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Dr. Stuart Grant, founder of Archetype Medtech, shares his journey designing and delivering breakthrough orthopedic and surgical innovations across the UK, US, and China. Stuart recounts how an early internship led him into medtech, what kept him there, and how building the ASPAC Innovation Center in China helped accelerate a total knee instrument system that dramatically reduced time to market. He explains the leap from corporate leader to entrepreneur: planning for years, earning a PhD in Medtech Product Innovation, and building a consultancy that helps startups and scale-ups turn early clinical unmet needs into market-ready, regulator-approved devices through a network of experts and an “expertise for equity” model.    Guest links: https://archetype-medtech.com/  Charity supported: Sleep in Heavenly Peace Interested in being a guest on the show or have feedback to share? Email us at theleadingdifference@velentium.com.  PRODUCTION CREDITS Host & Editor: Lindsey Dinneen Producer: Velentium Medical   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Episode 074 - Stuart Grant [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm talking with MedTech industry leaders on how they change lives for a better world. [00:00:09] Diane Bouis: The inventions and technologies are fascinating and so are the people who work with them. [00:00:15] Frank Jaskulke: There was a period of time where I realized, fundamentally, my job was to go hang out with really smart people that are saving lives and then do work that would help them save more lives. [00:00:28] Diane Bouis: I got into the business to save lives and it is incredibly motivating to work with people who are in that same business, saving or improving lives. [00:00:38] Duane Mancini: What better industry than where I get to wake up every day and just save people's lives. [00:00:42] Lindsey Dinneen: These are extraordinary people doing extraordinary work, and this is The Leading Difference. Hello, and welcome back to another episode of the Leading Difference podcast. I'm your host Lindsey, and today I'm delighted to welcome Dr. Stuart Grant. Dr. Grant is a chartered engineer and the founder of Archetype Medtech, a consultancy and innovation studio helping medical device startups and scale ups transform early clinical, unmet needs into market ready products. With nearly 25 years of experience, Stuart has led global teams across the UK, US, China, and emerging markets delivering breakthrough innovations in hip, knee, shoulder, and trauma surgery. A highlight of his career was establishing the ASPAC Innovation Center in China, where he built R&D capability from the ground up and launched a pioneering total knee instrument system that dramatically reduced time to market. Passionate about advancing medical technology and mentoring future engineers, he bridges creativity, engineering, and regulation to accelerate safer, smarter medtech innovation worldwide. All right. Welcome to the show. It's so great to have you here today. Thanks for joining me. [00:01:57] Stuart Grant: It's lovely to be here, Lindsey. [00:01:58] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Excellent. Well, I was wondering if you could start by sharing a little bit about yourself, your background, and what led you to medtech. [00:02:08] Stuart Grant: Yeah. So, I was actually, I'm obviously, as you can tell from my accent, I'm British, but I was born in Germany because my, my dad was in the military in the 1970s when I was born. So I was born actually in Berlin, which is quite interesting to be a place to be, grew up in. So I traveled around a lot here in the UK, in Germany with my dad getting posted everywhere. My mom's a nurse. So I was in medtech, not really knowing I was in medtech as a kid, but I, my family was, so yeah. And then obviously went to school, all the places I was at university. I went to university to do product design, and my goal was to be a product designer, a cool product designer, designing fancy products like Johnny Ive. And when I was looking for a job as a co-op, or an intern as you call them in the US, I was just really unsuccessful finding a job. I was doing a lot of interviews, getting turned down, sending my CV out a lot, and j happened just to advertise on the Board of University, and it said Johnson Orthopedics and no one really knew what that was in. And none of my fellow students at applied because they thought it would be designing baby bottles for putting talcum powder in and shampoo in and stuff like that. So they're like, "I'm not doing that job." So I desperately applied for it and luckily found out about all this medtech, and I've been here doing medtech for 25 years. So they gave me a job. I had to work hard to keep the job and get reemployed over and over again. But yeah, joining originally Johnson Orthopedics a long time ago is how I found out about medtech. I never knew when I was 18 that really it was a thing that existed. [00:03:47] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. So, okay. So you thought product design, and then when you got into medtech, what were some of the things that attracted you and that actually compelled you to stay and make a career out of it? [00:04:00] Stuart Grant: Ha. So I was a young guy with the student debts. What compelled me, I was getting paid to stay, but not to be too flippant about it, but, you know, when I was doing this engineering and design work in my early days in the CAD system, it was just so interesting. I was designing these products that were going into people or the instrumentation to make help the surgeon and going to these ORs and watching the surgeon do their job and trying to figure out how how I can make it better from their input was really interesting. I could apply it straight away, basically. In the early two thousands, there wasn't all these regulations and standards that slowed you down. So you could go and design an instrument, get it machined in the machine shop, get it clean, take it to the surgeon, he can use it, you know, probably be frowned upon 25 years later. But that's what we used to do and really adapt. And probably more interesting than going into product design and fast moving consumer goods where you're designing a, a kettle or a toaster or something, a plastic casing. It was actually much more interesting to do that. And I stayed because I spent four years here in Leeds, in the UK, was getting a bit bored and wanted to find something else to do, and then an opportunity came up in the US. So I moved over to Warsaw, Indiana, the orthopedics capital of the world, as you might know it. Worked there for, stayed there for seven years. Really enjoyed it.. People sort of bemoan Warsaw for being in the sticks in just a bunch of cornfields around it. But I enjoyed it. It's got, we had a good bunch of young friends there. I was in late twenties, early thirties at the time. There was Noah and Spikes. You'd go for a drink and some nice food. It was all right. I enjoyed my time and after that I was, after seven years, I was like, "Okay, what do I do next?" And I was looking around for jobs in medtech. Then another opportunity came up in and we were looking for people to go over and help set it up, train the staff on what MedTech product development was. And so I jumped to the chance and spent five years living in China, in Shanghai. After five years is your limit, so I had to come home. I couldn't stay. I wanted to stay, but they wouldn't allow me to. So, so I came back to the UK. And then started MDR for five years as leading the Joints MDR program, which was lots of fun, as you could probably tell, wasn't really R&D, was a lot of leadership and project management and dealing with a lot of people and a lot of problems on a day-to-day basis. And so, yeah, after that I I left J&J about three years ago and started my own product development agency. And we can talk about a little bit about that later. So that's where I am and where I got to. [00:06:50] Lindsey Dinneen: Excellent. Yeah, I definitely wanna talk about that as well. But going back a little bit-- and perhaps this is actually something that's occurred since you started your own company as well-- but are there any moments that really stand out to you along your journey of affirming that, "Hey, yeah, I actually am in the right place, in the right industry?" [00:07:12] Stuart Grant: That's a really hard one is sort of the, is the grass always greener somewhere else, type of question. Right? I guess compare, you shouldn't compare, but comparing to my friends at my university, my product design and what they've done and what I've done they've moved into the car industry a lot. Went to the car development and car industries always had its ups and downs and its problems. And you know, they've had some really cracking jobs working for McLaren and Ferrari and you know, but I think just the interesting things that medtech do that nobody really knows about is really what keeps me moving along and having conversations with people when they, you tell them like, "I used to design hips and knees and shoulders and things like that," and they're like, "Oh, my mother's got a hip and knee" and blah, blah, and you really talk about it. Actually, my mother does have a hip now and she's going in a couple months time to get the other hip done. I do know what brand she's got, so. [00:08:10] Lindsey Dinneen: See, that's really cool. Yeah. Okay. So, so, on your LinkedIn I noticed that you describe yourself as a fixer, a challenger, and a change maker, which I love. But I'd love to hear from you exactly what you mean by all those things as you have developed in your career, and now as you're doing, of course, your own consulting. [00:08:34] Stuart Grant: Yeah, so in Johnson and my colleagues are probably, I agree with this, I had a bit of a reputation of getting the more difficult projects. The, that's probably why I got MDR in the end 'cause I would always get the projects that had problems and I enjoyed that. I liked digging deep and solving the problem and wrangling everyone together and pushing everybody along to help. And that was actually one of the reasons why I moved to the US 'cause the original project I moved to was the project leader left and it was in a bit of a shambles. So I went over to sort of, sort of try and get it together and just ended up staying and working on multiple projects. So I like that. Really challenging, not just the engineering side. The engineering side is obviously really interesting, but the challenging project management and people management and process management in a big corporation, all of those things, people, product, process, all come together just to cause a big headache sometimes, you know, herding cats as say and going, trying to solve those problems as an engineer, always trying to solve these problems, right? So it's you're always trying to figure out how you can move forward. [00:09:52] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So, okay, so that kind of brings us to the company. So what was it like going from employee to entrepreneur? Were you, did you feel ready and prepared for that leap? Or what has that transition and pathway been for you? [00:10:10] Stuart Grant: So I've, I was a long-term planner. I was planning for this for five years whilst I was working for Johnson. So I went and got, when I came back to the UK I started my PhD and I knew getting a PhD was a real way of building credibility immediately, right? Before you step in a room and have a conversation with you, if you've got a PhD in the subject you're about to talk about, people pay attention, hopefully. Right? So I did my, so I did my PhD in Medtech Product Innovation, what the process is. So I spent seven years part-time working for Johnson, getting my PhD, knowing that eventually in my mid forties, there'll be an inflection point, which usually isn't people in big corporations, right, that either stay to the end for until you're six, mid sixties. If you hit 50, usually stay for the next decade, right? Or you leave and do something else. And I was like, "Okay, 45, I'm gonna pull the bandaid, go in, get my PhD, set up my own company plan, get the plan to do it, get the savings," and so I was working on MDR and a new MDR was coming to an end, and then they'd have to find me a new project, which probably didn't exist. So I also knew that J&J would be like, "Ah, Stuart, you've been here for 23 years. There's not really anything of your level here." I'd be like, "Great, let's go." So this was all a, you always it's a big step, right? I have a family. I can't just sort of walk in, not come in the office anymore. So it was a big plan that my wife and I had for quite a number of years to execute. So it's still a struggle. I've been doing it for three years. It's still hard work, still building the company, finding clients, understanding what their pain points are and improving your picture and all those other things, still is still a challenge, but it's a new challenge. [00:12:06] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. [00:12:07] Stuart Grant: And as I say, as I said, when people worry about the risk, it's like I can easily just go and get a corporate job again as a move back and have all this new relevant experience. So it's a risk, but you have to balance that by the benefits. [00:12:21] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, calculated risk that you've planned for, so good for you. So, okay, so tell us a little bit about your company now and who you help and kind of where in the development or even ideation process that you can come in and really make a difference. [00:12:40] Stuart Grant: So, yeah, so Archetype MedTech is a product development, product innovation agency. And what we do, we usually work with startups or scale ups. Startup side, they'll have a proof of concept. They've already defined the unmet clinical need. They've sort of wrangled the technology and validated the actual technology does what it they're trying to make it do, but they just dunno how to make this a medical device product, right? They've they've got the technology, but they dunno how the product make a product that's sellable is releasable and it gets approved by FDA or here in the, i'll say here in the EU, I know I said in the UK, but MDR and I help them work out that product innovation strategy. So take them all through either they need to do the frontend innovation and understand their needs and the insights and the business case, and then the engineering requirements and specifications. The design and engineering part I help them with, and this is not just me. I have a network of experts, a sort of consortium of experts that come together and bring all these different specialties and then we help them with the testing, what testing they need to do, their risk management, usability, all that fun stuff. And then contact and help them work with the manufacturers. So contract manufacturers, then their regulatory approval. So really what we try to do is, 'cause we're bringing all this expertise as a group of people together, the entrepreneur, usually a salesman or surgeon at this point, who may be a university spin out, can spend a lot of time and money trying to find these experts, trying to find these resources, trying to understand the product development, the MedTech product development process, which is all written down in various books, but when you get down to the details, it gets really complicated. So what we do is help them go through that as fast and as efficiently as a possible, so they're not wasting capital fishing around for those experts. We already have that network of experts that we can bring in and take them through the process as quickly as possible. So that's what Archetype Medtech do for our clients. And has been successful. We have quite a number of clients, mostly in orthopedics and surgical 'cause that's my specialty in medtech. And what we also do, we just don't want to be a management consultancy firm. Well, we do if it's right, we share what we call expertise for equity. So we'll take some equity from the company, but we'll cut our day rates or maybe do it for free, do and help them go through the process as quickly as possible. That means we've got skin in the game, right? We're not just taking their money and going, "Great. This is great. Good luck on the commercialization. Not our problem." [00:15:29] Lindsey Dinneen: Right. [00:15:30] Stuart Grant: It is our problem. 