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24th Jun 2026

Episode 7 with Dr Ronke Komolafe

Innovation in healthcare is not just about more technology.

It is about whether the technology, process, business model, and human experience actually work together to help people get the care they need.

In this episode of The Frontline Innovation Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Ronke Komolafe, founder and CEO of Advancing Integrated Health, for a powerful conversation on whole-person healthcare, patient portals, user experience, and what happens when innovation meets real-world friction.

We talked about:

  1. How patient portals can create unnecessary friction for patients
  2. Why innovation is not always about technology
  3. The importance of listening to real users, not just internal teams
  4. How social, mental, and physical health are connected
  5. Why great products still fail when people do not adopt or use them
  6. The role of go-to-market strategy in getting solutions into the right hands
  7. Why problem solvers need passion, purpose, and the courage to keep asking “why”

One of the biggest takeaways from this conversation: A solution is not successful just because it exists.

It has to be accessible. It has to be usable. It has to earn trust. And it has to actually help fix the problem people are experiencing.

This episode is for healthcare leaders, founders, product teams, innovators, and anyone working to build solutions that move beyond ideas and create real-world value.

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About the Podcast

The Frontline Innovation Podcast
The Voice of Problem Solvers
This show explores innovation, from the frontline—where the real work of understanding human problems, dismantling complexity, and building solutions that hold up in the real world. A place where human unmet needs and problem solvers live. Solutions can come in several forms, from products to services to experiences.

Our conversations are reflective, practical, and human. There are no “right answers,” just honest exploration.

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William D. Reed

As someone who has spent decades bridging the gap between those who build solutions and the people who need them,I’ve seen firsthand why so many great ideas fail—not because they aren’t innovative, but because they never truly reach or work for the people they were meant to help.

Today, through my work at Willway Labs and my Frontline Innovation framework, I help enterprise leaders, product teams, and innovators dismantle real human problems at the frontline—where solutions are actually experienced, adopted, and trusted.
Because innovation isn’t complete when you launch… it’s complete when it works in someone’s life.

What I do is help organizations close that gap—so their ideas don’t just exist…they deliver real value.