Vital Capacities and the Prospects for Thriving Together If our response to the Covid pandemic had been creation of a system designed to address the needs of all people, the spread of the disease would have slowed, fewer would have died, and economic pain would have been reduced. Bobby Milstein, one of the editors of the Thriving Together Springboard (http://Thriving.US), has been studying the difference between organizing ourselves against adversity versus organizing ourselves FOR well-being. He will share a [...]

Literacy, Complexity, and Community Join Jose L. Cruz and Mark Narkus Kramer for a Plexus Catalyzing Conversation on literacy and community. Jose Cruz is CEO of the San Diego Council on Literacy.  He has spent more than three decades organizing collaborative effort for literacy in California and nationally.  He is a board member and co-chair of Pro Literacy, an international nonprofit that helps adults read and write.  He is the host of the Council’s “Literacy for All [...]

The Changing Landscape in Delivering Responsive Healthcare Dr. Halpren-Ruder joins Marc Narkas-Kramer for a Catalyzing Conversation about the ideas and innovations that have arise from his years of experience and his vision for transformation in healthcare.  His paradigm is that healthcare value is supported by four pillars: the patient, quality management, culture and delivery. Daniel Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD,  CHCQM, began his medical career as an emergency room doctor, then ran an urgent care clinic.  Over the years, [...]