'cause we want a return on our risk and our investment as well. So, yeah, that's what we try to do. And along with that we do a load of pro bono work with surgeons in the NHS who have had ideas. We help them just get their idea a bit further along so they can start looking for funding and investment, and I can share that with you later 'cause it's a really important program that the NHS run it. If there's any mentors out there that want to get involved I can point them in the right direction. [00:16:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Actually that's fantastic and I would love to hear a little bit more about the organization and yeah, how people can get involved and help and what do they all do. [00:16:10] Stuart Grant: Yeah. So the NHS have set up this called NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Program. This is not my company. This is a completely separate organization. And what it is, clinicians, anybody who works in the NHS-- you know NHS is a 1.6 million people who are employed in the NHS. It's a massive company organization. They come up with clinical needs 'cause they're in the problem and they start working out how they solve it, even through medical device or health tech or an app or anything, right? And they can go into this, it is basically the equivalent of an accelerator program over about nine months. And we have mentors like myself who work with those clinicians to help them develop their idea. So I've got a couple of clinicians that I work with. One is developing a neurosurgical device for helping him cut out tumors in the brain. At the moment, they use two tools. They use a scalpel and a cordy, a bipolar cordy, and they're very basic tools. And what he has to do, he's under a microscope, and he has to swap these one by one, does this scalpel to cut the vascularization of the tumor. Then he has to seal it. And he has to pass the nurse has to pass in these tools and he can't see a, see the nurse passing him. So he is like, "Can I develop a tool that's in one a scalpel and a bipolar" so he doesn't have to keep changing the tool in his hand? And you can know by the cognitive load and changing that tool in the field that these surgeries take eight to 12 hours to cut out a tumor from the brain. So he's saying every, he swaps his tool about 200 times and it takes three seconds. So you can start doing the maths. [00:17:59] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. [00:18:01] Stuart Grant: Yeah. And then the other, so the other is a doctor, actually, the doc is a neonatal doctor and he's trying to develop a langoscope for neonatal babies. The langoscopes at the moment haven't really improved in the last 60 years. The Muller blades, they're called, and they're the stainless steel things that basically adult ones have been shrunk down to baby size and changed a little bit. They're not very good. And when you've got a newborn baby who's struggling to breathe, the mother's there obviously upset, so the father's probably there and you're trying to get langoscope down their throat, it's not a great, it is a very stressful situation, so he's kind of developed a, trying to develop a better one, right? Even the simple things. These things are made of stainless steel and you put a piece of metal on a baby's tongue. A newborn baby's obviously never experienced cold before, so they obviously start freaking out and squirming and you're trying to get this thing down her throat. It's crazy. So I'm helping him to see if he can come up with a better solution. He's got a, got an idea at the moment. He's developed some prototypes and we're gonna help him get it, see if we can get it a bit further along, and hopefully get to the market and solve this real small unmet clinical need, but really important one. [00:19:16] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. That's incredible to hear about both of those stories. That is really exciting. I love I-- this is partly why I love this industry so much is the innovation coming out of it is always amazing. People care so deeply about making a difference and improving patient outcomes, and then to hear about those kinds of innovations, ugh, that's awesome. [00:19:38] Stuart Grant: Yeah. Yeah. So if there's any experts out there listening who wanna get involved in the N-H-S-C-E-P program, I know Australia does one too. So yeah, get involved and share your knowledge freely to some clinicians who wanna, who have found an unmet clinical need and wanna solve it, but don't know how to. [00:19:56] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Love it. That's fantastic. So it, it seems like, you know, from your career trajectory and your continuing education all this time that you are not someone who sits still very well. And I think you mentioned this a little bit in your LinkedIn profile, you like to keep moving. So one of the things that I noticed that you do, and I'd love if you share about it, is you do lectures on the history of innovation. Could you share a little bit about that? [00:20:24] Stuart Grant: Yeah. So. I I really, so I sort of got into reading about innovate. I love reading innovation books, right, nonfiction, innovation books, which I got in about 10 years ago. I read probably one of the first one was "The Idea Factory," which is about Bell Labs. And that was how Bell Labs has invented the telephone system and invented the transistor, won a load of Nobel Prizes. Shockley and Bardine were there. They just had this crazy Medici effect going on in Bell Labs. The Medici effect when you collect everybody together in a small area and they just start bouncing ideas and coming up with some hugely creative solutions. And that comes from Florence when DaVinci and Michelangelo and Raphael were all kicking about Florence and they were all paid for by the Medici family, so this why it's called the Medici. There's a book about it actually called "The Medici Effect." So I started reading all this and started just going backwards in history and getting to the industrial revolution and how the industrial revolution happened. And going further back to these group of men called the Lunar Men who were in Birmingham here in the UK who basically, it was James Watt, who invented the steam engine, Wedgewood, who was the pottery guy. It is Rasmus Darwin, who was Charles Darwin's great-grandfather. Yeah. All these people, they were called the Lunar Man 'cause they met every month in the full moon and discussed ideas and I think probably got drunk. [00:22:00] Lindsey Dinneen: I mean... [00:22:03] Stuart Grant: So yeah, I just love reading it and you know, I love, I'm now a little bit of a brag. As of last month, I'm a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and that is quite prestigious that was created by George Stevenson, and George Stevenson was the guy who created the steam train. [00:22:23] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. [00:22:23] Stuart Grant: So we took Watts' idea of the steam engine, put it on wheels, figured out how to work. And I love, I just love steam trains and that's very dorky of me, I know. But I love, as a mechanical engineer, just seeing all the bits move and actually seeing them chug around all the noise and the steam. And here where I live in Yorkshire, in the UK, up the road in York is the National Railway Museum, which all the steam trains are at. Darlington is west. George Stevenson had his the original railway, the Darton Stock Railway. So George Stevenson created the Institute of Mechanical Engineers 'cause he was a mechanical engineer and his son created the rocket the first really fast once, Robert Stevenson. So learning all this and then figuring out how, then I went back-- I'm, so this is a long answer to your question-- then I went back went back and like understood why the industrial revolution happened and it was all about the banking system here, how people could get capital. And then the legal system grew up to protect that capital. And then agriculture improved in the UK so people weren't just stuck on farms, subsistence farming. There was enough food being produced to support the population so the population could go and work in factories and obviously James Watt creating the steam power created more power. So people in horses and everybody didn't have to work so hard. And then there was politics involved with the Hugonos, which were the Protestant, the French Protestants came over and they had all, they had the ability to make all these machine parts, 'cause that's our skill. Some of them came to the UK and the others went to Switzerland. And that's where the watch industry in Switzerland created. And then, you know, and then the scientific approach and the enlightenment came in the UK and it all just sort of bubbled up into the industrial revolution and then cascaded through the 19th century and the 20th century in. Here we are in the 21st century. So I just love knowing that whole pathway of somebody said "We need more legal," and then somebody said, "We need more banking" and as startups, right, investment is the king. So it all started 300 years ago with the UK banking system. [00:24:35] Lindsey Dinneen: Fascinating. Oh my goodness. That is so interesting. Yeah. Okay. One other interesting thing I caught from your LinkedIn profile is that you are a painter, but you are an exhibited painter, yes? [00:24:51] Stuart Grant: Yeah, I, well, I try. [00:24:54] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. [00:24:54] Stuart Grant: So yeah. Obviously I did product design right? And I did product design because at school, I was good at art and I was good at maths and physics. So I was looking around going, "What discipline do those three things fit together?" And it looked like it was product design. I was like, "Okay, I'm half an engineer, half an artist, not good at either." So about 10 years ago I decided to pick up art again. It was, started to go to classes and doing landscapes and actually sadly the industrial decline of Britain's, so the old buildings of the industrial revolution and stuff like that. So I paint that stuff. [00:25:36] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, that's so cool. [00:25:37] Stuart Grant: Put it into exhibitions and sometimes get rejected, sometimes get accepted, and try and sell a couple so I can at least call myself an artist. [00:25:45] Lindsey Dinneen: There you go. I love it. Yeah. Well, and that creativity and that artistry does, you know, impact your work in general, because I think sometimes having that outlet actually spurs some just creative solutions outside of the box that, you know, might have not come to you immediately if you were just like, you know, head down, really working hard on this project. And then if you could take a step back do you feel that it helps you in that way at all? [00:26:15] Stuart Grant: Yeah. Yeah, it definitely does. Not thinking about work is and just having it percolate in the background and not actually, 'cause it's a very slow deliberate process painting, right? So it does, you just lose hours and hours painting something, which is really nice. Obviously I've got a, I've got a 5-year-old at the moment running around, so I don't do that much painting. I usually just reserve it for when I go to my art class on Wednesday nights 'cause trying to focus is not a thing for a 5-year-old. [00:26:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, That's fair. Okay. Well, all right, so pivoting the conversation just for fun. Imagine that you were to be offered a million dollars to teach a master class on anything you want. It could be within your industry. It also could be your history of innovation, but what would you choose to teach? [00:27:08] Stuart Grant: So I thought about this when you gave that question because I was like, "Well, I've already talked about the history of innovation and that can pretty boring." So my other boring side, when you do a PhD, you always wish you did another subject. That's the thing is like, I wish I studied that instead. So my, as you go through the PhD, you learn other things and you're like, "Oh, that's really interesting." And you go down rabbit holes and you're like, "Oh, well stop. That's not my job. That's not what I'm trying to do here." One of the ones was how technology and society are interlinked. So technology drives society, and we've got lots of examples of that. Steam engines, trains, telephones, electricity, light bulb, broadband, and now AI. And so technology affects society. Then society drives technology. They're a virtuous circle. Some people say it not virtuous at all, but they, that's what happens. And understanding how those two things, society and culture and technology all interact is really interesting to me. And obviously not all technologies are adopted. Some are abandoned. Sometimes the better technology is abandoned for an inferior technology for lots and lots of reasons. There's examples. In the eighties, it was VHS and beta max, Blu-ray and HD DVDs. And what else? The keyboard, QWERTY keyboard is meant to be terrible. And that was designed 'cause of typewriters at the time. So the keys didn't smash together, but obviously that's not needed anymore. So those things interest me and I like to study that more, but I like to study it. Thinking about medtech and how our technology in medtech has affected society and using that lens 'cause we also always talk about clinical needs, right? What's your unmet clinical need? What are you trying to solve here? But there's also a social and cultural need that you are maybe not addressing directly, but you are addressing it. And how that drives medtech, and you know, it's we talk about like medtech equality and democratizing medtech and making it more accessible, but there's always the flip size of medtech inequalities. The big one probably at the moment is robotic surgery. Hugely expensive. Only available to very few. So how will that filter through society? How does that affect society? Will it just be for the rich developed countries to use robotic surgery? How will that affect it going forward the next 10, 20 years? Because it uses a capital equipment, right? They can't be diffused through society very easily. So that, that's one thing I would like to study and sort of talk about a little bit more, 'cause I think it's really interesting, especially now AI is being talked about and how digitizing healthcare is gonna happen over the next decade. Interesting if we're overclaiming that at the moment and a lot of startups are overclaiming, what they can really do and is it gonna, is there gonna be a backlash? Who knows? Let's see. In our, maybe in a decade, I'll present a course on it. [00:30:23] Lindsey Dinneen: There you go. Okay. And time will tell. Alright. I like it. Very cool. Okay. And how do you wish to be remembered after you leave this world? [00:30:34] Stuart Grant: Yeah. My PhD was like, I would probably like, I'd like to remember my PhD findings, but I'm like, no, who cares? [00:30:44] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh. [00:30:45] Stuart Grant: I, I've got, of course, my family, making an impact on my, what I've done here with my family, but, and I was really thinking about this question earlier. I was like, "Well, I hope this isn't the end. I hope I haven't peaked." [00:31:02] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes, that's fair, okay. [00:31:06] Stuart Grant: So maybe the next 20, 30 years, hopefully I'll be remembered for something, I hope. [00:31:12] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. To be determined. I like that. I like that a lot all right. [00:31:18] Stuart Grant: It's a positive. [00:31:20] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. It's, and it's a forward way of thinking that, you know, you don't have to limit yourself to what you've already done or accomplished or seen. Who knows? The world is exciting. Yeah. I like it. Okay. [00:31:33] Stuart Grant: Well, yes, I'm yeah, definitely. [00:31:35] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, all. [00:31:36] Stuart Grant: One of the things we're doing-- I was looking at the Australian MedTech market and really just trying to figure out what's going on to see if there's anything I can do there. And talking to my wife, we decided, 'cause my daughter's not at school yet, we decided, "Let's go to Australia for an extended holiday." And it was gonna be like a month and we'll start working it all out, like we're just gonna go for three months, March, April and May this year, to sort of experience Australia, experience the MedTech market, go meet a lot of people, understand and just sort of grow and try to understand another way of people. I know Australia, they've got a similar culture to the UK and the US. But they do, they are far away. So they have a different take on things. And I wanna see what a difference is and see if I can get involved. So we're off to Australia on the MedTech market, so if anybody's listening, reach out to me on LinkedIn. It'll be we'll hopefully when I'm over there, we are in Brisbane. We can meet up. [00:32:32] Lindsey Dinneen: Excellent. Yeah, no, that's really exciting. And I actually have a few people I can connect you with as well, so, yeah. Okay. And then final question. What is one thing that makes you smile every time you see or think about it? [00:32:48] Stuart Grant: Oh. I think it's, it is back to my old answers, it's back to the steam trains. I just love watching the mechanism going around. My, me and my daughter who's exhibiting engineering characteristics, shall we say. Love, we love going to the railway museum and running around 'cause you can go and touch the trains, you can get on them, you can get your hands greasy if you want to, if you touch the wrong bit of it. She loves seeing them. And they're just, so when these engineers designed all these big bits of metal, they didn't have FEA or CAD or anything. They just sort of took a guess at the curves and how it should look. And some of these parts they designed are so beautiful when you start looking at them, it just makes me smile, like there was a person, a man, we'll have to say a man, right, 'cause it was 200 years ago... [00:33:44] Lindsey Dinneen: Right. [00:33:44] Stuart Grant: A engineer who decided he was gonna make it like that out of wood. And they were cast into iron and they just they were just sitting in their shop and just did what they thought was right. And most of the time it didn't break. [00:34:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Most of the time. There you go. Yeah. That's great. I love that. Well this has really been a fantastic conversation. I'm so grateful for you joining me today and sharing just some of your history and you know, what you're looking forward to next. I think it's, I think it's really incredible when you get to combine all the different things, like you said. You've got sort of that design and problem solving and you've got the engineering and you've got all these cool things that just make you an incredible help to the MedTech industry. And we're excited to be making a donation on your behalf, as a thank you for your time today, to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which provides beds for children who don't have any in the United States. So thank you for choosing that charity to support. Thanks for joining and thanks for everything you're doing to change lives for a better world. [00:34:52] Stuart Grant: Yeah, thanks, Lindsey. It's been a real pleasure talking to you. [00:34:55] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Thank you again. [00:35:00] Dan Purvis: The Leading Difference is brought to you by Velentium Medical. Velentium Medical is a full service CDMO, serving medtech clients worldwide to securely design, manufacture, and test class two and class three medical devices. 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A Tea with Stuart Grant of Bench Walk Advisors and Erika Levin of Fox Rothschild, where we learn about recent developments affecting the Litigation Finance Industry and what the latest efforts have been to successfully keep open pathways for companies and individuals to access justice. In this episode, we discuss recent efforts by the U.S. Government (both state and federal) and interested parties to quash the industry, what we should be bracing for next, whether some form of regulation might be advisable, and what are some of the false and most harmful myths about third party funding that critics continue to perpetuate. We also discuss in this episode the threat to the rule of law generally.Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations.To learn more about or join the D.C. Bar International Law Community, ⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE.⁠⁠⁠

