One Flower at a Time: Leadership, Innovation and the NHS with Dr Sabarna Mukhopadhyay PhD, CEng |113

In this episode of The Mic Drop Club, Douglas Hamandishe sits down with Dr Sabarna Mukhopadhyay PhD, CEng for a deeply insightful conversation on leadership, entrepreneurship, women in engineering, NHS transformation and the real challenges facing healthcare innovation. Dr Sabarna reflects on her journey from physics and microelectronics into healthcare technology, sharing how her work with the NHS, Welsh Government, clinicians, patients and digital systems shaped her mission to improve communication, reduce waste and align services around people rather than processes. This conversation goes beyond technology. It explores trust, humility, listening, cultural identity, the courage to answer a calling, and why transformation cannot survive on pilots alone. Together, Douglas and Dr Sabarna unpack why many brilliant SME innovations struggle to scale in the NHS, how procurement and fragmented decision-making can hold back progress, and why true leadership is about bringing people together around a shared purpose. A powerful episode for entrepreneurs, NHS leaders, clinicians, digital transformation teams, women in STEM, and anyone who believes innovation must serve humanity first. Connect with Dr Sabarna Mukhopadhyay PhD, CEng: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabarna-mukhopadhyay/