On the Edge with SIC

Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek
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On the Edge with SIC

"On the Edge with SIC" is the podcast where we explore the intersection between Health and Social Innovation through a Design lens. We interview diverse healthcare stakeholders "On the Edge" of innovation, including patients, healthcare providers and designers. Your cohosts are Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek, cofounders of SIC Health. Along with our colleague, German Charum-Sanchez, we work with healthcare organizations to codesign their best possible futures and create sustainable social innovation. For more information, check out our website, sichealth.ca or email us info@sichealth.ca.

  1. S3, E2: The Duality of Healthcare with Faizal Kassam

    3 DAYS AGO

    S3, E2: The Duality of Healthcare with Faizal Kassam

    In this month's episode, we welcome Faizal Kassam, a Canadian family physician, who completed medical school/training in Australia. Faizal is currently working as a family physician in Australia, making him the most remotely located guest we have interviewed to date! Based on his dual perspectives as a physician and a patient/caregiver, Faizal identified several challenges facing the Canadian healthcare system, including public mistrust, inadequate funding to address complex problems, and healthcare worker burnout. Finally, Faizal shared his personal story of caring for his mother towards the end of her life, highlighting the need for more resources and supports to help us design better collective death experiences. We hope you enjoy this episode and we welcome any comments/feedback! Resources Faizal K on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizal-k-150a3b5b/

    32 min
  2. S3, E1: Digital Health Innovation with Jean-Francois Couture

    OCT 15

    S3, E1: Digital Health Innovation with Jean-Francois Couture

    In season 3 of our podcast, we’re getting back into interviewing people working and playing On the Edge of healthcare and design!  In this month's episode, we welcome Jean-Francois Couture from Applications MD.  Applications MD is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving care in medical resuscitation. As the Director of Operations for Applications MD, Jean-Francois oversees the strategic planning, marketing, and implementation of their flagship product, EZResus, an application that guides health care professionals through the first hour of emergency and critical care situations. In our conversation, Jean-Francois describes his professional journey from emergency physician to digital health entrepreneur. He shares his experience with developing the resuscitation application, EzResus and lessons learned along the way. We hope our conversation inspires you in your innovation journey, whether you want to reinvent yourself personally and/or professionally! We welcome any comments or feedback on this episode! Resources from our guest: www.ezresus.com LinkedIn jean-francois.couture@ezresus.com “Please feel free to email me or connect on LinkedIn. I would love to hear your entrepreneurship stories, ideas, and if you have comments or ideas about EZResus!”

    30 min
  3. S2, E7: A Forest in Colour with Viviana

    SEP 9

    S2, E7: A Forest in Colour with Viviana

    In this much anticipated follow-up episode with Viviana (arQ RunicoS), an interdisciplinary artist based in Montreal, your cohosts discover that her Forest in Colour has germinated and grown into an exhibition! To celebrate Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Viviana's exhibition will be showcased at La Galerie Atelier Lucie Michel in Montreal from September 12 through 29, 2024. Viviana shares her inspiration and artistic process for a Forest in Colour and highlights how art and design fuel conversations around our climate crisis, the health of our cities and ourselves. Resources Vivana's website www.arqrunicos.ca Instagram - a legacy of her art : @Arqrunicos_colour La galerie artelier Lucie Michel Sound effect wind-in-trees from Pixabay

    26 min

  4. JUL 21

    S2, E6: Beaches Wisdom

    Your host, Nita, decided to try another solo episode based on her thoughts during her latest run along the Beaches area in Toronto. Nita shares her practice of acknowledging other runners and how that might translate into acknowledgement in healthcare settings. Notably, the #hellomynameis campaign launched by Dr. Kate Granger in 2013, shows us how designing patient focused healthcare experiences starts with introductions. Acknowledgements Sandra-Viviana's website: https://arqrunicos.ca/ Hello My Name Is website: https://www.hellomynameis.org.uk/ ”To see and be seen, that is the truest nature of love” - Brene Brown Sound effects from Pixabay (Beaches Wave Zen by Alex Jauk and Cafe Ambience by KM007)

    13 min

  5. JUN 24

    S2, E5: The Power of Your Voice

    In this month’s episode, your co-host, Nita, flies solo and shares personal updates on: SIC Health, our Mental Health Project, and the future of this podcast. This episode was inspired by Season 3 of the Netflix series, Bridgerton, and the brilliant monologue delivered by character Penelope Featherington! We're looking for your input on our Mental Health Project. Vote on LinkedIn for what you see as the most pressing pain points when searching for a therapist. Listen to this episode for details! Click here to vote Resources Bridgerton book series by Julia Quinn Bridgerton Netflix series (Season 3) Meet my AI friends by Kevin Roose The Patient Revolution

    14 min

  6. MAY 30

    S2, E4: How Might We Create Impact?

    In this month's episode, we continue with our Learning On the Edge series, this time experimenting with an audio/video format! We introduce a Design for Social Innovation Tool - the Impact Gaps Canvas. This tool allows users to take a systems leadership approach to innovation in their careers and/or initiatives/projects. Our video includes an image of the tool (see Resources below for link) and a brief interview-style discussion around how we used the tool to explore a problem in mental health. We hope this helps you consider using this tool to create Impact in your lives! Resources Impact Gaps Canvas https://systems-ledleadership.com/impact-gaps-canvas/

    19 min
  7. S2, E3: What's the real problem?

    APR 28

    S2, E3: What's the real problem?

    In this podcast episode, your cohosts demystify how to define the real problem and why it's a crucial step in the Design for Health process. We briefly review the Double Diamond Method from our last episode and explain how insights revealed through our Discovery Interviews were used to draft a Problem Statement. We'll review two tools that could help you - Empathy Mapping and the 5 Ws. Finally, we end with a practical example of how defining the problem could help in a healthcare setting. If you have questions or comments about this process, feel free to email us at info@sichealth.ca. Your questions could be featured on a future episode! Resources 1. ⁠Double Diamond method⁠, Design Council, UK 2. Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 101, Sept 2023, Facilitators: Khizer Tajamul and Maryam Ahmed 3. Empathy Mapping - Season 1, Episode 5 of On the Edge with SIC https://www.sichealth.ca/podcast/episode/51ebca88/episode-5-empathy-in-healthcare 4. The 5 Ws in Design https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/xzthe-five-ws-method-for-writing-a-design-brief-81c606f89e57

    15 min
  8. S2, E2: Let's Discover Discovery Interviews!

    MAR 31

    S2, E2: Let's Discover Discovery Interviews!

    In Season 2, we return to Learning On the Edge (with SIC), where we'll explain the key elements of the Design Process using the Double Diamond method. In this month's episode, we focus on the first diamond - Discovery, and specifically, the tool - Discovery Interviews. We define Discovery Interviews, share some tips for conducting your own interviews, and provide examples of interviews we’ve conducted around a problem in the mental health context. Resources 1. Double Diamond method, Design Council, UK 2. Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 101, Sept 2023, Facilitators: Khizer Tajamul and Maryam Ahmed

    22 min
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"On the Edge with SIC" is the podcast where we explore the intersection between Health and Social Innovation through a Design lens. We interview diverse healthcare stakeholders "On the Edge" of innovation, including patients, healthcare providers and designers. Your cohosts are Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek, cofounders of SIC Health. Along with our colleague, German Charum-Sanchez, we work with healthcare organizations to codesign their best possible futures and create sustainable social innovation. For more information, check out our website, sichealth.ca or email us info@sichealth.ca.

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  • Creator
    Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek
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    On the Edge with SIC

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