Can technology free us to be more human? I’ve been leading the digital transformation of healthcare as an executive and a consultant for the last few years. I have also been writing on the promise and potential of digital health. …

May 13th, 2020, is my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary! A real milestone for celebration!! We had it all planned out. My parents live in India. We live in Connecticut. My brother lives in Texas. We were all going to get together in India, have a big celebration with friends and…

The current pandemic provides an opportunity to re-evaluate the maturity of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. For some time now, AI solutions are being developed and deployed across the healthcare ecosystem. In the biopharmaceutical sector, they are finding applications in drug discovery, clinical trials, predictive modeling to identify at-risk patients, and…

Why do some companies manage to find their way in the face of competition, internal and external changes, and other challenges, while others struggle and even perish? How can companies proactively set themselves up for success? The most popular, almost cliched answer is “innovation.” With the COVID-19 crisis, the debate…

As businesses wait to reopen after the prolonged shutdown, they know it won’t be business as usual. Everyone agrees that Transformative Leadership will be required to re-engage the customers, sustain the competitive advantage and long-term growth. But what is Transformative Leadership? In leadership literature, transformative leadership is broadly defined as…

Medical Education in the US — A Dad’s Perspective I recently read that New York University (N.Y.U.) requested its Medical School seniors to graduate early to join the war against the corona-virus, and more than half of the students volunteered. On one hand, I felt so proud of these students…

According to the 2018 Global Leadership Forecast prepared by The Conference Board, developing “Next-Gen” leaders is identified as the #1 challenge in today’s organizations. Historically, we have come to see companies as the place where leadership development happens. General Electric, P&G, Siemens, Boehringer Ingelheim, PepsiCo, and almost any other Fortune…

It should be safe to say that so far, our life in the year 2020 has been shaped by coronavirus. We have spent the last decade focused on everything digital. In fact, FAANG and similar tech companies have increasingly shaped our lives, and our investment portfolios. However, the shaping of…

I have consulted for and worked at some of the largest bio pharmaceutical, medical devices and healthcare companies in the world over the last 20 years. I recently co-published my first book highlighting the innovation crisis in the industry. I am married to a physician. Yet, I have learned a…