All Episodes
|
103
|
Sean Sullivan

Podcast 103: ENCORE Functional Wellbeing with Sean Sullivan

Jun 12, 2020

Episode Summary

This week on Health Care Rounds we are rebroadcasting John’s conversation with Sean Sullivan, JD, president and CEO of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management. Sean emphasizes the need for organizations to address not only physical wellness in the workforce, but also workforce wellbeing — and the importance of viewing wellbeing as an investment, rather than a cost. Sean and John also discuss applications of value-based care outside the United States.This episode first aired on August 8, 2018.

Episode Notes

Sean Sullivan, JD

Sean Sullivan is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management, as well as the WorkPlace Wellness Alliance which was created by the World Economic Forum, now managed and sustained by the Institute. Founded in 1997, the Institute is a global enterprise that serves as a catalyst and champion for a growing international movement to establish health as the new “human capital asset” and source of competitive workforce advantage for the 21st century economy.

Sean speaks regularly at Forums in Europe and the United Kingdom and has held training and certification academies in Brazil, China and the United Arab Emirates. Prior to founding the Institute with two physicians, Mr. Sullivan was the original President and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health for five years, and spent ten years as a Washington-based health economist and policy analyst – as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research, and as Executive Vice President of New Directions for Policy. Mr. Sullivan holds degrees in economics from Harvard and law from Stanford.

John Marchica, CEO, Darwin Research Group

John Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and COO of Darwin Research Group, a health care market intelligence firm specializing in health care delivery systems. He’s a two-time health care entrepreneur, and his first company, FaxWatch, was listed twice on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing American companies. John is the author of The Accountable Organization and has advised senior management on strategy and organizational change for more than a decade.

John did his undergraduate work in economics at Knox College, has an MBA and M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and completed his Ph.D. coursework at The Dartmouth Institute. He is a faculty associate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

About Darwin Research Group  

Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

CONNECT WITH US:

🌐 Visit us on the web

🌐 Follow Health Care Rounds on LinkedIn

🌐 Follow Darwin Research Group on LinkedIn

📺 Watch Health Care Rounds on YouTube

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

🎧 Listen on Spotify

⚙️ Health Care Rounds is produced by Grippi Media

Recommended Next

Podcast 200: How Health Systems Build Elite Clinical Leaders w/ Dr. Jonathan Stallkamp, CMO, Main Line Health
Podcast 199: A New Blueprint for Rural Health Care w/ Natalie L. Baggio, President, Corewell Health South
Podcast 198: Standing Strong as an Independent Health System w/ Dr. Allen Smith & Dr. Sam Ash, South Shore Health
Podcast 197: Making Health Care Costs Simple and Transparent w/ Mark Cuban, Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs
Podcast 196: Physician Leadership in a New Era of Health Care w/ Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan, Baycare
Podcast 195: Why Primary Care Is Under Strain w/ Dr. Greg Whisman, Chief Medical Officer, CareMore Health
Podcast 194: Why Health Care Reform Keeps Failing w/ Dr. David Shulkin
Podcast 193: The New Model for Specialty Pharmacy w/ Jigar Thakkar, PharmD

Recommended Content

Browse Library
INsights
February 16, 2026

Darwin's Our Take: Feature: A rare FDA refusal, CDC grant cuts, and proposed ACA exchange changes

Read More
INsights
February 9, 2026

Darwin's Our Take: Lilly’s, Novo Nordisk’s share prices roller-coaster following earnings reports

Read More
INsights
February 2, 2026

Darwin's Our Take: Botox, Trulicity, Xolair among drugs selected for next round of Medicare price negotiations

Read More
Stay Aware. Stay Informed.

Subscribe to Our Take

Sign up for Our Take Newsletter: highly curated, expert weekly strategic insights for health care executives.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.