Speaker Series

The Center for Innovation sponsors an institutional speaker series, Thinking Differently: The Center for Innovation Series of Unexpected Conversations.

This educational offering brings world-renowned experts from various disciplines and fields to the employees of Mayo Clinic supporting innovation by bringing forward expertise from outside of health care.

 

Enjoy listening to our past presenters.

Charlie Blotner

Charlie Blotner

Master of Social Work student at UV of Washington
Ben Fry

Ben Fry

Principal at Fathom Information Design
Doug Powell

Doug Powell

Distinguished Designer at IBM
Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D.

Editor-in-Chief of Kaiser Health News
Folkert Kuipers Ph.D.

Folkert Kuipers Ph.D.

University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
John Adractas

John Adractas

Chief Marketing and Growth Officer at Simplee

Nancy Lyons

Nancy Lyons

Owner and CEO, Clockwork

Lauren Taylor

Lauren Taylor

Presidential Scholar, Harvard Divinity School

Frans van Houten

Frans van Houten

CEO, Philips

James P. Hackett

James P. Hackett

Retired Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Steelcase Inc.

Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, M.D.

Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, M.D.

Executive Vice President and a Board Member of Takeda Pharmaceuticlas.

Mark D. Smith, M.D., MBA

Mark D. Smith, M.D., MBA

Former President and CEO of the California Healthcare Foundation

Michael M. Crow, Ph.D.

Michael M. Crow, Ph.D.

President of Arizona State University

Dave Gray

Dave Gray

Author, Founder of XPLANE and Founding Member of VixThink

Sarah Miller Caldicott

Sarah Miller Caldicott

CEO of PowerPatterns
Tim Brown

Tim Brown

CEO of IDEO