Have Courage, be Kind, Stay Curious (ft. Rachini Moosavi)
4/20/202625 min
Rachini Moosavi is the Chief Analytics Officer at UNC Health, an 18-hospital system serving the state of North Carolina.
She's a first-generation American whose parents moved from Sri Lanka to Illinois. It took her until her late thirties to feel comfortable knowing exactly who she was, and that journey shaped how she leads today. Rachini started in consulting, fell into revenue cycle, and found her love of analytics there.
She never planned to be a chief anything. Her career was a series of open doors she chose to walk through, and sometimes doors she had to make for herself by raising her hand and asking to be in the room. In this episode, Rachini talks about the Disney movie line that became her life mantra, leading UNC Health's sixth-largest Microsoft Fabric implementation worldwide, why vulnerability is a leadership superpower, and the advice she'd give every graduating class: it's perfectly okay to say "I don't know" when asked where you'll be in five years.
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First 90 secondsRachini Moosavi· Guest0:00
I think it really took me, uh, getting into my late 30s, early 40s before I finally felt comfortable with, with [laughs] knowing exactly who I am. You have to ask for what you want for. It's so easy to wait for folks to recognize you and to recognize that you have something to contribute, but, you know, I, oftentimes I've found that no one's really gonna offer that up.
Ed Marx· Host0:21
A lot of times we just let, we w- let fate. But then if you just rely on fate, you may miss out on what was truly to be yours.
Speaker 20:29
[upbeat music] Welcome to Digital Voices, where healthcare and life science leaders explore the real work behind transformation. This podcast is about people, leadership, and the conversations that move healthcare forward. Now your host, Ed Marx.
Ed Marx· Host0:46
Welcome to another edition of Digital Voices. So excited to be with you. Again, thank you for listening. We know you have a lot of choices, and thanks to you, we're number four in the world. And part of the reason is great guests like Rachini Wanasabé. Rachini, welcome to Digital Voices.
Rachini Moosavi· Guest1:01
Thanks, Ed, for having me on today.
Ed Marx· Host1:05
Yeah. It's great to have you. You're such a great person in the industry, a great personality, a great executioner, a great leader, helping sort of lead the way for other organizations as well, as they follow everything that you're all doing with analytics. So, great to have you. Hey, we met just a few years ago. I was down in North Carolina, and we had dinner. We had a few others join