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I can provide my ability to refine ideas, facilitate connections, and drive implementation, enabling healthcare delivery systems to empower vulnerable populations to live more healthy and purposeful lives.

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Through my human-centered approach, ease with facilitating connections, and outcome-driven mindset, I can guide healthcare organizations in crafting innovative and sustainable models as they enable vulnerable populations to live more healthy and purposeful lives.

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·      Tunnel vision and persistent

·      Don’t let what other people say affect my thought process and what I want to do

o   Ex. Deloitte – didn’t deal with corporate BS bc couldn’t see broader helping

·      Job search – same thing

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·      Articulate

·      Inquisitive – very knowledgeable about what im interested in

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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Because im so persistent and want to do what I want – can be negative for me and negative around me. Most people would just deal with the deloitte job, but I don’t acquiesce

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When I don’t expect something to happen, and it does – GHHI + Brookings Institute

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Before finance exam

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Dealing with politics at Deloitte

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When I'm nervous for exams because it is irrational

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Helping others, doing well while doing good

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Dealing with bullshit

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What type of work environment do you think I'd succeed in?

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What type of work environment do you think I'd succeed in?

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·      Small company but not startup

·      Company working on small teams

·      Collaborative

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What type of work environment would you suggest I not enter?

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What type of work environment would you suggest I not enter?

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5-6 person startup

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Doing the savage race together

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Leading a Jewish or healthcare organization and on the board of the other

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·    “most efficient person he’s ever met”

·      Caring, big heart

·      Unwavering moral compass that doesn’t get compromised easily

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·      Efficiency, dependability

·      Communication, responsibility

·      Can give an objective perspective

·      Passionate that puts my heart into what I do

·      Quick to respond, clear

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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·      Direct communicator which can come off less warm

Focused but Don’t ask a ton of questions

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·      Random connection between worlds – I like being a connector
- A good plan comes together, when things work out

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·      Worried about my mentee – the important things

·      Sweat the important stuff – cousin’s health

·      Being late

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·      When someone goes against one of my moral principles

·      Disorganization

·      Doing something without purpose / process

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·      Not that often, because im dependable

·      When I developed anxiety bc it was so unlike me

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·      Have esoteric conversations

·      Doing nothing

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What type of work environment do you think I'd succeed in?

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·      Surrounded by people

·      High achieving

·      Mission driven

·      Innovative / willingness to try different things to find the most effective way

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·      (professional) CHAI presentation – see me in my element

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·      Starting a non profit with friends

·      Good at making connections + like new ideas à project or organization

·      Good manager/leader of people – a leadership role

·      Nonprofit side

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·      Extremely reliable, very responsive, responsible

·      Always thinking about different things we can do – creative, entrepreneurial

·      Cares deeply about our thread family, and issues in baltimore

·      Intellectually curious and fun

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·      Passionate

·      Family oriented

·      Values based in religion and not – strong moral compass

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others?

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·      Inpatient

·      Cant deal with bullshit or things not done well

·      High standards – but wouldn’t be rude about it

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·      Talking about GHHI before it became a horror show

·      When things are going well with a project or with Imonte

·      When I have dessert

·      Doing something active

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·      When things are uncertain

·      When we hit bumps in the road

·      Experiencing anxiety

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·      Frustrated more then angry

·      When something isn’t good and its others fault

·      When someone is disrespectful

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·      When she didn’t find out I didn’t like yoga

·      Tour guide of jewish museum – surprise but not really

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·      Doing important work

·      Around people, entertaining – with community, people

·      Making a breakthrough

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·      Trying to do something but external factors are not allowing that to happen

·      Kinda like frustrating question

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What type of work environment do you think I'd succeed in?

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What type of work environment do you think I'd succeed in?

