Innovation is challenging the status quo :: Shanil Ebrahim

Join us this week for a conversation with Shanil Ebrahim, Partner and National Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting Leader at Deloitte Canada! We challenge the common misconception that innovation requires constant efficiency. Shanil shares why some "wasted work" is inevitable, and even essential, for groundbreaking ideas. ------------------------------------------------------------ Episode Guide: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - What is Innovation? 2:20 - Technology in Innovation 3:55 - Innovation: Solving Problems 4:51 - Not (inherently) efficient 7:12 - Innovation, Efficiency, and Problem-Solving 10:40 - Internal usage of innovation processes 13:47 - What isn't Innovation? 17:09 - Dangers of Gen AI 20:26 - New Technology, New Hype, Wrong Implementation 22:38 - Advice to Innovators ------------------------------------------------------------ Shanil Ebrahim is a Partner and the National Life Sciences and Healthcare Consulting Leader at Deloitte Canada. He is a senior advisor for clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and retail and special pharmacy sectors, and has supported a diverse set of public and private stakeholders in innovation-based business transformations and technology implementations. Shanil held roles as a Clinical Epidemiologist, Faculty Member and Researcher, and also serves as a Board Director in multiple non-profit organizations focused on vulnerable patient populations. More about our guest:Shanil EbrahimCompany: Deloitte Canada OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management