Clinical Changemakers

"Don't let the fact that you don't know the last step, stop you from acting today.” — Dr Nick Watts , Chief Sustainability Officer, NHS. Listen on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode , Dr Nick Watts discusses what it takes to be part of a world-leading race to zero carbon emissions in healthcare. Dr Watt reflects on his early career at the World Health Organisation...

“Culture is absolutely the mortar between the bricks and the primary value of Mayo Clinic that everyone knows. From the environmental services folks to the accountants, to the nurses and doctors and social workers, the needs of the patient come first.” — Dr. Stephen Swensen, Former Director for Leadership and Organization Development at Mayo Clinic. Listen on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get...

"Psychological safety is at the very heart of this discussion... a belief that it is safe for interpersonal risk...in my research I have found this not to be the norm, but it is a very powerful thing when it's there." — Professor Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. In this episode, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Bus...

"When you face those problems, you have a couple of choices, right? You can say, these problems are too big for me and I can't solve them. Or you can say, these problems are going to persist unless I do something about them" — Dr Kedar Mate , President and CEO of the Institue for Healthcare Improvement Listen on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, President and CE...

Listen now on Substack , Apple , Spotify , or where ever you get your podcasts. So it sounds to me like we have 21st-century problems with 20th-century approaches. So what do we do? Well, I believe that clinicians given the right skills and opportunity can be at the heart of solving many of these very complex issues. — Dr Jono Hoogebrug, Family Medicine Physician and Senior Harkness Fellow. In thi...