Bristol-Myers Squibb SVP Adam Lenkowsky: “I’d like to declare one day a week as a smartphone-free day; We need to find a way to connect person to person again”

I’d like to declare one day a week as a smartphone-free day. Too many of us are too attached to our phones, email, and social media. We need to find a way to connect person to person again. As the father of teenage boys, I’m looking to start this at home.

As part of my series about companies and organizations making an important social impact, I had the pleasure of connecting with Adam Lenkowsky, Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb. In his 20+ years at the company, Adam has cultivated broad expertise overseeing strategic and commercial operations in the U.S. and around the world. Throughout his tenure, he has sought to build a culture of collaboration and innovation to help patients prevail over cancer.

Thank you so much for doing this with us Adam! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?

I come from a family of educators, and so from an early age I wanted to help people. I studied biology…