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Welcome to The Quality Grind Podcast, presented by Medvacon! Join hosts Joe Toscano, President of Medvacon, and Mike Kent, Director of Learning Platforms, as they (we) have some fun while tackling topics related to the “everyday grind” within Life Science industries. Featuring conversations with key industry players, they’ll dive into their unique problem-solving strategies, career paths and personal interests. Most importantly, their (our) goal is to cultivate a community where information ...
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Lean Principles and Regulated Life Sciences - Part 1
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent welcomes Jose Mora back to discuss the application of Lean principles in regulated life science environments. Tune in as they dive deep into the importance and utility of Lean, with plenty of real-life stories from across product development and commercial manufacturing. Le…
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Leadership Goes Both Ways: Coachability and 'Feed Forward'
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Send us a text In this Quality Grind Short, we delve into the concept of coachability and its critical role in organizational effectiveness and team success. We explore how individuals and teams can become more open to feedback, shift their behavior, and embrace a mindset geared towards learning and improvement. The episode highlights the importanc…
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Delegation as a Cure for Constrained Thinking
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Send us a text In this Quality Grind Short, we highlight an excerpt from Episode 5 of the Quality Grind Podcast with Kristin Aikin Salada on a specific leadership tactic with many beneficial outcomes - Delegation. Kristin describes the 3 modes of delegation, and uses her own experience with delegating to a junior team member to illustrate the benef…
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Applying Lean Principles to Controlled Documents - Part 2
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent and special guest Jose Mora continue exploring the application of Lean principles to controlled documents in regulated life sciences. Jose uses multiple examples to illustrate how ‘Lean’ works to optimize document effectiveness by creating a hierarchy where the 'why,' the '…
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Applying Lean Principles to Controlled Documents - Part 1
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Send us a text Welcome to the Quality Grind Podcast presented by Medvacon! Join Mike Kent and special guest Jose Mora as they dive deep into Lean principles and their application to controlled documents in regulated life science industries. Discover strategies to make documents more user-friendly and effective, and explore holistic approaches to op…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent and special guest Ronnie Feldman continue to explore creative techniques for making compliance training engaging and effective, including storytelling, music, humor, and the importance of tailoring your approach for diverse audiences. Feldman shares insights on adopting a “…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent sits down with Ronnie Feldman, founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Learnings & Entertainments. Ronnie shares his unique journey from improvisational comedy at The Second City to transforming the effectiveness of compliance training through engaging and entertaining appro…
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Quality Grind Short - Medical Devices: Get Ready for QMSR and ISO 13485
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Send us a text Welcome back to The Grind! In this Short episode, we highlight the upcoming changes to 21 CFR 820, which governs medical devices in the U.S. Learn ways to assess your readiness to comply with the new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) and its alignment with the ISO 13485 standard. Contact MEDVACON: Message us at @MedvaconLif…
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Quality Grind Short - Talent Acquisition: Interview Strategies for Candidates
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Send us a text In today’s Short, Rhiannon Shadrick provides some strategies for candidates to increase their chances of landing that next job opportunity, identifying some tips for each phase of the interview process – Preparation, the Conversation and Following Up. Get your pen and paper ready – you’ll want to take some notes… Contact MEDVACON: Me…
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Quality Grind Short - Training: New Approaches, More Impact
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Send us a text In today’s Quality Grind Short, Mike Kent discusses some quick wins to make Training more effective and efficient for everyone involved. Improving effectiveness starts with reducing the amount of training, which provides a little more space to engage other people in the process and experiment with new ideas. These pointers aren’t jus…
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Impact of Adopting ISO13485 in New QMSR for Medical Devices, Part 2
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent continues his discussion with Medvacon consultant Armin Beck about the newly amended 21 CFR 820, Quality Management System Regulation for medical devices. The duo explores the implications of new FDA inspection techniques, the importance of thorough gap analyses for readine…
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Impact of Adopting ISO 13485 in New QMSR for Medical Devices, Part 1
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, presented by Medvacon, Mike Kent welcomes Armin Beck, a consultant in the medical device field, to discuss FDA's recent adoption of ISO 13485 as part of its amended Quality Management System Regulation. This change, effective February 2, 2026, reinforces the FDA’s focus on harmonizing US …
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Technology Transfer Part 3: Executing the Transfer