This episode with Stuart Grant of Archetype MedTech demystifies the "front end of innovation," a critical yet often overlooked phase of medical device development. Stuart, a seasoned MedTech veteran with over two decades of experience at Johnson & Johnson, shares insights from his doctoral research on this topic. He breaks down the process, defining the front end as the crucial period between applied science and new product development, where teams identify unmet clinical needs and shape a product concept. This conversation offers a clear roadmap for balancing creativity with structure, using the Design Council's Double Diamond model and Stuart's 10 key insights for observing user behavior.Stuart Grant's discussion on the front end of innovation highlights the importance of deeply understanding the user and the environment in which a device will be used. He introduces a number of tools and techniques, such as the Pugh Matrix and the NVivo software, to help teams transition from a broad exploration of ideas to a focused, viable product concept. Stuart explains that while the front end may seem "fuzzy," it can be a systematic process that uncovers the true clinical and market needs that will determine a product's success. He emphasizes that the most successful devices aren't just incrementally better, but are born from a deep understanding of customer insights.This episode is an essential guide for anyone involved in MedTech innovation, from academic researchers to seasoned engineers. Stuart's insights challenge the conventional reliance on key opinion leaders and provide a framework for a more holistic, user-centric approach. He outlines how to identify and interpret subtle user behaviors, from workarounds and unconventional uses to unspoken frustrations, all of which are critical for developing a truly impactful and user-friendly medical device. Whether you're at the very beginning of a project or looking to improve your current innovation process, this episode provides actionable strategies to bridge the gap between a great idea and a marketable product.Key Timestamps(2:00) Defining the "Front End": Stuart explains what the front end of innovation is and why its name has evolved from the "fuzzy front end."(8:00) The Double Diamond Model: An explanation of the UK Design Council's Double Diamond, illustrating the divergent and convergent phases of problem-solving.(12:30) Common Pitfalls: Discussing the three critical questions to answer: Is there a market (viability)? Is the technology possible (feasibility)? Do users want it (desirability)?(15:00) Balancing Creativity and Structure: The roles of different team members and how to manage the creative (divergent) and critical (convergent) phases of innovation.(21:00) 10 Ways to Find User Insights: Stuart breaks down the specific techniques and red flags to look for when observing users, including workarounds, affordances, and areas of disjuncture.(26:00) The Problem with KOLs: Why relying solely on key opinion leaders can be a mistake and the importance of observing a wider range of users.(30:00) Triggers of Use: How unconventional uses of a device can reveal new product opportunities.Standout Quotes"A craftsman will build you exactly what you ask for. An artist will build you what you didn't know you need." - Etienne Nichols"You don't just do what the customer says because that could lead to a terrible product." - Stuart GrantTakeawaysObservation is Key: Go beyond interviews. The most valuable insights come from observing users in their natural environment,...

