EPISODE · Aug 13, 2021 · 44 MIN
Leaning into Your Voice with Walgreens' SVP, ESG & Chief DEI Officer Alethia Jackson
from Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital · host Sarah Chen-Spellings
“If I was being invited into a room, it was for a reason. So it's about being confident in that I had something to offer. I wasn't going to sit at the periphery of the table and not speak” — Alethia Jackson This week, we make a trip to The Hill with America’s Top Lobbyist, Alethia Jackson making some #BillionDollarMoves! As VP of Federal Relations & Head of Advocacy for Walgreens (and now Chief DEI Officer!), Alethia is expanding patient access to pharmacy services while advancing the role of pharmacy in the healthcare system. As Chair of the Vaccine Equity Taskforce, she sees first hand, Corporate America’s healthcare battle especially during this time we are all living in. We unpack what it means to lead with your voice, the complex healthcare landscape and how to build partnerships that matter. -- 👊🏻 5 THINGS YOU'LL LEARN: - How to be heard, and help others feel heard - What it takes to make it in Corporate America - The healthcare battle of our generation - The quadruple aim of healthcare & how senior executives are thinking about it - How digitization is affecting the future of healthcare -- ⏳ TIMESTAMPS 00:11 - What's on tab for this week: the healthcare battle of our generation, 02:29 - Alethia's DRIVE and where it came from 04:55 - The disparity of care 07:09 - How to find your voice, and come back from being perceived not in a way you'd like 11:14 - On power in Washington DC 15:11 - The quadruple aim of healthcare, the challenges 19:57 - Politics vs government; the politicization of healthcare? 24:08 - The retailization of healthcare 26:53 - Guest CAMEO! Nur Afifah & Renwei Chung - fake news, reimagining healthcare's front door 39:04 - BILLION DOLLAR QUESTIONS -- Billion Dollar Moves is THE show for the audacious; featuring the top US-Asia founders, funders and execs. From the growing pains of a unicorn journey to IPO, scaling a venture capital firm, we cover it all in the world of venture & business. Learn from the crème de la crème so YOU too, can make #billiondollarmoves — in venture, in business, in life. -- PODCAST INFO: Podcast website Watch on Youtube Join the community FOLLOW SARAH: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarahchenglobal Instagram: instagram.com/sarahchenglobal Twitter: twitter.com/sarahchenglobal
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“If I was being invited into a room, it was for a reason. So it's about being confident in that I had something to offer. I wasn't going to sit at the periphery of the table and not speak” — Alethia Jackson This week, we make a trip to The Hill with America’s Top Lobbyist, Alethia Jackson making some #BillionDollarMoves! As VP of Federal Relations & Head of Advocacy for Walgreens (and now Chief DEI Officer!), Alethia is expanding patient access to pharmacy services while advancing the role of pharmacy in the healthcare system. As Chair of the Vaccine Equity Taskforce, she sees first hand, Corporate America’s healthcare battle especially during this time we are all living in. We unpack what it means to lead with your voice, the complex healthcare landscape and how to build partnerships that matter. -- 👊🏻 5 THINGS YOU'LL LEARN: - How to be heard, and help others feel heard - What it takes to make it in Corporate America - The healthcare battle of our generation - The quadruple aim of healthcare & how senior executives are thinking about it - How digitization is affecting the future of healthcare -- ⏳ TIMESTAMPS 00:11 - What's on tab for this week: the healthcare battle of our generation, 02:29 - Alethia's DRIVE and where it came from 04:55 - The disparity of care 07:09 - How to find your voice, and come back from being perceived not in a way you'd like 11:14 - On power in Washington DC 15:11 - The quadruple aim of healthcare, the challenges 19:57 - Politics vs government; the politicization of healthcare? 24:08 - The retailization of healthcare 26:53 - Guest CAMEO! Nur Afifah & Renwei Chung - fake news, reimagining healthcare's front door 39:04 - BILLION DOLLAR QUESTIONS -- Billion Dollar Moves is THE show for the audacious; featuring the top US-Asia founders, funders and execs. From the growing pains of a unicorn journey to IPO, scaling a venture capital firm, we cover it all in the world of venture & business. Learn from the crème de la crème so YOU too, can make #billiondollarmoves — in venture, in business, in life. -- PODCAST INFO: Podcast website Watch on Youtube Join the community FOLLOW SARAH: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarahchenglobal Instagram: instagram.com/sarahchenglobal Twitter: twitter.com/sarahchenglobal
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