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Yogesh Rao shared thisYesterday, after a long day at work, I went in for a plasma and platelet donation at American Red Cross. In product management, and in life, we often talk about impact. But sitting there, my mind went somewhere else. Back to the last two weeks I spent caring for my mom. The prayers I made for her to be free from suffering. The quiet, difficult moments. The helplessness. The love. At one point, tears just started flowing. A kind Red Cross nurse walked over and asked, "Are you okay?" Yes. I was. Because in that moment, this felt bigger than me. If my plasma or platelets can ease even a little suffering… If it can bring relief to someone… If it can wipe the tears of a son or daughter… That is impact. Mission accomplished. My mom had an incredible smile. It gave me purpose. I would do anything to make her happy. Her presence gave me purpose, now her absence does the same, with greater strength than ever before. Sharing this with one simple hope - If you can, take a few minutes to donate blood. If you are able, consider donating platelets or plasma. Give life. Give hope. Bring joy. There is no greater impact than that.
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Yogesh Rao shared thisSenior care interventions such as assisted living and skilled nursing often arrive too late in the life journey. As people live longer and reproduction rates decline, we need to rethink how health, financial security, and community support are designed across an entire lifetime. The LifeCourse approach examines a person's full journey from birth to death - not as isolated health events, but as a sequence of socially defined transitions that shape long-term wellbeing.Beyond Value-Based Care: Why Healthcare Needs a LifeCourse Approach to AgingBeyond Value-Based Care: Why Healthcare Needs a LifeCourse Approach to Aging
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Yogesh Rao shared thisADHD brings both challenges and unique strengths. While some obstacles may not be fully overcome, focusing on strengths like creativity and innovative problem-solving can make a real difference. A few reflections: 1. Diagnosis helps. Accessible, lower-cost AI-based options, such as Mentavi.com, are making evaluation easier for many and helping move the conversation away from labels like “daydreamer”, "slow", or “chatterbox” toward understanding. 2. Managers play a pivotal role in shaping inclusive, kind, and dynamic workplaces. 3. This matters most during periods of significant overwhelm, which are increasingly common in modern work environments. When leaders focus on strengths rather than only deficits, teams benefit from both performance and humanity. Leadership grounded in humanity is not just good ethics — it is good business!Yogesh Rao shared thisThe past decade has seen a shift toward strengths-based approaches to autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Comparing 200 adults with ADHD and 200 adults without ADHD, a 2025 study found the ADHD group endorsed 10 strengths more strongly — including hyper-focus, creativity and humor. The Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) had already highlighted some of those strengths and their benefits in the workplace. In 2023, the ADDA reminded that not every employee with ADHD is impacted by the same symptoms but that “each individual with ADHD has unique skills and advantages.” Summarized below, these benefits have been dubbed “ADHD Superpowers.” Creativity Citing a 2011 study, the ADDA reported that “People with ADHD tend to be more creative than their non-ADHD peers.” Often materializing in new ideas, creative strengths can also take shape via outside-the-box thinking and new approaches to problem solving. Hyper-Focus Especially when projects align with personal interests, employees with ADHD often excel thanks to sharp focus on the task at hand. That talent is often accompanied by a knack for multi-tasking — an undisputed asset in the workplace. Good in Crises The ADHD brain tends to produce more theta waves than the average brain. Present during light sleep and focused states, theta waves can help people remain calm under pressure — which may influence the high rates of ADHD in stressful careers such as emergency room doctors, police officers, and fire and rescue personnel. Intuitive & Detail-Oriented Since individuals with ADHD often experience additional sensory input, they’re often aware of details others might tune out. As the ADDA summarized, “ADHDers seem to notice things others miss, sometimes to the point of seeming extraordinarily intuitive or (dare we say) psychic!” Quick Starters Often counted as a challenge for individuals with ADHD, impulsivity can also be an asset. As the ADDA wrote, “Although sometimes employees with ADHD struggle to get started, often, once they do get going on something that they’re passionate about, they are able to hyper-focus!” Funded by U.S. Department of Education, Grant Number H421F240046. #Employ210 #ADHDSuperPowers