In this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Anna Featherstone talks with Stuart Grant, founder of the Digital Authors Toolkit, about how authors can use augmented reality (AR). The discussion covers what AR is, how it fits into the publishing process, and practical, affordable ways for indie authors to experiment with it. Real-world examples and tools help illustrate whether AR is a good fit for a particular type of book or publishing stage. Find more author advice, tips, and tools at our Self-Publishing Author Advice Center, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven't already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. Sponsors This podcast is proudly sponsored by Bookvault. Sell high-quality, print-on-demand books directly to readers worldwide and earn maximum royalties selling directly. Automate fulfillment and create stunning special editions with BookvaultBespoke. Visit Bookvault.app today for an instant quote. This podcast is also sponsored by Gatekeeper Press, the all-inclusive Gold Standard in Publishing, offering authors 100% rights, royalties, satisfaction and worldwide distribution. Gatekeeper Press, Where Authors are Family. About the Host Anna Featherstone is ALLi's nonfiction adviser and an author advocate and mentor. A judge of The Australian Business Book Awards and Australian Society of Travel Writers awards, she's also the founder of Bold Authors and presents author marketing and self-publishing workshops for organizations, including Byron Writers Festival. Anna has authored books including how-to and memoirs and her book Look-It's Your Book! about writing, publishing, marketing, and leveraging nonfiction is on the Australian Society of Authors recommended reading list. When she's not being bookish, Anna's into bees, beings, and the big issues of our time. About the Guest Stuart Grant is the highest-rated author website designer on Reedsy, with more than 300 author sites to his credit. A former radio presenter and theatre lecturer, he now runs Digital Authors Toolkit, helping writers build beautiful, profitable, and future-ready websites. A regular speaker at the Self Publishing Show, Author Nation, and Ireland's Publishing Show, Grant is known for blending practical marketing advice with innovative tech such as AR, AI, and animation.

