Cleveland Clinic and Google execs trade ideas on hiring and “horrific silos”

As part of an ongoing event to engage consumers and top business leaders in ideas for healthcare and beyond, the Cleveland Clinic (Opens in a new window) yesterday hosted “Ideas for Tomorrow (Opens in a new window),” which featured a live discussion and Twitter stream with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and current Google exec Jonathan Rosenberg, who is currently an adviser to CEO Larry Page.

Ideas for Tomorrow will continue on Monday, Oct. 13, with Gentry Lee (Opens in a new window), chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Here’s some of the highlights from yesterday’s chat, via Twitter’s #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window):

RT Wow! In 5 years — 2.5 billion more people will have access to smart phones. … Fundamentally, lives will be transformed. #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— VBMC Medical Library (@vbmclibrary) October 2, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

Critically important RT @ClevelandClinic (Opens in a new window): “Courage matters.” – @ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) on implementing creativity #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window) @IDollyLenz (Opens in a new window)

— Jayne E. Juvan (@JayneJuvan) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

Glad I had the opportunity to attend #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window). The execs at @google (Opens in a new window) remind me of @cavsdan (Opens in a new window)‘s folks at @QuickenLoans (Opens in a new window). Passion. Tech. Results.

— I. Ben Wright (@M_Wright4) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

“If you self-select for passion, you don’t need to worry as much about incentives” – @jjrosenberg (Opens in a new window) on employee incentives #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— Stephanie Jansky (@SAJansky) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

I like that @ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) sees the potential in the younger generation vs cloning himself. #ccideas (Opens in a new window)

— Jeremy Bednarski (@JeremyBednarski) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

@ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) “businesses are typically short term focused” -interesting. I think companies love 2 “think” theyre long term focused #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— Nicolle Huffman (@NicolleHuffman1) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

@ClevelandClinic (Opens in a new window):The future of the world, according to @ericschmidt (Opens in a new window): transformation of medicine, non-invasive monitoring via mobile #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— I. Dolly Lenz (@IDollyLenz) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

It is probable that patterns of phone use can determine things such as Alzheimer’s, depression etc. – @ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— Joe Gramc (@JoeGramc) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

.@ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) discusses “the right to know” vs. “the right to be forgotten.” Fascinating. #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— Stephanie Jansky (@SAJansky) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)

“Silos are horrific. They cause people to solve very narrow goals.” – @ericschmidt (Opens in a new window) on communicating with all employees #CCIdeas (Opens in a new window)

— Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) October 1, 2014 (Opens in a new window)