PointClickCare Rebrand, with Saige Carpenter
A Brave New Podcast
Saige Carpenter is the Director of Brand Marketing at PointClickCare, where she leads brand strategy, enterprise positioning, and integrated marketing programs designed to build and protect brand equity, establish trust, and fuel buying consideration. She spearheaded the company’s enterprise-wide brand refresh and ensures the brand shows up clearly and credibly at every stage of the buyer journey. With a background in sales across long-term post-acute care, Saige brings a future-focused, commercially grounded approach to brand—rooted in real buyer insight, market understanding, and...
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Building a Cancer Center Brand / CMCA, with Meredith Rae Vehar
A Brave New Podcast
Meredith Rae Vehar, MPA, is Director of Communications at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Since joining the cancer center more than 20 years ago, Meredith strives to be an agent of progress and enable others to recognize their potential. She leads a team of creative communication professionals who represent the cancer center through brand management, social media, web content and design, publications, multimedia, and internal communications. This meaningful work is very personal to her, and she sees camaraderie, sincerity, and laughter as key. Meredith earned her Master of Public Administration...
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The Intersection of Brand & ABM, with Brianna Miller
A Brave New Podcast
Brianna Miller is a digital marketing leader with over 15 years of experience building data-informed strategies that connect marketing efforts to real business growth. She currently serves as the Director of Demand Generation at Cohere Health where she develops multi-channel demand generation campaigns and account-based marketing strategies. Beyond her professional roles, Brianna is dedicated to advancing the industry and mentoring its next generation of leaders. She serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, teaching Marketing Strategy and inspiring future...
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How Brand Helps Healthtech Startups Fundraise, Sell, & Scale, with Adam Taylor
A Brave New Podcast
Adam Taylor is a multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, and educator with more than 15 years of professional experience in Utah, Michigan, and Seattle. Throughout his career, he has worn many hats within the ever-evolving world of design, but his strongest affinities lie in strategic brand development, UI/UX, and illustration. Adam also serves as a remote Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Michigan State University, where he teaches courses on design tools, theory, and brand identity development. Outside of work, he’s an occasional exhibiting fine artist, a novice dungeon...
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Kicking off 2026, with Josh Dougherty
A Brave New Podcast
Josh Dougherty is a brand strategist, speaker, and the founder and CEO of A Brave New, a Seattle-based branding agency that crafts bold and memorable healthcare brands. They have specific expertise in healthcare technology, hospitals and specialty care providers, and healthcare nonprofits. Josh has 15 years experience building new brands from scratch, refreshing existing brands and building strategies to bring those brands to life in the market. What you’ll learn about in this episode: What’s ahead in 2026 including healthcare branding trends, emerging challenges, and a glimpse into the...
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Building The Children’s Minnesota Brand, with Hillery Smith Shay
A Brave New Podcast
Hillery Smith Shay, MBA is chief marketing and experience officer, senior vice president of communications at Children’s Minnesota. Hillery Shay joined Children’s Minnesota in 2021, as VP of marketing and communications and is now chief marketing and experience officer, senior vice president of communications. She provides strategic direction for organizational marketing and communications. She is also responsible for defining and building an organization-wide experience strategy. Ms. Shay brings nearly 25 years of leadership experience in health care and mass communication, with a...
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How to Nail Your Health Tech Brand Positioning, with Brad Steinbacher
A Brave New Podcast
Josh Dougherty is a brand strategist, speaker, and the founder and CEO of A Brave New, a Seattle-based branding agency that crafts bold and memorable healthcare brands. They have specific expertise in healthcare technology, employee health and wellness programs, and hospitals and providers. Josh has 15 years of experience building new brands from scratch, refreshing existing brands, and building strategies to bring those brands to life in the market. In this episode, Josh is joined by A Brave New’s content director, Brad Steinbacher, to discuss how health tech brands can develop distinctive...
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The State of Health Tech Venture Capital, with Tamar Rudnick
A Brave New Podcast
Tamar Rudnick is a healthcare executive who has spent 10+ years in leadership roles across early-stage, public company, and PE-backed businesses. She is currently an Operating Partner at Define Ventures, one of the largest early-stage digital health VCs with ~$800M under management and $22B in exited value. At Define Ventures, Tamar leads strategic growth initiatives. Based in Silicon Valley, Define invests in early-stage companies from Seed stage to Series B, and has backed and built some of the category-leading companies such as Livongo, HIMS, and Evolent. Define differentiates itself by...
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Brand Architecture Basics with Josh Dougherty
A Brave New Podcast
Josh Dougherty is a brand strategist, speaker, and the founder and CEO of A Brave New, a Seattle-based branding agency that crafts bold & memorable healthcare brands. They have specific expertise in healthcare technology, employee health & wellness programs, and hospitals & providers. Josh has 15 years experience building new brands from scratch, refreshing existing brands and building strategies to bring those brands to life in the market. What you’ll learn about in this episode: What brand architecture is and is not Why brand architecture is an essential part of your...
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Branding Fundamentals, Part 2 with Josh Dougherty
A Brave New Podcast
Josh Dougherty is a brand strategist, speaker, and the founder and CEO of A Brave New, a Seattle-based branding agency that crafts bold & memorable healthcare brands. They have specific expertise in healthcare technology, employee health & wellness programs, and hospitals & providers. Josh has 15 years experience building new brands from scratch, refreshing existing brands and building strategies to bring those brands to life in the market. What you’ll learn about in this episode: The basics about brand drivers We’ll do a deep dive into three specific brand drivers ...
info_outlineRob works with business leaders to build identities for their organizations, products, and services. More than a name or logo, Rob believes an identity is defined by clear, focused beliefs, expressed through compelling words, and substantiated by consistent actions. His specialties include strategic positioning, naming and messaging, brand architecture, qualitative research, and organizational change. Prior to launching Heirloom, he was global head of brand architecture and naming at HP, and previously held strategy director roles at several leading, international brand consulting firms.
Rob is the author of Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for your Company, Product, or Service, the most complete and detailed book about brand naming. He has also written about brand strategy and naming for leading publications such as Harvard Business Review, AMA.org, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Guardian, and VentureBeat. Rob also hosts How Brands Are Built, a popular branding podcast and blog.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- What it was like for Rob to work alongside the legendary Alina Wheeler co-authoring the 6th edition of Designing Brand Identity.
- Both Josh and Rob’s reflections on the impact that Alina Wheeler had on the brand and design communities in her lifetime
- What you can expect from the latest edition - what content has been updated and what content is new
- A few of the new case studies that Rob is excited to feature in the new edition (all 50 case studies are brand new)
- An inside look at the all the work that went into producing the latest edition
- The pros and cons of generative AI in the branding discipline
- Rob’s advice for anyone diving into the branding process for their company in 2024
When you’ll be able to pick up your copy of the 6th Edition of Designing Brand Identity
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