Outside the Box is our series of interviews, in association with Circle.
Each month we talk to a high profile business leader, thinker or "disruptive innovator" who has lessons that could help the health service deliver efficiency savings, innovate and prevent illness more effectively. We will also pose questions directly from senior health service figures that will tesr how the thinker's ideas could be applied to health.
Outside the box: Professor Terry Young
‘What we need is to find problems that are exquisitely difficult’
Brunel University’s professor of healthcare systems Terry Young is on a quest to bring modelling and simulation into health service delivery
Outside the box: Sir Paul Nurse
A research engine could drive the NHS to lead the world
Through more open data sharing and by driving clinical trials the NHS can again be the ‘envy of the world’
Outside the box: Phillip Blond
‘The Health Act is a car crash and that’s a shame’
‘Red Tory’ Phillip Blond, the thinker behind the Big Society, talks about how to put it right
Outside the box: Sunand Prasad
There is too much hot air on climate change
The health service is failing in its responsibility to be a trailblazer for sustainability says Sunand Prasad
Outside the box: Sir Hugh Orde
'We are becoming averse to risk'
Sir Hugh Orde knows all about doing public service in the media spotlight. The former chief constable of Northern Ireland urges leaders to keep taking ‘sensible risks’
Outside the box: John Neill
Turning the NHS into a lean, mean, healthcare machine
Manufacturing and healthcare appear to be poles apart but when it comes to reducing waste and improving efficiency, the gap is not as wide as it seems, John Neill tells Andrew Snowball.
Outside the box: Devi Shetty
'In 10 years' time, doctors will require a second opinion from a computer'
Devi Shetty – nicknamed the Henry Ford of heart surgery – believes developments such as computerised diagnoses and technicians doing the work of highly trained medics are just around the corner. Ben Clover hears his ideas for the future of medicine.
Outside the box: Sir Michael Lyons
From the BBC to the NHS, can public sector reform ever please everyone?
Former BBC Trust chair Sir Michael Lyons talks to HSJ.
Outside the box: Tim Harford
'Failure is necessary to breed success'
In his book Adapt, economist and journalist Tim Harford argues that failure is a necessary stage in success, and that experimentation and risk-taking are more effective than an overarching grand plan. Jennifer Taylor explores how these ideas could be translated to the NHS.
