Drawing from his experience as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan and CEO of Michigan Medicine, Dr. Marshall Runge examines how technological advances, policy changes, and emerging business models are fundamentally transforming American healthcare. He argues that healthcare stands at a revolutionary inflection point where multiple disruptive forces are reshaping every aspect of care delivery. He systematically analyzes major healthcare disruptors including retail medicine (Amazon, CVS, Walmart), emerging gene and mRNA therapies, artificial intelligence applications, new obesity drugs, and virtual behavioral health platforms. Rather than viewing these changes with alarm, he advocates embracing and directing disruption to address healthcare's core challenges: high costs, limited access, and uneven quality. He currently serves as Dean of the Medical School at the University of Michigan and CEO of Michigan Medicine. With numerous accolades and awards, Dr. Runge has earned a reputation as one of the foremost experts in healthcare innovation.

Unhappiness is our brain’s natural default state, but we’re taught that happiness is “normal.” This makes your natural ups and downs seem like a disorder. It suggests that others are happy and you are missing out. It diverts you from building skills that would actually spark your happy brain chemicals. Why are we getting such bad information about our biology? It’s politics. Not politics in the sense of electing leaders, but politics in the sense of winning support by saying what’s popular. Dr. Loretta Graziano Breuning explains how our brain evolved to promote survival, not to make us happy. And explains how we can rewire our brain for more happy chemicals. She has a BS from Cornell U and a PhD from Tufts U and is founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and is Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay.

As a species, we are increasingly characterized by stress, isolation, and digital detachment. Christopher Hadnagy, a leading expert in global security and a master hacker, reveals how principles of human communication can be employed to establish rapport, enhance relationships, and influence others' decisions constructively. This isn't about manipulation, but rather about building genuine connections and regaining confidence in our interactions. With his guidance, readers can soon find themselves winning friends, influencing people, and making positive strides toward their aspirations. His vast experience in the field, from training law enforcement professionals to speaking at renowned events like RSA and Black Hat, highlights his authority.

Once you’ve been admitted to college, the next step is to develop a strategy of how to find your best life there. Some avoid challenging experiences, follow a path of familiar expectations, and rely on shortcuts. Others aim for perfection, ignore their friends and health, labor over what subjects to study, and neglect spending time outside the classroom. The pressure to make college valuable and interesting can feel overwhelming. Now James T. Hamilton shares important lessons to help you find purpose, manage time, maintain friendships and family relationships, stay physically and mentally healthy, and choose classes, majors, and careers. He is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. The winner of eight teaching awards at Harvard, Duke, and Stanford, he’s spent decades teaching and mentoring undergraduates and designing programs to help them thrive in college.

Sexual assault, physical attacks, gross mismanagement, and false promises. These are just a few of the crimes and abuses that Judy Karofsky’s elderly mother endured in assisted living facilities after suffering an incapacitating stroke. With Karofsky’s help, her mother eventually cycled through six facilities in the hope of finding adequate care. Each one turned out to be as dysfunctional as the last. Now she chronicles her efforts to find appropriate care for her beloved mother in a system that is at best inefficient and at worst inhumane. As she tirelessly advocated for her mother and filled gaps in her care, she saw firsthand ageism, exploitation, poor management, and sometimes outright cruelty. She was a city council member and one of Wisconsin’s first women mayors. During her term of office, she established a now-thriving senior center and emergency medical services.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is challenging, even without factoring in devastating losses or significant life changes. But when these events (such as the death of a loved one, a difficult divorce, or a trauma) surface, it can be quite challenging for many health-conscious people to eat healthily. Bestselling author, health journalist, certified health coach, and life coach Connie Bennett experienced this unexpected setback when her mother passed away from cancer. Realizing that even the most resolute health advocates are susceptible to falling off the wagon, she dove into the research for more than seven years to discover why she and millions of others eat so poorly. She has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including TIME, CBS News Sunday Morning, Oprah & Friends Radio, Woman’s World, Publishers Weekly, Women’s Health, Forbes Health, and The Daily Mail.

Stressed out and overloaded is seemingly the norm for most people these days. How did we get this way? Julio Vincent Gambuto offers a witty outlook for those who are simply done with the constant nonsense the world demands that we take on, process, believe, and manage all day long. He starts with the premise that life in America in 2025 is relentless. He then breaks down into two important parts to answer two pressing questions: how did modern life get this way? And what do we do about it? He is a graduate of Harvard University and earned his MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has written, directed, and produced film and television content for The New Yorker, Nickelodeon, PBS, E! Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Beta Films, Stone & Company, and Kerner Entertainment. Along the way, he has honed his comedic storytelling voice at the mic, performing standup comedy at some of the most iconic comedy venues.

As a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization, Jim Murphy’s sense of worth used to revolve around results. He was focused on achievement but also afraid of failure. But then, when he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he often encountered the same limiting mindset. So he became obsessed with learning how the best in the world performed with poise under pressure. And after years of research, he had a revelatory insight: the pursuit of extraordinary performance and the pursuit of the best possible life are the same path. Now he shares what he’s learned with us. Based on the powerful principles of love, wisdom, and courage, he trains us to lead with the heart and live a life devoid of fear, one where you feel truly alive. He is a Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world and a #1 NY Times best selling author.