The Intelligent Rebellion

A Holiday Message from Rhea. We wish you all a safe, happy holidays. Now go and be your rebellious little selves. Follow us at:  The Intelligent Rebellion | IG: @intelligent.rebellion | Linkedin Find Rhea: Rhea Mercado | LinkedIn | IG: @rheamercs | Facebook | Twitter Bits & Pieces: The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast is a Threesticks Production | Producer & Host: Rhea Mercado | Emperor of So...

This is James Ellis, a husband, a father, a man who loves to sail and a man with a Plan B. This episode started as a chat about Prof. Henry Mintzberg and the healthcare mythology, humanising workers compensation and evolved into an emergent discussion about humble enquiry, being wrong, doing better science, intuition and TWOGS. Find James Ellis: Linkedin | Framework Group Behind the boat’s wheel S...

When someone tries to sabotage your career, you call your friends, lean into them and remind yourself that you're a good person. Business is business. This was personal. Rhea shares the story of the moment she broke, when she had to defend her reputation and how turning to her community reignited her passion for the healthcare and rehab industry. WARNING: This episode contains profanities. Find Rh...

Lauren and Rhea continue their discussion about medications in industry, plateauing return to work rates, uniting under one healthcare mission and how she is changing the world with Claims Pharmacy. This is part two of Rhea's chat with Lauren Dredge. If you haven’t heard part one, go and listen to that first and then come back to this one.  There is more talk about red wine, some talk about burpee...

Lauren talks about the scariest thing she sees is happening in healthcare right now and muse about some of solutions including collaboration, policy change and placing the injured person at the centre of the claim. This is part one of two of Rhea's chat with Lauren Dredge. In this episode Lauren shares her healthcare origin story, being lame in our older age and small rebellions during lockdown. W...

This is John Mellors, a husband, a proud father, a tragic Brisbane Bronco’s fan, and a business development manager. John chats with Rhea about being a verbivore, about his recent move from one organisation to another and his attempts at work/life balance. They wonder why prevention is not a priority in commercial models, the danger of prescriptive workplace wellness programs, cause and correlatio...

Welcome to the Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Meet Rhea Mercado and listen as she shares a little about her origin story and how the podcast came to be. It was an exciting entry into the world dropping onto her parent's floor boards in Pasig City, Philippines. Rhea shares stories about moments in her life which have shaped her being. Recalling her Dad's version of truck Tetris, her and Merv's wayw...