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·      Sometimes in a startup

·      Being a good manager – giving people challenging work, being intune with what they want to learn

·      Working for gov wouldn’t be the best – because change would be slow

·      Small team, nimble, doing different things, things that matter – as long as the field is interest

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·      Walk around harbor point – emotional breakthrough

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·      CEO or COO of a company or effective nonprofit. Something in public health, in a new creative way. Company that spans multiple sectors – aging and public health – multidimensional – doing multiple things

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Personality Traits that conflict with others

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Personality Traits that conflict with others

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·      Comes from Confidence in your own abilities vs. other people – confidence in own ability to do think through vs. give to someone else.

·      Can come across as not being interested in someone else’s opinion.

·      Very practical – not interested in wasting time/beating around the bush. Can come across that I’m plowing other peoples ideas down.

·      People who are sensitive, highly creative can be hurt by that.

·      Much more EQ then a hard assed / hard nosed “regular business guy” – well positioned. Just act on evidence that has been collected in the past

·      Good in conversation, know how to network, know how to make people trust me, humble – balance with showing ability + humility

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·      Thinking about moving stuff forward – important skill to have when we have a lot of ambiguous next steps / hard & awkward next steps

o   Identify and commit to whats happening next – maybe I question it internally but decide and go forward. Don’t get stuck in the middle – don’t flounder

·      Reaching out/getting interviews and talking to people – not afraid to using my network. Given that to every project we’ve been on together

·      Least art schooly among the class – good to see how our work translates in a lot soft/ethereal way. Upper bound for business and professionalism.

·      Have as a model – some people rub up against it. Other people are anxious they don’t have those skills. Could be competitive stuff that they feel with you

·      Set a good bar for what rigor and quality looks like – don’t have enough of that baked into program / mindset of program

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·      Want to put effort to put things you care about

·      Excelling in second half of DT process

o   First step of conceptual – not good

·      Comfortable with doing things ive done well in the past – don’t start really big

·      Implementation – good at.

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·      Like certainty – if I have one element, can blow it out of the park

·      Without any certainty – don’t trust my ability to make it up for myself

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·      Circles – proud of creative stuff I did – giddy

o   Saw some proof in the program in a way I hadn’t seen before

o   Made her happy that I liked that project

o   Healthcare + aging - Interest in aging is a direct product of really liking that project

o   Showing it to the world

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·      Being able to see through a project/idea

·      Organization that values Impact and following up

·      Could work for a big org – just need enough power/responsibility to manage

·      Want to be in a management/leadership role

·      Work mean something

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·      Core person – something that’s frustrating or not working – I bring it up to the power that be (organizing town hall), emailing professors

·      If something is going wrong – people will come to be then figure out if there is consensus

·      Nice to have organized people that are driven to make things better then the status quo

·      Class has good mix of abstract and concrete people

o   Being one of the way more abstract people – good to have me to bring up questions and concerns that more then half the class has but people don’t bring up

o   Bring it back to reality – whats the timeline? Functionally obvious questions that a lot of creatives don’t address

·      DFA –

o   If someone has an idea that’s outs there – will reach out halfway – but in context of what we are doing.

·      Present myself – concrete, organized

·      Grown a lot since program started – pivoted from being a manager of things into a bridger of things. Instead of strictly managing – now bring others in to make it more contributory

·      Original Design Leadership vision – graphically sound but corporate in a way – coming from Deloitte. Now, take more time to gel with ideas and look at larger aspects

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others

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Personality Traits that might be challenging for others

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·      Get easily frustrated when folks are domineering over conversations

·      Not initially pushing back but will push back if others do – depends on group dynamics if that is good or bad

·      How do I have time to do all the things I do?

o   Worry that I say yes too much – pile too much on

§  Bridging out more can help – would like to see me continue to grow in that aspect

§  Continue to bridge to build relationships when you know others will get stuff done

o   Questions mode – well when will it happen? What do we have so far?

§  Not inflammatory

§  Continue to be constructive. Take a step back when I get anxious.

