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Peak Protocols: An Arena Labs Series

by Arena Labs

Arena Labs has spent years bringing experts from high-pressure, high-stakes fields to teach on the frontlines of healthcare. Now, we're capturing the best insights and tools from those experts and making them available beyond the hospitals where we work.

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Episodes

  1. Treating Clinicians Like Athletes with Mark Kovacs

    Mark Kovacs, PhD in Physiology and Human Performance Strategist, presents a framework for treating healthcare professionals as elite performers, drawing from work with professional athletes, NASCAR drivers, and executives. Background Collegiate tennis champion turned performance scientist after a...

  2. Bridging Elite Sports and Healthcare: Lessons in High Performance for Creating a Successful Culture with Carrie Taylor

    Carrie Taylor, Vice President of Soccer Operations at USL Spokane and a pioneering female coach in men's professional soccer, presents frameworks from elite athletics that are relevant to healthcare. Key Career Insights Transitioned from University of Michigan soccer and a pre-medical academic...

  3. When Burnout Becomes Biology: Understanding the Science and Solutions Behind Healthcare Worker Exhaustion with Diane Malaspina

    In this episode, we sit down with Diane Malaspina, Performance Coach Manager at Arena Labs, psychologist, and yoga and mindfulness teacher, who spent years working directly with healthcare providers navigating unprecedented stress during COVID-19. Her unique integration of psychology, mind-body...

  4. Pressure in Pediatric Surgery with Dr. Danielle Gottlieb Sen

    When Technical Mastery Meets Human Connection: What It Really Takes to Operate on Children's Hearts In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Danielle Gottlieb Sen, a pediatric cardiac surgeon whose unconventional path to the operating room reveals as much about resilience and self-determination as…

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  5. From Olympics to Healthcare with Naya Tapper, OLY

    What Can Elite Athletes Teach Us About Building Stronger Medical Teams? More Than You’d Think. In this episode, we sit down with a two-time Olympian, World Cup competitor, and former co-captain of the U.S. Women’s Rugby Sevens team to explore what high-performance sport can teach medicine about...

  6. Fail, Reflect, Master: A Seal's Guide for Clinicians w/ Matt Cumbee

    What if your worst professional failure became your greatest clinical asset? In this episode, Matt Cumbee—former Navy SEAL and Arena Labs performance coach—joins us to unpack how “catastrophic” failures forge the grit and capacity every healthcare worker needs. Drawing on his time as a SEAL and...

  7. What Makes a Leader Last w/ Mike Mears

    What can the CIA teach us about building better hospitals? More than you’d expect. In this episode, Mike Mears—former CIA Chief of Human Capital and the founder of the CIA Leadership Academy—joins us to explore what medicine can learn from intelligence operations and high-stakes organizational...

  8. Performing Under Pressure in the ICU with Jessica B. Williams

    What does it take to not only survive, but lead, in one of the most intense environments in healthcare? In this episode of Peak Protocols, we’re joined by Jessica B. Williams, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the CVICU with over 17 years of frontline experience. Jess…

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  9. FBI Lessons for Frontline Medicine with Sarah Draper

    What can the FBI teach us about performance in healthcare? A lot more than you might think. In this episode, Sarah Draper, a West Point graduate, Army veteran, and former FBI Special Agent, joins us to unpack what it takes to lead and last in high-stakes, high-consequence environments. After a...

  10. Coaching the Frontlines of Medicine with Jackie Pen

    In the premiere episode of Peak Protocols, we sit down with Jackie Pen — an elite performance coach whose journey has taken her from training world-class athletes at Exos and Future to leading clinician performance at Arena Labs. Jackie isn’t just coaching the frontline of medicine, she’s...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Arena Labs has spent years bringing experts from high-pressure, high-stakes fields to teach on the frontlines of healthcare. Now, we're capturing the best insights and tools from those experts and making them available beyond the hospitals where we work.

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Arena Labs has spent years bringing experts from high-pressure, high-stakes fields to teach on the frontlines of healthcare. Now, we're capturing the best insights and tools from those experts and making them available beyond the hospitals where we work.

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