Amit and Jeff are still (!) sweating it out in the block box, and have the good fortune to be joined by three wonderful guests: Stuart Grant from the University of North Carolina, Steve Coppens from the Catholic University of Leuven, and Gary Schwartz from Maimonides Medical Center in NYC. We cover such topics as peripheral nerve stimulation for looooong term pain control, the value of the ESP (and where it might just be hype--I'm talking to you, bunionectomy), the struggle of teaching residents AND fellows in the same institution, and cryoanalgesia of the cuties and intercostal nerves and what that means for patients both before their operations and after. Oh, and maybe why you shouldn't let your colleagues (or your trainees) stick needles in your back...

Send us a textJoin host Aaron Moncur as he sits down with Dr. Stuart Grant, a seasoned med tech innovator with over 25 years of experience at industry giants like Johnson & Johnson and DePuy. Dr. Grant shares his journey from design engineering to founding his own consultancy, offering invaluable insights into medical device development, regulatory challenges, and the future of medical technology.Main Topics:Career progression in medical device engineeringChallenges of starting a medical tech consultancyRegulatory differences across global marketsInnovation strategies in medical technologyAdvice for young engineersFuture trends in surgical robotics and AIAbout the guest: Dr. Stuart Grant is a seasoned expert in the MedTech industry with over 20 years of experience at major companies like Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Synthes. In 2023, he founded Archetype MedTech, a consultancy that helps medical device companies achieve market approval through innovation strategy, technical evaluations, and team training. He holds advanced innovation and project management degrees and is a Chartered Engineer with several medical device patents. In addition to his technical work, Stuart lectures on innovation history and is a visual artist. His international experience and multidisciplinary expertise make him a key advisor for MedTech startups and scale-ups.Links:Dr. Stuart Grant - LinkedIn Archetype MedTech Website The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American InnovationExactly How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Welcome, Med Tech Gurus! In this episode, we have the privilege of diving deep into the world of MedTech innovation with Dr. Stuart Grant, a true pioneer in the field. With over 25 years of experience at industry giants like Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Synthes, Stuart has been at the forefront of orthopedic advancements and groundbreaking medical devices. Now, as the founder of Archetype MedTech Consultancy, Dr. Grant is on a mission to guide startups and entrepreneurs through the complexities of medical device development, from concept to market approval. In our discussion, Stuart unpacks the art and science of turning customer needs into actionable insights, leveraging risk management as a catalyst for creativity, and adapting innovation processes for today's fast-paced healthcare landscape. This episode is brimming with actionable insights and thought-provoking ideas for anyone passionate about the future of medical technology. Stay tuned—this is one conversation you won't want to miss!

