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George Lipphardt and the distance between good and ready
A CEO award carries one name. George Lipphardt’s approach to leadership turns attention toward the people still learning the job - and the colleagues who can help them get there.
Kerstin Block and the art of buying twice
She liked other people’s clothes enough to build a business around them. From a 400-square-foot Tucson shop, Kerstin Block helped make selling your wardrobe part of getting dressed.
Warren Rustand and the trouble with a full calendar
He once helped decide how Gerald Ford spent his days. After decades in business, Warren Rustand has a more personal question: what deserves a place in yours?
David Specht Waited for the Chips to Catch Up
A former Air Force pilot spent nearly two decades helping turn his father’s telescope insight into a new kind of ultrasound. The useful lesson is less about inspiration than patience: some ideas have to wait for computing power, regulators and the market to arrive.
Joshua Reischer
Joshua Reischer is a board-certified internal medicine physician who walked out of the exam room to rebuild the most tedious part of a doctor's day. As CEO and founder of Health Note, he turned the pre-visit patient questionnaire into AI-generated clinical notes that drop straight into the chart, cutting documentation and intake time before the appointment even starts. Health Note now runs across clinics nationwide, processes millions of patient visits a year, and raised a $17M Series A led by SignalFire with backing from Cedars-Sinai, Northwell and UnityPoint Health.