2015
Partnering for Cures 2015 brought together innovative ideas and disruptive thinkers to transform the medical research system with insights such as:
- When trying to motivate people, remember that you can't always herd cats, but you can move their food.
- There is no substitute for patient input – it's very different to hear from patients directly than it is to hear from translators trying to speak on their behalf.
- Medicine should be at least as good as Netflix at analyzing data for the benefit of consumers.
- Translate emotion into data to create powerful evidence.
- The value of “optimal distance” in solving difficult problems cannot be ignored. The smartest people probably don't work for you and may come from another field entirely.
- Patients are already demanding their data – that ship has sailed. But they don't just want the data, they want to be able to do something with the data.
- It's hard for people to talk about failure, but critical to advancing learning.
- You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change things, build a new model that makes the old one obsolete.
- We charge forward until we hit a wall. Then we break the wall. And if we can't, we scale the wall. Or build a door. Whatever it takes.
- Success is never final.
The Power of Ideas
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Download our new Power of Ideas publication – 15 compelling essays that include David Panzirer's candid take on why he's determined to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes, Anne Wojcicki's vision of what it means to have a consumer-driven healthcare revolution, and Tom Insel and Kafui Dzirasa's insights on redefining mental illness. This collection of big ideas delivers a good dose of optimism grounded on innovation, resiliency, and purpose. |
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