Power in the Pivot, and How Failure is an Opportunity

On this episode, I sat down with Lori Hauser, CEO of Imagination Station, Toledo's hands-on science museum on the Maumee that's been a place of curiosity and discovery since 1997, and Alicia Wagner, NTP, Founder & CEO of Sunra Health, who's building an AI-driven family health platform that's changing how pediatric care works for families navigating chronic conditions. We got into the pivot. The real one, not the polished version. The kind where life shakes the table and you have to figure out what's still standing.

We talked about failure like it's a teacher, not a verdict. Lori shared what it takes to lead an institution through change and keep the mission moving forward. Alicia opened up about the road from Big Pharma, to running an award-winning farm-to-table restaurant born out of her daughter's food sensitivities, to her daughter's PANS diagnosis, and how that experience became the blueprint for Sunra. Selling the business. Homeschooling by necessity. Building something new from the ground up. That kind of pivot.

If you've ever been knocked off your path and wondered if the detour was actually the assignment, this one is for you. Failure isn't the end of the story. Sometimes it's where the real story starts.