From Dementia Care to System Change Leadership | Dr. Saskia Sivananthan

What does it take to lead with empathy, resilience, and vision in a world shaped by technology, caregiving, and systemic change?

In this episode of The Leader Within Podcast, host Angela Nguyen interviews Dr. Saskia Sivananthan—an internationally recognized strategy and policy advisor on dementia care, co-founder and CEO of The Brainwell Institute (a nonprofit dementia policy think tank), Affiliate Professor at McGill University, and health data scientist.

Together, they explore:
• How failure and imperfection can shape stronger, more adaptive leadership.
• The unseen weight of caregiving on professionals—and what leaders need to know to better support teams.
• The benefits of co-designing solutions with people who have lived experience to ensure valuable, practical outcomes.
• The future of systemic leadership in healthcare and beyond, from AI to equity to decentralized decision-making.

Whether you’re navigating systemic issues, leading diverse teams, or balancing career and caregiving, this conversation will equip you with practical insights to strengthen the leader within.

Chapters
00:00 – Introduction to Dr. Saskia Sivananthan
04:15 – Caregiving, leadership, and hidden team strengths
08:30 – Servant leadership, self-forgiveness, and failure as growth
15:45 – Intersectionality and leadership in systemic change
18:05 – The urgent need for coordinated dementia care
23:45 – Co-designing solutions with communities

Want to stay connected to our guest and the great work that they are doing? Check out the links below:
  / dr-saskia-sivananthan  
  / the-brainwell-institute  
  / brainwell_institute  
www.brainwellinstitute.org/mindthegap

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