Chris is a change rebel and healthcare innovator.  He founded the ILN, which focuses on improving " innovation systems.”  He led innovation at Kaiser Permanente for 20 years and Hopelab Foundation for five years, creating many award-winning and impactful solutions.  His approach combines human(ity)-centered design, system thinking, and the art of gathering.

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His work has been featured with CNN (Dec 2017), Harvard Business Review (Sept 2010), Bisognano’s “Pursuing the Triple Aim” (2012), FastCompany, the New York Times, and many more. As an author, he collaborated with Lyle Berkowitz, MD on their book “Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare” (2012).

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Chris has a master’s in business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Copenhagen Business School and a master’s in public health in Health Policy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In his spare time, he obsesses about fitness, musicals, and skiing between the trees.