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent and Medvacon consultant Kim Lim round out their exploration of Technology Transfer, identifying the critical strategies that foster a smooth execution process. Discover the value of thorough preparation, the significance of quality agreements, and the role of process perfor…
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Send us a text In this episode of The Quality Grind Podcast, hosted by Joe Toscano and Mike Kent from Medvacon, we continue our exploration of Leadership with special guest Lisa Bourquin. Continuing from the foundations laid in Episode 10 about initiative and ownership, they explore the significance of being open to feedback and a more effective 'f…
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Technology Transfer Part 2: Contract Partner Collaboration
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Send us a text In this episode of The Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent continues the Technology Transfer series with Kim Lim, as the two illuminate more strategies for achieving successful collaborations between sponsor and contract partner organizations. Key discussion points include assessing the true capabilities of potential contract partn…
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Technology Transfer Part 1: Preparing for Success
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, host Mike Kent interviews Medvacon biotechnology consultant Kim Lim about the intricacies of Technology Transfer in regulated life science industries. With over 30 years of experience, Kim shares insights on the importance of communication, planning and engaging partners early in developm…
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Meeting Leaders Halfway - Part 1: Initiative and Ownership
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Send us a text In this episode of The Quality Grind Podcast presented by Medvacon, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent continue to expand on Leadership in Life Sciences, this time from a collaborative perspective. Special guest Lisa Bourquin, an expert in Organizational Development and Talent Management, shares her professional journey and insights on …
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Send us a text In this special episode of The Quality Grind Podcast presented by MEDVACON, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent describe MEDVACON's exciting collaboration with the Viewpoint Project with Dennis Quaid. Joe shares the journey of how MEDVACON was approached for this unique opportunity, the steps involved, and the anticipated outcome of this…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, presented by Medvacon, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent discuss strategies for fostering and embracing change, sharing insights from their extensive consultancy experience. They emphasize the importance of cultivating an environment where all employees feel comfortable presenting and imple…
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Talent Acquisition: Strategic and Tactical Insights, Part 2
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast by Medvacon, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent continue their visit with Rhiannon Shadrick to delve deeper into Talent Acquisition. Building on insights from episode six, this discussion explores the critical roles of recruiters and candidates, the importance of an organized hiring process, …
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Talent Acquisition: Strategic and Tactical Insights, Part 1
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast presented by Medvacon, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent are joined by senior recruiting specialist Rhiannon Shadrick to discuss the complexities of talent acquisition in the regulated life sciences industry. The conversation highlights key challenges such as inefficient hiring processes, th…
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Ep. 5 | Leadership in Life Sciences Part 2
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast, presented by MEDVACON, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent continue their leadership discussion with guest Kristin Aikin Salada. Building on Episode 4, they further examine ways to overcome challenges of leading in regulated environments, the importance of effective delegation, and the benefi…
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Ep 4 | Leadership in Life Sciences, Part 1
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Send us a text In this episode of the Quality Grind Podcast presented by Medvacon, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent are joined by leadership expert Kristin Aikin Salada. With over 20 years of experience, Kristin shares key leadership strategies applicable at all organizational levels. The discussion covers the importance of listening, taking initiat…
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Send us a text Welcome back to The Quality Grind Podcast, presented by MEDVACON, where hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent dive deeper into optimizing training programs in regulated life science industries. Building on Episode 2's discussion about engagement, today’s episode zooms in on maximizing impact. Joe and Mike share insights on involving leader…
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Send us a text Welcome to the second episode of the Quality Grind Podcast presented by Medvacon! Join hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent as they dive into the critical topic of training within the life science industries. In this episode, they discuss the importance of effective training programs, the role of senior leadership and frontline managers a…
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Send us a text In this first episode of 'The Quality Grind Podcast' presented by MEDVACON Life Sciences, hosts Joe Toscano and Mike Kent introduce the podcast and outline its purpose. They discuss MEDVACON's history since 2011 as a quality compliance consulting organization and share their excitement about launching a platform for discussing releva…
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