Spread Joy, Reduce Suffering (ft. Craig Scharton)
5/21/202628 min
Craig Scharton is the founding site director of Connect Labs Charlotte at The Pearl, an innovation district bringing together Wake Forest School of Medicine, IRCAD's surgical training facility, Siemens Healthineers, and Atrium Advocate Health in one collaborative space.
In this episode, Craig tells Ed about getting cancer at 23 and again at 35, the five ideals that guide his life (love, truth, beauty, wisdom, peace), and why he believes Charlotte can become the most supportive place in the country for health innovators.
Plus: holiday playlists with Adam Sandler, walking through giant sequoias to reset, and the case for making innovation fun.
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First 90 secondsCraig Scharton· Guest0:00
One of the best things that ever happened to me, I would say, is that I got cancer when I was 23. I realized that we have one very precious life, and I wanted to make sure and do good with the one I had and, and, uh, use it all up. And so I've been very fortunate to try to do things that had meaning. This life is an incredible gift, and squandering gifts leads to a lot of unhappiness.
Speaker 10:25
[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· Host0:42
Welcome to another edition of Digital Voices. Thanks for listening. We know you have a lot of different choices, so many great podcasts out there to listen and watch, and you chose us, and we make it worth your while because we have amazing guests like Craig Sharten. Craig, welcome to Digital Voices.
Craig Scharton· Guest0:59
Hey, great to see you again, Ed.
Ed Marx· Host1:01
It's great seeing you, and I wanna describe how we first met. So it was really only recently. So I heard about all the great things that you were doing at Connect Labs Charlotte, which we're gonna get into in a big way. So I reached out. I think we had a mutual friend, brought us together. Yes, Sandeep, a mutual friend brought us together. Very thankful for him. And I was like, "Wow, I cannot believe that something like this is being built." And so you were kind enough, I think we're like almost, like, on the first day of some of the parts