In this episode of Charge the Wave, we welcome guest André Blackman, the Founder and CEO of Onboard Health, a specialized executive search and advisory firm focused on creating a more inclusive future of health. Andre is a pioneer with deep ties across healthcare innovation & startup worlds. His insights have been featured in Fortune, Forbes, NPR & more.
Tune in to this episode as André shares insights into:
- How he began blogging and sharing his ideas for the future of health
- What led him to launch Onboard Health
- Books that have helped him along his journey
- Tools that he uses to avoid mental burnout
About André Blackman
André Blackman is the Founder and CEO of Onboard Health, a specialized executive search and advisory firm focused on creating a more inclusive future of health.
A pioneering strategist with deep ties across the healthcare innovation, startup and digital strategy landscapes — André is dedicated to building the future of health through an equity lens.
His work and insights have been featured in Business Insider, Fortune, Forbes, NPR, CIO, Reporting on Health, U.S. News and World Report. He was recently named a Fortune Magazine 2020 40 Under 40 in Healthcare.
Learn more about André Blackman:
Visit André’s personal website: http://andreblackman.com/
Visit André’s business website: https://www.onboardhealth.co/
Connect with André on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreblackman/
Follow André on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindofandre
About the Charge the Wave Podcast
Footnote 4 presents its Charge the Wave podcast – focused on entrepreneurs, executives, and icons who are assiduously building companies, cultures, and communities.
Charge the Wave aims to uncover the personal stories and anecdotes from inspiring builders and trailblazers in their respective professions and dig into the formative moments, hard-fought lessons, and circuitous voyages that are woven into the fabric of the everyday, interesting journeys of our fellow wayfarers.
Charge the Wave is focused on the industrious pioneers who are navigating the choppy waters of the unknown, rising and grinding everyday to face the endless uphill climb.
Charge the Wave is singularly focused on:
Inspiring entrepreneurs — who are building startups, battling the unstable seas to discover product-market fit, and aiming to launch innovative products and services to successfully cross the chasm into successful commercialization.
Influential executives — who’ve had winding career paths, weathered the storms and wreckages, and built resilient and high-performing crews and organizations.
Iconic individuals — who are becoming authors of their destinies and master navigators by wayfinding, sidewinding, wandering, and perfecting their craft, charting new courses to make an indelible mark in the world.
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Footnote 4 has had a front-row seat to many recent successes in the last several years, both advising and consulting for incredible individuals and teams who have risen above their stations, by building high-performance crews and cultures — and carving their own paths throughout various industries along the way. Footnote 4 dedicates Charge the Wave to the late Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968), the greatest waterman, pioneer, and American icon of our time.
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