Mary Brainerd led 26,000 employees as CEO of HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed healthcare system in the U.S. She also served as Board Chair of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.

In this episode, she and Jason talk through:

– “Alignment, not sameness”: how to drive bottom-up change

– What cancer taught her about fear, empathy, and patient care

– How a co-op hospital model built real accountability

– Why AI is a lifeline to healthcare

– The Itasca Project and lessons from civic leadership

It’s the rarely discussed side of CEO work: culture, empathy, governance, and what it really means to lead at scale.

🎧 Full video version available on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ceotradecraft⁠

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