KIDNEY HEALTH AUSTRALIA’S CHRIS FORBES LEADS WITH A PROFIT-FOR-PURPOSE MINDSET
“You’ve got to keep learning. If you don’t, you just get left behind.”—Chris Forbes
CEO of Kidney Health Australia, Chris Forbes, recounts his past experiences and the vision he has for serving those families who struggle with Kidney Disease.
His innovative profit-for-purpose business approach and a focused desire to measure outcomes make it clear that this organization is in good hands.
SHOW NOTES
(3:16) Growing an understanding and awareness of Kidney disease with red socks…
(7:17) A rural upbringing in South Australia…
(10:51) “…so if you can’t swim, or be a sporting star, you’d be a sporting administrator. And so, I actually have worked in sport and entertainment for a long time before getting into this role.”
(14:20) UFCs example of how to continue competitions during Covid…
(16:29) Choices made by countries during Covid and balancing the economic impact…
(21:11) Backpacking, cricket, and marketing…
(23:13) “I was the most popular father in Melbourne because I got to go and see all the artists.” Chris becomes the CEO of Ticketmaster in Australia.
(27:10) “…there’s that balance of pushing hard and getting the result and delivering the bottom line to taking teams on the journey to showing a vision to having them enjoy their work.” Lessons from Ticketmaster…
(28:37) The metrics of success…
(32:14) How do you keep a charity transparent enough so that people don’t demonize making money…
(35:36) Where are efforts focused in Kidney Health Australia?
(38:14) The inherent problems of aging out of the pediatric kidney ward…
(40:45) What to do about the trauma of dialysis and transplants…
(42:30) Kidney disease and how it’s impacted by other health conditions, requires partnerships.
(45:55) Addressing systemic health-care issues is a global concern…
(49:56) “We have to focus on outcomes, not activity.”Measuring outcomes allows you to manage time better.
(52:13) There’s a need to talk about kidney preservation before it gets to kidney failure.
(54:53) The stories that stand out…
(58:19) What does Go Be More mean to Chris Forbes?
If you liked this episode, check out our interviews with Nephrotic Syndrome Foundation CEO Andi Callaway and kidney warrior Hailey Hogan.
Recorded November 11, 2020.
References:
Kidney Health Australia – homepage, Twitter
KHA’s Red Socks Appeal – website
Guest:
Chris Forbes – Twitter
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