Join James Blatch and Stuart Grant from Digital Authors Toolkit and also the highest rated web designer on Reedsy, as they discuss the future of Author websites, direct selling, and how you can make your website stand out.

On today's podcast, Howard Lovy features Stuart Grant, who creates compelling websites for authors. He has some advice on what to do or not do when staking out your real estate on the web. Find more author advice, tips, and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center, with a huge archive of 2,000+ blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. We invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. About the Host Howard Lovy has been a journalist for more than 35 years, and now amplifies the voices of independent author-publishers and works with authors as a developmental editor. Find Howard at howardlovy.com, LinkedIn, and X.

This week, the guys have a special guest joining them on the show. Stuart Grant is the number one web designer on Reedsy, as well as a frequent guest and recommendation on the Self Publishing Show. The authority on author websites, Stuart has helped over 200 authors build their websites and brands and this week, he stops by to discuss the importance of owning your own platform with Robert and David.Not only that, but Stuart is sticking around to not just answer the mailbag question, but also to tackle our 'Seven Questions'. (And another one of Rob's classic songs.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart Grant isn't just a key member of the SPS team – he's also the highest rated web designer on Reedsy.

Having acquired Harwell in 2020 and Arlington in 2021, Brookfield is building a Europe-wide network of innovation clusters catering to emerging technologies in life sciences, energy, quantum computing and space. With decades of experience leading Blackstone's global expansion, ARC boss Stuart Grant joins Andrew Teacher with Dr Barbara Ghinelli, chief scientific advisor at ARC and director of innovation at UKRI-STFC to explain why there's no limit to the group's ambitions.

Ace author website designer, Stuart Grant, explains why every author needs a site and how to go about securing one that's going to help you sell more books.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast we turn our attention to the increasingly fascinating world of life sciences. The UK life science sector was thrown into the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic as experts in Oxford, Cambridge and London lead the way on vaccines. But there is more to life science than vaccines. And there is certainly more to life sciences in the UK than just the golden triangle. EG editor Samantha McClary is joined on this episode by a trio of experts – Emma Goodford a partner at Knight Frank and head of national offices with an increasing focus on the life science sector, Stuart Grant, Co-Founder of CoreLife Investors, adviser to Brookfield's Real Estate Group,  and CEO of Harwell Campus with some 25 years of real estate experience to draw on and Richard O'Boyle, executive director of We are Pioneer, with some 17 years of investment track record. Over the next 30 minutes they discuss the power of the web that life sciences can bring to the UK. About how success is not just about the Golden Triangle and clusters but about an interconnected collaboration of innovative businesses that can together turn the country into a centre of excellence. It is a fascinating listen with a bounty of insights to take away. Listen in and enjoy.

Stuart Grant, based in Delaware, is an internationally recognized business leader, litigator and legal investor. Prior to founding Bench Walk Advisors, he co-founded and served as Managing Director of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., which grew under his leadership and capital investment into one of the world's most formidable plaintiff advocacy firms. He retired from Grant & Eisenhofer in 2018 to devote his professional time to Bench Walk Advisors. In addition to his work with Bench Walk Advisors, Mr. Grant is an owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. Mr. Grant's horses race under the stable name The Elkstone Group and often train at Camden Training Center. Mr. Grant also devotes his time to philanthropic endeavors. Mr. Grant and his wife, Suzanne B. Grant, formed the I Could Do Great Things Foundation in 2009 to support a range of social initiatives related to education and projects that strengthen communities in Delaware where the couple are primarily based.

In this episode Chris Walters, JLL's Head of UK Life Sciences is joined by Harwell's Stuart Grant, CEO and Dr Barbara Ghinelli, Director, Harwell Campus Business Development to discuss the future of Harwell Campus, the UK's home for innovation. They delve into the importance of collaboration in creating connected clusters and how Harwell has successfully combined academia, businesses and government investment in one location to become a beacon of global science and discovery.

Stuart Grant takes us through Psalms 1 + 2 to kick off a short series relating to that most unique book.

Stuart Grant takes us through Psalms 1 + 2 to kick off a short series relating to that most unique book.

This week, Stuart Grant, Instagram expert and co-author of one of SPF's most popular indie author marketing guides, explains how to build your readership with the social media platform.

A three part series covering the year in TopMedTalk. Here are some links to the pieces discussed: Paul Myles and the RELIEF trial results: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-relief-trial-results/ And here is the "deep dive" we mention: https://www.topmedtalk.com/the-topmedtalk-top-ten-rcoa-11-the-relief-trial-your-essential-deep-dive-into-the-results-2/ And here are all the RELIEF trial pieces we've done: https://www.topmedtalk.com/?s=RELIEF Also, make sure you listen to this piece, "RCoA 12 Should direct laryngoscopy be consigned to the history books?": https://www.topmedtalk.com/rcoa-12-should-direct-laryngoscopes-be-consigned-to-the-history-books/ The Stuart Grant piece discussed in this podcast is here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/controversies-in-perioperative-medicine/ The Bruce Keogh speech is here, everyone on the TopMedTalk team cites this as a particularly revealing talk, treat yourself and have a listen: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2018-3-sir-bruce-keogh-the-nhs-at-70/ Presented by Monty Mythen, Desiree Chappell and Nick Margerrison.

This piece is taken from "The Great Fluid Debate", it's about changes in practice that have been implemented both in the UK and at various medical centres in the US. Hear how and why the old 'nil by mouth' or ‘NPO’ policy has changed in many instances. From water to carbohydrate drinks, to black coffee, the thinking has changed in many institutions but part of the battle is in educating patients and their well meaning friends and relatives. These pieces have been released to coincide with IFAD, the 7th International Fluid Academy Day. Make sure you subscribe to TopMedTalk to ensure you hear some of the pieces we recorded there. Chaired by Professor Monty Mythen and featuring; Dr Tim Miller, anesthsiologist from Duke University Medical Centre; Professor Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Southampton; Professors Paul Wischmeyer and Stuart Grant, from the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University and featuring questions from the audience. Join in the debate: contact@topmedtalk.com

The SPF team look at three key services for hosting and designing an author website that'll help you sell more books.

