60. Rapid Learning in a Changing World (Dr Shan Soe-Lin)

Rapid learning is critical in a crisis, as well as in a quickly changing business landscape. However, doing it well, particularly in a crisis, requires individuals and organizations to integrate well practiced learning strategies into the regular workflow long before a crisis occurs. The Scan-Orient-Decide-Act (SODA) loop is a strategy that has been used by the military and businesses alike to continuously notice where improvements can be made and learn to make them quickly. To explain how rapid learning can enable success in these uncertain times, my guest in this episode is a global health professional who has worked in variety of high-pressure environments in which rapid learning was part of the job. 

Dr Shan Soe-Lin is Managing Director at Pharos Global Health Advisors, a non-profit policy and advisory organization whose mission is to save lives on a large scale by focusing on emerging issues in global health. Shan specializes in developing solutions to complex strategic, organizational and operational issues affecting global health and helps organizations and governments focused on nutrition, HIV, TB, and maternal and child health issues. More recently, Shan has advised developing countries and NGOs on Covid control, and published several op-eds in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and Politico on domestic Covid control and return-to-work strategies. She is also a lecturer at Yale University and adjunct professor at McGill University.

Dr Shan Soe-Lin: https://pharosglobalhealth.com/team/