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Yogesh Rao shared thisKnow someone looking for a Healthcare Technology Product role? We’re hiring a Senior Product Manager for my team at PointClickCare. It’s a great fit for someone who enjoys tackling complex healthcare problems, especially where AI and data-driven insights can meaningfully improve operational and financial outcomes. Role details and application here: https://lnkd.in/gkYQzXY5PointClickCare - Sr Product Manager (Senior Care Administration)PointClickCare - Sr Product Manager (Senior Care Administration)
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Yogesh Rao shared thisThis afternoon, I made my final platelet and plasma donation for 2025. My mother suffered through cancer, and I witnessed firsthand how fragile life becomes when the body needs support it cannot produce on its own. Donating blood and platelets has always felt like a practical way to stand on the side of those fighting battles many of us never fully see. There is a Sanskrit phrase I often return to: Tat Tvam Asi, commonly understood as you and I are not separate. The same essence exists in each of us. For me, that idea reinforces something simple. Service is not charity. It is participation, and the greatest miracle in our short lives is the people who surround us and show up for one another when it matters most. If you are medically able to, please consider donating blood (5 minutes), or plasma & platelets (1 hour 30 minutes). These small acts make a real difference for patients and families who are suffering. Sometimes, showing up quietly is the miracle someone has been praying for.
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Yogesh Rao shared thisToday, I completed my 3rd platelet donation of 2025 with the American Red Cross, and it’s an experience that's as intense as a prayer or an opportunity to assist answer someone's prayer for hope. Platelet donations are crucial for cancer patients and others in need of transfusions, and the best part is that they help people, regardless of religion, color, or creed. It’s a simple yet impactful way to make a difference. if you have 10 minutes, consider donating blood. If you have 100 minutes, consider donating platelets, it gives hope to 3 patients in place of 1 with blood. #AmericanRedCross #GiveBlood
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Yogesh Rao shared thisI had the privilege of meeting a colleague, Jonathan Cone, who recently returned to work after a year-long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). A father to two young children, Jon was given just 60–90 days to live. And yet, here he is - one year later, in remission. What a hero! What made this possible? A breakthrough treatment tailored to his specific cancer type and 54 blood transfusions. Jon, thank you for allowing me to share this on my LinkedIn. Stories like Jon’s deserve to be amplified across every platform. Why? Because we live in times where the world often feels dark - wars, division, and daily tragedies. It can feel like horror is the new god. But listening to Jon’s story, just one word kept echoing in my mind: Hope. There is always Hope! It brought back memories of my own mother’s suffering and how a story like Jon's would have felt to me as my Amma's primary caretaker back then: like a lifeline to someone drowning in despair. While most of us may never discover the next life-saving drug, we can contribute in powerful ways: 🩸 Donate blood 🧬 Donate plasma 🧪 Donate platelets These simple acts can give someone the most important thing: hope. Another chance. Another tomorrow. If you're able, I urge you - please donate. Organizations like American Red Cross make it easy to schedule a donation. #BloodDonation #CancerAwareness #Healthcare #GiveLife #Inspiration #Gratitude #MakeADifference #DonateBlood #AmericanRedCross
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Yogesh Rao shared thisWhat can you do in 2 hours on a half day Friday? Give hope to people suffering from leukemia and bleeding disorders with a donation of platelets and plasma at the Red Cross. Also Catch 5 episodes of Seinfeld on Netflix - not that there is anything wrong with that! Opportunity to say thanks for all the blessings in one's life - faith, family, friends, health, and happiness! My first time giving plasma and platelets. Felt like a child with nurse giving me Tums for lip tingling, warm blankies, and scratching my forehead when it itched. If you find it in your heart to help a noble cause while having fun watching a show, please go out and donate!
