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The Artist, the Scientist and the Doctor in Each of Us
What is immensely hopeful is that the new science of morality offers a foundational, empirical, legitimizing rationale for health care designers to ply their trade.
Instead of being seen merely as artists whose skills are primarily aesthetic, or even simply decorative, the new science of morality connects design principles directly to the life and death matter of human healing. The affinity of aesthetics and morality, once celebrated mainly by poets, artists and philosophers, is now a proven scientific fact.
Viewed through the lens of this new perspective on human nature, designers should and must be regarded as full and active collaborators in the health care process. Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Insights, Transform
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Decision Making, Moral, Moral Science, Morality, Morals, Science, symposium, Transform
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Thinking About Life, Death and Design at Transform 2010
More than anything, the recent two-day symposium at Mayo Clinic – “Transform 2010—Thinking Differently about Health Care” – got me reflecting about how we make moral decisions as human beings.
This question was to me the sparkling golden thread running through the symposium’s 42 brilliant presentations offered by clinicians, surgeons, nurses, computer programmers, human rights activists, inventors, social workers and many others who brought their mighty passion for healing to bear on a single stubborn problem – the conundrum of human suffering. Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Transform
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Decision Making, Design, Design Thinking, Innovation, Moral, Morality, Morals, symposium, Transform
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A Sock, A Clown’s Story and Other Tales of Health and Care
What do we mean by the word “health?” Can there be different definitions of health in different countries, states and regions around the world? If that is the case, how then can we learn important lessons from each other about how to stay healthy, as we must?
Hardly a symposium of limited ambition, “Transform 2010: Thinking Differently About Health Care,” sponsored by the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation, hosted a group of speakers who took on such big questions. Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Transform
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Change, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Humanity, Innovation, Morals, symposium, Transform
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Get a taste of the Transform Symposium
Share/Bookmark No one would suggest attending an educational symposium simply for the food. Well, maybe no one but us. But the food at next week’s Transform2010: Thinking Differently About Health Care may be more interesting than most, and it’s a … Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Transform
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Dave Schy, Food, Health, Health Food, Healthy Food, Innovation, symposium, Transform
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The Value of Making and Thinking
Share/BookmarkI love to make things with my hands. And while I’ve made many things that were irrelevant, tangential or just plain ugly, the act of creating helps me sort through ideas and tease out what works and what doesn’t. In … Continue reading
By Caroline Lu |
Posted in Innovation, Insights
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Design, Design Research, Innovation, Research, symposium
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It’s not too late to be part of Transform
Share/BookmarkJoin us for T R A N S F O R M 2010: Thinking Differently About Health Care September 12 to 14 | Seats are filling fast! Over 30 Great speakers! Follow us on Twitter #txfm10
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Innovation, symposium, Transform
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Transform 2010 – registration is now open!
Share/BookmarkCheck back frequently, we will update with the speakers and sessions for 2010!
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Healthcare Delivery, Innovation, symposium, Transform
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Clayton Christensen Keynote on Rethinking Roles
Share/BookmarkClayton Christensen left the business world to go back to school for his Ph.D. when he was 40. As he studied businesses, he had two basic questions: Why do so many companies, once prominent, fade into oblivion? Why do so … Continue reading
By Lee Aase |
Posted in Sessions, Transform
Tagged Clayton Christensen, Innovation, Mayo Clinic, symposium, Transform
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The power of a conversation
Share/BookmarkThis morning I had the opportunity to hear one of our Transform presenters give us a preview of her talk. It absolutely blew me away! She spoke about the power of a conversation — how conversations should be a valued … Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Design, symposium, Transform
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Hear Dr. David Rosenman talk about Mayo Clinic’s Transform symposium, Sept 13 – 15
Innovation is finding new ways of doing what we want to do. Continue reading
By Francesca Dickson |
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Center for Innovation, CFI, Dr. David Rosenman, Healthcare Delivery, Innovation, symposium, Transform
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