Private Innovation in the Public Interest
Private Innovation in the Public Interest
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Tune in with Professor Anita McGahan as she speaks with leading thinkers to understand and reinvent corporate social responsibility in service of the public good. Presented by Pi Squared, a project of the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University, this series explores new ways for companies, NGOs, and even government itself to collaborate and drive meaningful change.
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The podcast explores themes surrounding corporate social responsibility, collaboration for public good, and innovative approaches to social change. Examples include scaling proven solutions into sustainable business models as discussed by Roger Martin, addressing inequalities in pricing in underserved communities highlighted by Leo Pongeluppe, and fostering a mindset of humility and purposeful action as emphasized by Subramanian Rangan.

Tune in with Professor Anita McGahan as she speaks with leading thinkers to understand and reinvent corporate social responsibility in service of the public good. Presented by Pi Squared, a project of the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University, this series explores new ways for companies, NGOs, and even government itself to collaborate and drive meaningful change.
Professor Barry Finette is a global-health physician who decided as a college student to pursue his passions and to find a career in which he had control over what he did andwhen. Fast forward to today, and he is a pediatrician, an exited entrepreneur, and a professor with two major appointments and a pioneering impact on the health of children in low-income countries. In their conversation, Anita and Barry talk through the ways in which Barry was inspired to create ThinkMD, a company that supports field workers in low-income countries with AI-drive, smartphone-delivereddiagnostic capabilities. Even in the most remote areas of the world where there are few physicians, scant electricity,and few therapies available, the digital technologies offered by ThinkMD allow for diagnoses that are saving lives. Inthe end, Barry says, it’s always just about the patient.

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