In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Dr. Josh Makower shares his earliest inventions and how his early work at Pfizer helped him create the innovation process used today by biodesign programs across the world.

That includes Stanford Biodesign, where Makower will take over as director this fall.

You’ll also hear a portion of an interview with Medtronic’s Martha Ha, chief privacy officer and chief counsel of corporate governance, and Jon de Csepel, CMO, vice president, medical affairs of the Americas. The pair will explain how the company is reaching out to employees in Asia and the Pacific Islands and helping them to understand how to better work within the corporate culture. The entire interview can be heard in the latest MedtronicTalks Podcast.

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