recap of this meeting yet with lots of very forward looking concepts many of you, my friends and colleagues, may enjoy reviewing, particularly as we prepare for the 2023 European meeting to be held in Lisbon by MAPS. So listen to this conversation with Marc Sirockman, Global Chief Executive Officer of MedEvoke; Meg Heim, President and Founder of Heim Global Consulting; Marcus West CEO and Co-Founder of 60seconds.com, and Viorica Braniste, Medical Excellence and Patient Engagement Director at Kyowa Kirin, which emphasizes some of the most pressing issues our Medical division is facing in the industry as we anticipate more developments in our Age of Information.

A few months ago I attended a reception at a conference sponsored by a Nephrology Journal Club (#NephJC) which I had referenced in my Amedea Pharma Blog and prior expert panel discussions because of its tremendous growth and popularity. And after meeting its co-founder, Dr. Joel Topf, a pioneer in using social media for medical education, I decided to interview him for my podcast. Dr. Joel Topf represents a model of transforming a virtual platform into a true in-person learning and development community. He has been running his blog Precious Bodily Fluids for 12 years. He co-created the longest running twitter journal club, #NephJC which connects nephrologists all around the world to discuss scientific papers twice a month. Dr. Topf has a large Twitter following and is a regular guest on the internal medicine podcast, the Curbsiders and was awarded the Robert Narins Award for innovation in medical education by the American Society of Nephrology and has given talks on the use of social media in medical educati

What happens when you add the role and duty of "inspiring people" to your title of a leader whether or not it is in your job description? It becomes a secret ingredient to your team's success, your legacy, high team engagement, recognition and awards. Larry Freedman, an award winning pharma executive is the type of inspirational leader I had the fortune of working with at a global pharma company, AstraZeneca, who personifies success. He has authored a new article called "The Sequence of Success" based on his determination to make inspiring others his duty. In our introspective reflection of his career and philosophy, he explains how he led "two levels deep" to turn around a slow launch of a global cardiovascular product and earn the company's most prestigious CEO Award to go on to become one of the most decorated award winning leaders in his organization and discusses many other pressing management topics of today. 3:19 - Q1: Key Factors to Career Success? 3:37 - 1. Perform 2. Network outside of your function

As a long-time fan and supporter of the author of the best-selling book "Predicting the Turn", Dave Knox, I enjoyed the opportunity to sit down with Dave to discuss the journey of businesses that incorporate a culture of innovation in a systematic manner and the results that follow. Dave Knox is a brand builder, venture investor, international keynote speaker, digital innovator, business coach, and award winning author. He was the leading digital voice and advocate at Procter and Gamble, Chief Marketing Officer at Rockfish, a leading digital marketing agency, after which he had built a non-profit start-up business / accelerator "The Brandery" which transformed 85 startups. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation: 02:50 - How did you develop the instinct of observation of innovation early in your career? 3:04 - Why Dave pursued "Brand Building" 4:47 - Views on Entreprenurship 7:10 - The concept behind "The Brandery" authentic to the city of brands, Cincinnati 7:46 - Why Brands are often misunders

I recently had a truly unique  opportunity to discuss a complex yet rapidly evolving topic of how to use and update our social media and digital communication policies with social and healthcare responsibility while improving our impact on the quality and timeliness of medical decisions! Darshan Kulkarni, PharmD,  MS, Esq is a dynamic expert educator in this field who owns his private law firm, is a life sciences  counselor, speaker, author, board member, and host of the DarshanTalks podcast who shared his perspectives on the latest developments in this field. Below are the highlights from our discussion. 6:20 Pharma and device social media / digital communication policies are highly variable across small and mature companies. Some smaller teams are building them from scratch, yet others are not updating them either deliberately, not prioritizing them, or are not addressing off-label discussions and their impact. 7:52 There have been several court cases that have admonished the FDA for being ov

A big part of the reason my latest podcast guest, Rohit Sood, has become a successful and recognized leader, mentor and growth advisor in the pharma industry, is because he has been able to build successful teams. This is how his colleagues describe his unique success story as a recognized pharmaceutical industry scholar, Rutgers Business School lecturer, expert in organizational change, investor, and senior executive in life sciences who currently serves as Executive Vice President of Global Commercialization at EVERSANA. Rohit prefers to make deep and deliberate connections in business and he shares some truly unique, practical case studies and solutions on performance metrics, hiring, team dynamics, mentorship, growth mindset, and execution in this episode. 3:10 - Q: What were some of the strongest teams you worked with or led in your career that you still remember today? 6:47 - Q: What are the principles to building a strong team? 9:32 - Q: How do you design a structure around a team with a strong culture

Johnny Knatt is a long-time friend and mentor with whom every single conversation is stitched in my memory as a highlight so it was time to capture and share one more memorable lesson for all of you, Alloutcoach fans and listeners! He is currently the Chief People Whisperer at JJK Workplace, a senior executive with over 32 years of experience at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in sales, manufacturing, HR; at General Mills; as Deputy HR Director for the State of Georgia (GA) Law Enforcement Office of Public Safety Mentor; and HR Director of GA Community Supervision, GENOS certified in Emotional Intelligence, and a recognized expert in Organizational Development, Employee Relations, Diversity and Inclusion. Johnny takes us through the most critical moments in his journey across his workplace lifecycle during which he provides practical lessons that have allowed him to uncover the secrets of how things work and decisions that impact our career, performance, job engagement, and advancement are made. 3:17 Q1: What