§  What can I have others do? Good at recognizing what strengths others have – disappointed when I think there is a strength that doesn’t come through. Find ways to mitigate disappointment

o   Kind person – can feel mean when I feel disappointed

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o   Mitigated Lindsay

o   Figuring out bridges from outside to inside

o   Organized all meetings to make sure people were there

o   Organized this meeting

o   Drive to make the connections is helpful – informing what a project shouldn’t be is just as important as what it should be

·      Bridge Abstract to Reality

o   Be able to form platform where synthesis of ideas can be brought down into concrete and actionable level

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When have you seen me most excited/happy?

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When have you seen me most excited/happy?

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·      Super stoked after Circles presentation – speaks to fundamentally caring, using community connections to present idea and have it adapted, bring abstract into concrete

·      Delighted by little thoughtful things

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·      Corporate setting but don’t want my soul to get crushed

·      Let go in a lot of ways to allow more creative side to come in

·      Somewhere where im not crushed by bureaucracy

·      Working with aging populations – needed field

o   Market, need for innovation – socially motivated, technically motivated, built environments, make something new or retrofit what exists

§  What aspects –

·      physical/cognitive decline

·      Social aspect – friends die, kids grow up

·      healthcare

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- ability to move abstract into concrete ideas
- use my network
- good at talking/connecting to people
- have softened corporate image since starting graduate school
- nice to have someone who moves things along, and keeps everyone organized
- need to feel that I'm doing good
- don't want to be crushed by bureaucracy

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- how much of an asset the abstract to concrete skill is
- their appreciation for my skill of getting everyone on the same page / being the bridge to a larger network
-KT's shock at how I "do so much"
- growth in the abstract / empathy space
- informing what a project shouldnt be is just as helpful as what it is

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- much preferred these interviews to last week's interviews. Felt like I learned a lot more. Shocked at how much classmates remember and really appreciate their reflections / feedback
- really great to speak with people who I admire but who have very different personalities from me
-seemed like the roles im seeking are aligned with their comments about my strengths

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-integrate HCD in an organization's practice
-create new value chain/delivery systems/business models
-bridge the design and business worlds
-organize and drive implementation
-connect others

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-healthcare providers
-community organizations
-corporate partners
-community leadership
-philanthropic organizations
-healthcare technology companies
-older adults
-patients

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-enable others to live healthier, more productive lives
-enable others to feel in control of their health and environment
-enable others to feel empowered
-create sustainable path to aging while remaining financially independent/stable

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Through my human-centered approach, ease with facilitating connections, and outcome-driven mindset, I can guide healthcare organizations in crafting innovative and sustainable models to improve community health.

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can --> have
-I've already done these things (established network, applied design thinking, outcomes based analysis...etc), so I can do it for you. I will bring these things to your organization
-stress unique background
-have real world experience. not just out of undergrad
-would help to customize, give context of company/role I'm applying for

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-strengths: statement encompasses key components of a public health approach
-every grant funder expects: Outcomes-driven, human(people)-centered approach, sustainability
-Facilitating or making connections happen is also key and something else that funders look for when reviewing grant proposals
-Suggestion: change "as they" to "that will" (seems a little more positive and likely to occur)

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Utilizing my human-centered approach, established network, and outcomes-driven mindset, I will guide GHHI in crafting innovative and sustainable service delivery models that will enable vulnerable populations to lead healthy and purposeful lives.

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Reconnected with a previous manager who is FINALLY leaving the firm after 7 years!! Spoke about her thought process in choosing her next move along with my career exploration path. Asked for feedback regarding value prop statement.

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-strengths: It's very impactful.  It's clear what value you bring, what you're interested in doing it and how you do it.
-improvement: can strengthen it through a more active voice (mostly taking out the gerunds)
-statement can be really strengthened by starting with "Erika Rief has a human-centered approach...". even though it can be weird to refer to yourself in third person

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Erika Rief's human-centered approach, ability to facilitate connections and outcomes-driven mindset enables healthcare organizations to craft innovative and sustainable models to empower vulnerable populations to live healthier and more purposeful lives.