Fluid Matters - the ‘nil by mouth’ or ‘NPO’ debate This piece is taken from "The Great Fluid Debate", it's about changes in practice that have been implimented both in the UK and at various medical centres in the US. Hear how and why the old 'nil by mouth' or ‘NPO’ policy has changed in many instances. From water to carbohydrate drinks, to black coffee, the thinking has changed in many institutions but part of the battle is in educating patients and their well meaning friends and relatives. Chaired by Professor Monty Mythen and featuring; Dr Tim Miller, anesthsiologist from Duke University Medical Centre; Professor Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Southampton; Professors Paul Wischmeyer and Stuart Grant, from the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University and featuring questions from the audience. Join in the debate: contact@topmedtalk.com

Did Jesus really exist? How could we know, and why should we believe that this man is more than a fairytale? Join us with Stuart Grant and the NewLife@10 service to examine the evidence and consider for yourself.

Whatever preconceived notions or ideas we have about God, and who He is and what He has planned for us for the next life, forgiveness is not exclusively what happens after we are buried, it has to do with the way we live right now. The fundamental power of forgiveness in our lives actually changes the direction of your feet and the ground on which we tread. Forgiveness is a gift, something that isn’t earned or won, but given freely. It is part of a flow that naturally needs to flow on, and when you enter into this flow, you are tapping into the foundational, resurrecting, transcending, Corner-Stone that our universe is built on. Listen with Stuart Grant and the NewLife@Night service, as we seek forgiveness and restoration in our own lives - to live as Christ did - remembering that even on the cross Jesus pleaded with the Father to forgive his murderers, forever changing this world here and now.

Whatever preconceived notions or ideas we have about God, and who He is and what He has planned for us for the next life, forgiveness is not exclusively what happens after we are buried, it has to do with the way we live right now. The fundamental power of forgiveness in our lives actually changes the direction of your feet and the ground on which we tread. Forgiveness is a gift, something that isn’t earned or won, but given freely. It is part of a flow that naturally needs to flow on, and when you enter into this flow, you are tapping into the foundational, resurrecting, transcending, Corner-Stone that our universe is built on. Listen with Stuart Grant and the NewLife@10 service, as we seek forgiveness and restoration in our own lives - to live as Christ did - remembering that even on the cross Jesus pleaded with the Father to forgive his murderers, forever changing this world here and now.

It shouldn’t be of much surprise, that we are today living in what many refer to as a “Post-Christian Society”. Our thoughtlessness for each other, the desire of self and ego, the way in which discrimination runs unchecked - so how do we act in a world where everything, at every turn, is lined with deception, evil and hatred? Paul’s answer? To Shine like Stars. To live a life that is exemplary. A life that stands in defiance of hatred and evil. To live as Christ and to die to the old ways and the bondage of sin. Christ was building something new in Paul and in the world he lived in, just as He continues to build this world, remaking it in His image, through us. Paul invites us to live a life in Christ, to work out each decision that we make with fear and trembling - in recognition that each decision we face is ultimately bringing the Kingdom of God nearer, or pushing it away. Join the NewLife@10 service with Stuart Grant, as we seek God’s will, in living a life in Christ.

It shouldn’t be of much surprise, that we are today living in what many refer to as a “Post-Christian Society”. Our thoughtlessness for each other, the desire of self and ego, the way in which discrimination runs unchecked - so how do we act in a world where everything, at every turn, is lined with deception, evil and hatred? Paul’s answer? To Shine like Stars. To live a life that is exemplary. A life that stands in defiance of hatred and evil. To live as Christ and to die to the old ways and the bondage of sin. Christ was building something new in Paul and in the world he lived in, just as He continues to build this world, remaking it in His image, through us. Paul invites us to live a life in Christ, to work out each decision that we make with fear and trembling - in recognition that each decision we face is ultimately bringing the Kingdom of God nearer, or pushing it away. Join the NewLife@Night service with Stuart Grant, as we seek God’s will, in living a life in Christ.

Developer Stuart Grant talks to James about the marketing power of apps for authors and how they can help deepen the connection between author and readers - and help attract new fans.

The story of Jericho is often fondly remembered as one of those stories that we’ve grown up with as children - a story about how a God provides to his faithful, wandering children. Trumpets, fanfare, hype, drama, battles, sieges - what’s not to like? Except, if you read this story on a parallax - from outside of it’s original culture and intended audience, distancing yourself from the child-like bias that we have grown up with - it can be a little unnerving, even barbaric. If you are reading this story for the first time, you could ask what type of God would simply “give over” a whole city to a people who continually disobeys Him? What God would wilfully allow and condone that kind of death and destruction and violence? What kind of God is so exclusively in favour of one people, ignoring and forgiving their sins, and at the same time vengeful and uncompromising with another? This view of an Old Testament, vindictive and angry God, is often painted in stark contrast to the inclusive, compassionate and loving New Testament God that we read about in the Bible. But if you were living in the ancient, tribal-centred wilderness, you would have an entirely different view and understanding of who and what God is. Every tribe had a different god, and it is generally considered that if you went into battle with a neighbouring tribe or city and won - your god was pleased with you. If you didn’t win, then your god had handed you over because he, (or they), were displeased with you. The story of Jericho starts very similar to many other battles and sieges of that day, except there is a glimmer of something new - a hope of redemption and a brand new way of understanding the Divine. The writer reveals that the woman Rahab helps the Israelites plan the battle and usurps the Jericho defence - because she has heard something about this God. She, like the rest of the city knows something about the God of the Israelites. She has trembled with the knowing that something “more” was coming, which has caused her to react in such a way that she goes against her whole upbringing. Her whole family’s life irrevocably changing course because of her decision to trust a God who was invisible to her, but bigger than she could imagine. The story of Jericho starts the same way as many other stories told in the ancient world, but the script quickly takes a tangent and ends up with salvation, restoration and hope as the people continue to awake to the Divine and the revelation of who God really is. God has always had a higher, more expansive view of the hope for humanity than we do, sowing seeds early on in humanity’s story. In our own time He continues to awaken us the mystery of Himself in cultures all across our planet, and reveals to us that the ground of our being is firmly rooted in love. How we take that hope to our own neighbours and the nations is a continuing revelation, and something to be sought with our whole heart and mind and soul and strength, as we join with God on Mission. Join with the NewLife@Night service as Stuart Grant takes us further within this mystery.   [bible passage="Joshua 2:1-21" heading="h3"]   [bible passage="Acts 6:1-7" heading="h3"]

