Insights
Institutional Refugees and a New Impact Horizon
By:
Stacey Chang
For more than a decade, I’ve had a nagging sense that the interventions we so carefully design in health and medicine are insufficient to solve for the complex system problems we actually face as a society. Even in the midst of my long IDEO tenure doing all manner of interesting work, I had a growing sense of dread that I was only ever working at the edges of the dysfunction. Seven years in academia and then my third startup experience did nothing to allay those fears, but they have informed my perspective.
Systemic Change Agents
By:
Stacey Chang
In a moment where we might be feeling anxiety about how the complex systems that ensure our health and well-being might thrive, or even survive, I am heartened by the courage of those pivotal organizations who can compel long-term systemic change. Sharing here a reflection on one particular collaboration, and inspiration for how we keep the path lit for the journey ahead.
Institutional Refugees and a New Impact Horizon
By:
Stacey Chang
For more than a decade, I’ve had a nagging sense that the interventions we so carefully design in health and medicine are insufficient to solve for the complex system problems we actually face as a society. Even in the midst of my long IDEO tenure doing all manner of interesting work, I had a growing sense of dread that I was only ever working at the edges of the dysfunction. Seven years in academia and then my third startup experience did nothing to allay those fears, but they have informed my perspective.