Ramanja Pakirathan

DeGroote MBA ‘20 | Quality Improvement, Innovation & Human-Centered Design | she/her

[Mel Robbins @melrobbins]

What type of fuel do you need today? Tell me in the comments and then go fill your own tank.

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Andscape @andscape]

First woman ✔️
First Black American ✔️
First South Asian American ✔️
First graduate of an HBCU ✔️

Kamala Harris, Vice President-elect of the United States

[The Female Lead @the_female_lead]

"What I want young women & girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters. You're going to walk into many rooms in your life & career where you may be the only one who looks like you. But you are not alone." Kamala Harris, the first female, black and Indian American VP

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

the societal opportunity cost of unnecessary care:

1 ED visit ≈ 1 month of rent
1 hospitalization ≈ 1 year of child care
15 MRIs ≈ 1 social worker for a year

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Love this quote: “When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails.”
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#Girls20Summit2020

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Takeaways from @wiiiiza : Listen for empathy and find common goals to help foster partnerships and collaboration.

Takeaways from @Salma_alrashid : Try to find out why people are holding back. Find a shared goal so that both sides can come out as winners. #Girls20Summit2020

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Some great tips shared on #Girls20Summit2020 around speaking the language of change and balancing your work between activism and advocacy.

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Excited to attend #Girls20Summit2020 today!

[Fora: Network for Change (formerly G(irls)20) @foranetwork]

Nothing will stop us from connecting & collaborating to create solutions to tackle the challenges facing young women around the world! Thank you for joining the conversation today at the #Girls20Summit2020.

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Can’t think of a better way to frame this! I feel like this is exactly what happens when we are sitting in a room not knowing if we should share our thoughts. Thanks for sharing this @lizandmollie

[Stanford Social Innovation Review @SSIReview]

.@NadiaRoumani (@stanforddschool) describes three ways to approach human-centered design at #SSIRinstitute. "How is power shared? Who's making the decisions?" she asks.

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

“We see the world not as it is, but as we are.” - The Talmud

[BrainStation @BrainStation]

Incorporate design thinking into your business with:

1. Product Design
2. Service Design
3. Transformational Design

Read about how you can improve on these tiers of design.

https://t.co/0XCxJ4jdHM

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

Some great learnings from Creative Destruction of Healthcare webinar with @ZaynaKhayat and @manonfiresocial around being mindful about the language we use in healthcare and what it means to truly be innovative. Absolutely loved the thoughts she shared around the use of words

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

The best customer service ultimately comes down to speed, convenience and friendliness. Be proactive. Put people first. Article by ⁦@Zendesk⁩ #CustomerExperience #empathy #excellence https://t.co/4BNrv6QZGO

[Ramanja Pakirathan @ramanjap]

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." #RBG https://t.co/4SfXWf3Qd7

[𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐡𝐮 ✨ @christinexzhu]

Why the next great consumer company will be a health-focused platform - people are willing to invest in better versions of themselves
https://t.co/CjTdSy9IPl

[Bon Ku, MD, MPP @BonKu]

Disability = mismatched human interactions

[Zayna Khayat, PhD @ZaynaKhayat]

25+ children's health systems came together to jointly tackle 8 areas for innovation

#KidsX accelerator launched this week https://t.co/r5x91CYFR8

[Design Council @designcouncil]

People with design skills contribute to a more innovative, resilient, productive workforce – one that is strongly placed both to deal with society’s complex challenges and bring about robust economic growth. https://t.co/ll0LX7FmV0

[Design Lab Podcast @DesignLabPod]

Episode 1 drops this Thursday!
Meet Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton), designer extraordinaire!
https://t.co/BDHAwB9dBk