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John 'jd' Dwyer
Hanna Bauer: From Catheter Ablation to Culture & Systems Transformation
1 hour 20 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2025 at 2:00 am.
Welcome & Hannah’s Life-Saving Backstory
Purpose, Love, And Excellence In Leadership
The Childhood Heart Condition And Ablation Breakthrough
Turning Medical Innovation Into Business Metaphor
Founding Heartnomics After Industry Disruption
Core Purpose Over Shiny Tech And Trends
Failure, Systems, And Learning Loops
Hustle With Heart: The BEAT Method
HEART Values And The CORE Growth Cycle
The Baldrige Lens For Whole Systems
Culture, Trust, And Psychological Safety
Clients, Use Cases, And Engagement Lengths
AI As Time And Insight Amplifier
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What if a life-saving medical breakthrough could teach us how to heal broken businesses systems? That’s the spark of this conversation with Hanna Bauer, whose childhood struggle with a dangerous heart arrhythmia led to a pioneering catheter ablation—and later inspired a powerful framework for organizational change. Hanna shares "I was the first child to undergo the procedure, which has since saved thousands of others” The surgery didn’t just restore her rhythm; it offered a blueprint for lead...