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Yogesh Rao shared thisWant to join an incredible team at an incredible company working under incredible managers with a fantastic people-first culture? I am hiring two APMs in my Product Org. Please note: the positions are in USA and/or Canada. Please do read the location and immigration requirements before applying directly on the link: Position 1: https://lnkd.in/gacf9sRZ Position 2: https://lnkd.in/gpReM6cV
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We always looked up to Western Europe for genuine milk and sugar products because there's no High Fructose Corn Syrup BS over there. Cadbury Flake and Fruit+Nut are the most popular candy among Indian families across the world. Sadly, it looks like they are also headed in the direction of US.
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Peter Zehdee , you are such an inspiration. Will keep you and the remaining runners in my prayers on this auspicious Easter weekend 🙏
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Sumana Gundanna thanks for being such a good friend. I consider myself fortunate and blessed to have such a HUGE well-wisher in my life. Thank you for being who you are!!!
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Yogesh Rao liked thisYogesh Rao liked thisShrinkflation. A “first world problem”… but still annoying. I discovered today that my Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Twirl Easter egg, just given to me isn’t actually milk chocolate anymore. Read the label carefully and you’ll notice the wording has quietly changed. This didn’t happen overnight. Since Cadbury was sold to Kraft in 2010 (now Mondelez), the recipe has been nudged and tweaked over time. Small changes, barely noticeable individually, but meaningful in the end. For comparison, I was also given a Galaxy chocolate egg — clearly labelled, minimum 25% cocoa solids, and unambiguously milk chocolate. Here’s is why it's annoying: Some Cadbury products now sit so close to the regulatory threshold that they can’t confidently call themselves milk chocolate anymore — yet the branding hasn’t changed. Even more ironic, the Twirl bars inside the same Cadbury egg do meet the higher cocoa solids requirement and are milk chocolate. Same box. Different standards. Yes, I know — first world problems. But Cadbury UK , it does feel like you’re duping the public. If a product looks like milk chocolate, is marketed like milk chocolate, and trades on decades of trust… it should actually be milk chocolate. From now on, I’ll be reading labels much more closely. And if I’m buying Cadbury milk chocolate, I want exactly that — not a substitute bulked out with cheaper palm oil and clever wording. Next time you’re diving into the supermarket shelf for “Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate”, take a moment to check the back of the pack. You might be disappointed. 🍫👀 I know my daughter Ellie Carpenter agrees ! #bringbackrealchocolate
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Yogesh Rao reacted on thisYogesh Rao reacted on thisDay 1 of the first-ever ultra relay from Tijuana, Mexico to Las Vegas, Nevada. No blueprint. No past winners. No one has ever done this before. 10 teams. 100 runners from across the United States. And one team of Torontonians who crossed into another country to be part of history. We met in a parking lot, walked across the Mexican border, and took a shuttle into Tijuana to kick off what we hope becomes an annual movement for years to come. The first 10km we ran together as a group through the streets of Tijuana, escorted by the local run club, before crossing back into the U.S. to officially start the race. This isn’t just a relay. It’s the inaugural edition of something bigger — a race that crosses borders, brings people together, and proves what’s possible when you commit to doing something no one’s done before. The RV cupboards are stocked with bread, yogurt, ramen noodles, and every carb imaginable to fuel us through the next 3 days. 50km down. ~600km to go. Day 2 loading. Google Maps link to follow our journey is in the comments.
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Yogesh Rao liked thisYogesh Rao liked thisI'm looking for a world-class Principal PM to innovate and accelerate PointClickCare's Health Data Platform as we transform post acute care to help every provider deliver exceptional care. If you're a strategic thinker with 5 plus years of hands on health data platform experience that relishes the challenge of wrangling health care data, please apply. We're doing amazing work with data, analytics, and AI at PointClickCare and we need a data platform product manager who is excited and energized to help us transform care in this critical care segment.
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