Epic starts now. S2 and MIT xPRO: A groundbreaking collaboration ushering in a new era of AI-driven healthcare innovation. Learn more about our MIT xPRO and S2 Innovation collaboration here.

An MIT xPRO and S2 Innovation collaboration: Gain exclusive access to our in-person or live-virtual Biodesign Bootcamps delivered in conjunction with MIT xPRO's professional certificate courses.

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Empowering Innovators: Streamlining the Path from Idea to Impact. Your Vision, Our Expertise, Your Solution

Client during design thinking and biodesign workshop as they work to address their organization's largest unmet need: Integrating AI into their healthcare technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be recognized as the most exciting emerging technology in healthcare. Healthcare executives have highlighted AI’s transformative potential.

AI is being leveraged to improve various aspects of healthcare, including: clinical care, operations, and research. The Center for Connected Medicine found that 85% of executives believe AI has the potential to significantly improve healthcare administration, operations, and clinical care. The potential to harness AI for improved patient outcomes is immense, yet a gap in comprehensive training hinders innovation.

The pressing question is:

“How can healthcare leaders effectively integrate AI into patient care to enhance outcomes and workflows?”

The answer lies with S2 training professionals in biodesign, design thinking, and AI technologies. By strategically integrating AI, healthcare leaders can significantly enhance clinical, operational, and educational outcomes, ultimately leading to better patient care and more efficient healthcare systems. S2 empowers leaders with a deep understanding of AI and the biodesign approach, where professionals will become future innovators in AI and healthcare, fostering a culture where AI innovation drives better patient outcomes.

The founders, Dr. Gevedon and Dr. Swanson at various workshops and bootcamps

Welcome to the S2 Innovation Bootcamp for Biodesign.

The MIT xPRO portion of this collaboration is a blended learning platform offering best-in-class professional development courses created by world-renowned MIT faculty. Upon completion of an MIT xPRO course, participants receive a professional certificate from MIT xPRO. The S2 experiential bootcamp is designed by S2 founders to build upon the foundational learning from MIT xPRO’s professional certificate course(s), equipping professionals to apply what they learned in the MIT course to tackle their organizations' strategic challenges using AI and the biodesign process.

Collaboration during bootcamp as participants follow the biodesign process for stakeholder analysis

The S2 Experiential Bootcamp

Health Technology Innovation: A Biodesign Application is a three-day experiential bootcamp. The participant’s organization will pose a “how might we” question, which is a critical unmet need that the organization wants to solve in healthcare. Participants will be placed into small, interdisciplinary teams, and will immediately apply knowledge after each of our workshop's interactive lectures to shape their innovative solutions. They will define their needs, explore, prototype, and refine creative solutions to the "how might we" question. At the end of the bootcamp, each team will have a unique solution that addresses their organizations “how might we” question.

Clients working together during a digital health and AI bootcamp

Target Audience and Participant Experience

This program is designed for healthcare innovators and leaders looking to solve critical challenges at their organizations. Participants will engage in:

Team Collaboration: Working in interdisciplinary teams.

Expert Guidance: Receiving mentorship from industry experts.

Interactive Sessions: Applying theories in practical settings.

Leadership Development: Enhancing skills to drive innovation.

Teamwork during biodesign workshop

Learning Objectives

  • Integrate AI tools in problem-solving

  • Define and validate your unmet need

  • Engage in prototype development

  • Explore stakeholder engagement

  • Refine pitch and communication skills

  • Model data-driven decision making

  • Experience innovation leadership

  • Identify commercialization opportunities

  • Explore data analytics for ROI

  • Dr. Sherry L. Gevedon, PhD, MBA, MS, RN

    Dr. Gevedon is a wicked problem solver and innovation leader in health care, academia and industry. With a PhD in Transformational Leadership from Miami University, Dr. Gevedon is a researcher, keynote speaker and workshop leader in developing innovation leaders to solve wicked problems. She is an entrepreneur, and founder of PES, Inc., a 20 year seminar company focusing on leaders and teams to accelerate innovation across their organizations. Dr. Gevedon is experienced as a consultant for private equity and venture capital firms in technology innovation and has coached and mentored individuals and start-ups. Her academic experience includes faculty in business and nursing and an academic dean for entrepreneurship in health sciences. She is a former AFWERX innovation leader where she worked on projects to create a culture of innovation.

  • Dr. Shawn Swanson, PhD, MS

    Dr. Swanson is a seasoned innovator with over a decade of experience in leading technological and organizational innovation in healthcare, government, and academia. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, Dr. Swanson specializes in medical device development, nanotechnology, and the application of AI to address complex challenges in healthcare and defense. As a former GS-13 Innovation Leader at AFWERX, he co-founded SparkLab, providing design thinking and biodesign training to Airmen globally. Dr. Swanson has mentored over 100 startups, taught biodesign at the University of Washington, and led numerous innovation workshops, equipping professionals with the skills to tackle unmet needs in healthcare.

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