Pat Wadors, CHRO at Intuitive, joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about how to find and amplify the golden nuggets of your culture, the three layers of a great employee experience, why you need to “touch the elephant”, and what kids’ stories can teach us about leadership.

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(05:48) Pat’s 18-Month Update: New Role, Book Launch, and Life Shift

(13:55) What is Intuitive? The Da Vinci System & MedTech Innovation

(18:34) How It Works: Da Vinci, AI Feedback & Remote Surgeries

(21:02) Culture Work: Merging Two Cultures & The Player-Coach Model

(25:20) Us vs. Them: Culture Nuance, Middleware & Global Complexity

(28:51) Finding the Golden Nuggets: How to Identify Cultural Truths

(31:28) Mapping Culture: From Aspirational Values to Operational Change

(33:41) Origin Story & Its Role in Company Culture

(35:08) Becoming an Archaeologist: Crafting a Cohesive Narrative

(38:49) How to Make Culture Measurable: The CEO Buy-In

(41:04) Building MPL Culture: Rigor, Humor, and Platform Principles

(45:00) Touch the Elephant: Bias, Context & Emotional Intelligence

(46:51) Why Pat Wrote the Book: Fables, Storytelling & Self-Awareness

(51:45) Pat’s Book Picks: Mulan, Goldilocks & the Lessons Behind Them

(58:16) The Bat Phone: Parenting Advice & Living Your Values

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