As a person that is fully dedicated to sportsmanship and the scientific method to everything I do, I found my conversation with an innovative thinker, educator, mentor, speaker, author and an expert in Learning and Development, Mentoring and Leadership Development, Dr. Ruth Gotian, absolutely inspiring. She has just published her book called “Success Factor” in which she interviewed Olympic gold medalists, Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Fortune 500 company executives, and Senior Government Officials. Dr. Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education, Anesthesiology, at Weill Cornell Medicine. Highlights and Timeline below - audio episode link: https://bit.ly/ruthgotianpodcast 3:04 – Dr. Gotian’s Personal Career Path. 6:23 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TALENT AND ULTIMATE SUCCESS. According to Ruth, talent is important but it is even more important to learn to use it. The FIRST of the 4 secrets to extreme success is 1. INTRINSIC MOTIVATION. So if you are talented and intrinsically mot

Listen to this global overview of the digital wearable landscape in this educational discussion I truly enjoyed with Joao Bocas, a global Top 100 Digital Health Influencer, Keynote Speaker, and Consultant, CEO of Digital Salutem, a company that enables healthcare companies to brand and market their digital health and wearable solutions as well as to implement digital transformation on an organizational level rapidly using world class technology. Connect with Digital Salutem, and Joao Bocas on Twitter and LinkedIn and follow his YouTube Healthcare Channel called "Digital Health and Wearable Series"!   1.17 Did sports inspire you to pursue starting a business in wellness, fitness, and healthcare wearables?  4.06 How do those who are not experts in digital wearables separate the signals from the noise among the growing availability of such devices?  5.28 What are some of the new products among consumer health or medical device wearables that pique your interest?   8:11 - About half of the con

I recently sat down to discuss the present and future of data culture in business and healthcare with Tiffani Bova, Global Chief Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce.com, global keynote speaker and host of a top 50 global Sales podcast called “What’s Next”. She is a bright, intelligent, and dynamic leader who is currently focused on integrating the customer experience with the employee experience as she strongly believes it is this combination that may propel businesses or even healthcare institutions and practices forward. Listen to her thought-provoking insights and real world case studies in this live episode during which she reviews elevating the patient experience, real world implications of our digital health transformation, as well as a range of innovative business management concepts. HIGHLIGHTS. 1:36 - Where do you find your sources of energy today? 3:47 - How do you think the healthcare sector is capitalizing on data to make and improve its decisions? When you look back at the last 18 mont

This is a recording of the type of critical, candid, yet fun conversation that is also a hands-on expert lesson on how to think creatively with purpose in a distracted world with one of the brightest and creative individuals I have met. I sat down with Jonah Sachs, a true original thinker, marketing executive, speaker, philanthropist, and author of "Unsafe Thinking" and “Winning the Story Wars” who shared his personal perspectives on unlocking creativity with social responsibility and purpose to spread the ideas that matter! Highlights: 04:19 – What inspired you to write “Unsafe Thinking”? Jonah: This book describes my personal journey to answer how I along with my ad agency could re-learn to break the rules once again which is how we had originally become successful. 7:08 – What are some of the ideas that matter to you today? Jonah: I have now moved from marketing to philanthropy and am very concerned as a father about the state of our climate and the ecological crisis we are about to face. 9:19 – Do you hav

This is a special, short episode inspired by the Thanksgiving Holiday that serves as an important pause as we near the last month of 2021! Because the purpose of Alloutcoach is to inspire all of us to cross over borders to transcend the differences we have from others, and to extend the boundaries of our roles and responsibilities, I chose to discuss a Holiday that has truly crossed over its unique national history and borders because of its universal message we should carry with us across the globe after Thanksgiving and throughout the year. ...Certain holidays cross over their intended design or population of people to become mainstream and universal. But more than their popularity, it is 1) the ability of a particular Holiday to connect a maximal amount of people rather than separate them, 2) to uplift, to inspire a call to action as a result of a particular event in history, and 3) to carry an important meaning of hope or future transformation that makes some Holidays such as Thanksgiving worthy of bein

I had the honor of interviewing a gifted economist, successful entrepreneur, socially responsible healthcare consumer and digital health expert who has been able to "bio-hack" her own struggle with autoimmune disease and personally helped many others with similar conditions - Mette Dyhrberg, CEO of an innovative platform called MyMee that manages a wide range of autoimmune diseases. Make sure to listen as she shares many details of her personal and entrepreneurial journey to integrate her background and analytical approach while critically improving the course of complex disease conditions with limited treatment options for many patients in the process. 1:42 - Mette suffered from autoimmune disease for 20 years and has developed a protocol that allows patients to identify triggers in order to reverse symptoms of their immune conditions. MyMee's digital platform has helped reverse symptoms of >67 different autoimmune diseases of the >100 known such conditions. While autoimmune diseases can attack various