The Minor Consult
Stanford Medicine
The Minor Consult explores leadership with innovators, changemakers, and risk-takers.
Hosted by Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, the podcast convenes top minds from across fields to share their perspectives, impart lessons from their careers, and discuss the complex challenges leaders face today. Through their conversations, Dr. Minor unearths the qualities and skills that leaders need to succeed in turbulent times.
Dr. Minor has served as Dean since 2012 and is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Under his leadership, Stanford Medicine has emerged as a leader in the Precision Health revolution, which emphasizes preventive, personalized health care and leverages advances in biomedicine to treat and cure complex diseases. With more than 160 published articles and chapters, Dr. Minor is an expert in balance and inner ear disorders. In 2012, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Disclaimer: Lloyd Minor has no financial interests in or formal relationships with the organizations of his guests.
Hosted by Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, the podcast convenes top minds from across fields to share their perspectives, impart lessons from their careers, and discuss the complex challenges leaders face today. Through their conversations, Dr. Minor unearths the qualities and skills that leaders need to succeed in turbulent times.
Dr. Minor has served as Dean since 2012 and is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Under his leadership, Stanford Medicine has emerged as a leader in the Precision Health revolution, which emphasizes preventive, personalized health care and leverages advances in biomedicine to treat and cure complex diseases. With more than 160 published articles and chapters, Dr. Minor is an expert in balance and inner ear disorders. In 2012, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Disclaimer: Lloyd Minor has no financial interests in or formal relationships with the organizations of his guests.
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Mar 12, 2022 • 45min
S1 Ep7: Carl Zimmer- Rebuilding Trust in Science & Medicine
Facing an era when science is on trial and attacked like never before, Dean Lloyd Minor speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and author Carl Zimmer.
Their discussion explores how leaders can address declining public trust in science and the medical establishment, the challenge of successfully communicating complex and critical scientific information, and how to bolster healthy dialogue between governments, scientific institutions, and the general public.
Mar 12, 2022 • 48min
S1 Ep6: Reed Jobs- Leading the Future of Biomedical Innovation
Dean Lloyd Minor sits down in the studio with the son of Steve Jobs, an accomplished visionary in his own right, Emerson Collective Managing Director of Health Reed Jobs.
They discuss how to bring new therapies and diagnostics to patient care, leverage philanthropy and funding to tackle threats from cancer to COVID-19, and build a biomedical ecosystem capable of deploying new technologies to solve the future’s most pressing problems.
Mar 12, 2022 • 43min
S1 Ep5: Jennifer Todd- A Changing Film Industry & Lessons from Producing the Oscars
With the movie awards season in full swing, Dean Lloyd Minor brings on Jennifer Todd, a top film producer of not only many American classics but several Oscars ceremonies. In their discussion, they look at the many challenges the entertainment industry has faced during the pandemic, how the industry is reinventing itself, and how to handle a crisis during a live event (for instance, when award presenters go wildly off script). They also discuss strategies for building highly effective and diverse teams.
Mar 11, 2022 • 47min
S1 Ep4: Betsy Nabel- What It Takes to Lead in Public Health
Reflecting on the watershed events in health care of the past few years, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Betsy Nabel, the EVP for Strategy at ModeX Therapeutics and former President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
They delve into lessons learned from the response to COVID-19 and examine what it takes to lead in public health during a once-in-a-generation crisis. Throughout their discussion, they examine core tenets of impactful leadership in health care, which can be applied in countless other sectors.
Mar 11, 2022 • 41min
S1 Ep3: John Barry- History's Leadership Lessons for Pandemics & Climate Change
In this episode, Dean Lloyd Minor is joined by eminent historian John Barry, a well-researched expert on two of our nation’s greatest crises: the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. They serve as direct parallels to our present-day challenges of COVID and climate change. How did leaders approach these disasters back then? And what historical lessons can we employ to effectively lead on these issues?
Mar 11, 2022 • 34min
S1 Ep2: Caroline Fairchild- Being An Effective Communicator & the Future of Work
Dean Lloyd Minor sits down to discuss the rapid transformation of the workplace with the Editor at Large of LinkedIn’s global newsroom, Caroline Fairchild. They discuss the seismic changes of recent years that have altered the very nature of how we work, what employees and employers are doing to adjust, and how organizations can emerge stronger and more resilient following times of upheaval. As part of this conversation, they stress the importance of communicating with understanding and empathy, and of fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Mar 11, 2022 • 41min
S1 Ep1: James Carville- Influencing Public Opinion & Leading with Humanity
In this episode of The Minor Consult, Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, welcomes the famed political consultant who helped lead Bill Clinton to presidential victory in 1992, James Carville.
Together, they examine the leadership skills needed in today’s political landscape, how to handle a crisis when it hits the national news, and the strategies leaders can employ to build trust and consensus. How can leaders step up in our modern era of polarization and constant crisis?