The story of Jericho is often fondly remembered as one of those stories that we’ve grown up with as children - a story about how a God provides to his faithful, wandering children. Trumpets, fanfare, hype, drama, battles, sieges - what’s not to like? Except, if you read this story on a parallax - from outside of it’s original culture and intended audience, distancing yourself from the child-like bias that we have grown up with - it can be a little unnerving, even barbaric. If you are reading this story for the first time, you could ask what type of God would simply “give over” a whole city to a people who continually disobeys Him? What God would wilfully allow and condone that kind of death and destruction and violence? What kind of God is so exclusively in favour of one people, ignoring and forgiving their sins, and at the same time vengeful and uncompromising with another? This view of an Old Testament, vindictive and angry God, is often painted in stark contrast to the inclusive, compassionate and loving New Testament God that we read about in the Bible. But if you were living in the ancient, tribal-centred wilderness, you would have an entirely different view and understanding of who and what God is. Every tribe had a different god, and it is generally considered that if you went into battle with a neighbouring tribe or city and won - your god was pleased with you. If you didn’t win, then your god had handed you over because he, (or they), were displeased with you. The story of Jericho starts very similar to many other battles and sieges of that day, except there is a glimmer of something new - a hope of redemption and a brand new way of understanding the Divine. The writer reveals that the woman Rahab helps the Israelites plan the battle and usurps the Jericho defence - because she has heard something about this God. She, like the rest of the city knows something about the God of the Israelites. She has trembled with the knowing that something “more” was coming, which has caused her to react in such a way that she goes against her whole upbringing. Her whole family’s life irrevocably changing course because of her decision to trust a God who was invisible to her, but bigger than she could imagine. The story of Jericho starts the same way as many other stories told in the ancient world, but the script quickly takes a tangent and ends up with salvation, restoration and hope as the people continue to awake to the Divine and the revelation of who God really is. God has always had a higher, more expansive view of the hope for humanity than we do, sowing seeds early on in humanity’s story. In our own time He continues to awaken us the mystery of Himself in cultures all across our planet, and reveals to us that the ground of our being is firmly rooted in love. How we take that hope to our own neighbours and the nations is a continuing revelation, and something to be sought with our whole heart and mind and soul and strength, as we join with God on Mission. Join with the NewLife@10 service as Stuart Grant takes us further within this mystery.   [bible passage="Joshua 2:1-21" heading="h3"]   [bible passage="Acts 6:1-7" heading="h3"]

Neste episódio os textos e ideias retas de Trin London, Amarildo Anzolin, Adriano Smaniotto, Roberto Prado,  Luiz Rettamozo, Ricardo Silvestrin, Kleber Bordinhão, Edilson Del Grossi, Cyro Ridal, Stuart Grant, Arnold Weiss Füther, Gabriele Gomes, Rimbaud, Luiz Claudio Soares De Oliveira, Greg Mariano, William Teca, Jean Garfunkel, Rubem Alves, Mauricio Pereira, Ricardo Chacal, Jorge Barbosa Filho, entre outros não menos intrincados. Radiocaos são Samuel Ferrari Lago e Rodrigo Barros Del Rei The post Radiocaos Flexuoso (Ep #475) first appeared on Radiocaos.

Neste episódio os textos e ideias retas de Trin London, Amarildo Anzolin, Adriano Smaniotto, Roberto Prado,  Luiz Rettamozo, Ricardo Silvestrin, Kleber Bordinhão, Edilson Del Grossi, Cyro Ridal, Stuart Grant, Arnold Weiss Füther, Gabriele Gomes, Rimbaud, Luiz Claudio Soares De Oliveira, Greg Mariano, William Teca, Jean Garfunkel, Rubem Alves, Mauricio Pereira, Ricardo Chacal, Jorge Barbosa Filho, entre outros não menos intrincados. Radiocaos são Samuel Ferrari Lago e Rodrigo Barros Del Rei

The writer of Johns Gospel continually presents us with the question, “How do we receive joy?". Does it elicit thankfulness, or does it reveal emptiness? Does it draw out grace, or does it bring condemnation with judgment? Our response to these questions should seem simple, but it can often reveal the complexity of our “humanness”, and show that just below the surface, there is much more lurking than it might first seem. Lazarus has been raised from the dead, and in one electric, life-changing instant, everything in Mary shifts and a blinding new reality enters. Her thankfulness flows in excess, and in contrast Judas’ response is inward, selfish and hard-hearted. Johns Gospel excellently provides answers on how to take our inner dialogue and that inner awareness, to create a diverse community of oneness. It’s answers on ecstasy, diversity, and union remain wisdom for us today. NewLife regular speaker Stuart Grant leads us to the cross this Palm Sunday, and shows us a universal truth, as Christ was welcomed with glorious refrain riding in on a colt - the truth that when we receive joy something illuminates inside of us. How will you respond to joy? NewLife @Morning service.   [bible passage="Zechariah 9:9-17" heading="h3"]   [bible passage="John 12:1-36" heading="h3"]

For the last few thousand years, (or so), Christians have sought to show the world that Christianity is more than just a means by which we enter Heaven. And of course doing good and living valued lives is important, but it cannot sustain life. It is our faith in Christ alone that is the catalyst for which we draw strength and the vitality needed to continue to be a blessing to those around us and live in right relationship with the Father. We’ve seen over the last few weeks in our studies of Johns Gospel, how Jesus crucially dissects the understanding of the Sadducees and Pharisees, as well as the Jewish people, to show them that ritual and practice alone do not lead to righteous living and restored relationship with God, but how it can often lead in the opposite direction. Jesus again and again revealed to them that the Father was seeking hearts and new life – not empty ritual, worship and praise. How then, do we live a life that grows and matures in service and humility, whilst continuing to walk in a world that has been tainted by sin? John provides pivotal examples on how Jesus’ actions and humility were more powerful than any other power on earth. Jesus’ cleansing and washing of his disciples feet showed them that we all still walk in a sinful world, and that the power of sanctification comes from him, and flows through service, humility, repentance and love. Join with us as Stuart Grant continues our series in Johns Gospel, on the importance and power of humility in our lives. See how we meet Jesus in the self revelatory path that sanctification offers. And allow Jesus’ teaching to impact you to be a blessing to those around you.   [bible passage="1 Corinthians 11:17-34" heading="h3"]   [bible passage="John 13:1-30" heading="h3"]

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This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Stuart Grant and Julian Wu about the documentary Which Way Is China?, about the punk band Primitive Calculators and their visit to the People's RepublicThen Professor John Spoehr comes on the show to talk about the challenging times facing South Australia

The stories and accounts in prophetic writings like Revelation, often paint the ‘Glory of God’ with metaphor and images like fire and brilliance and intensity. They reveal a spiritual truth that is synonymous with power and justice. However, much of the New Testament writings are stark in comparison to these images. How God reveals His Glory to us, and what it look like, is a question that that all Christians, like the Apostles sought. The Apostles had lived, ate and walked the same path as Jesus for a number of years, yet in one moment on a mountain top, alone with Him, their eyes were opened to the truth of who the Christ really is. The account of the Transfiguration of Jesus was a vivid revelation that the Kingdom of God is at hand and just beyond our site. Guest speaker Stuart Grant challenges us to seek God’s Glory in the quiet places, ‘on top of the mountain’. He asks us to stop and be still in God’s presence, to be impacted the same way that the Apostles were impacted by the Transfiguration. And he invites us to allow God to use the pain and suffering we all face to be used to reveal more of Himself.   [bible passage="Isaiah 40:1-11" heading="h3"]   [bible passage="Mark 6:30-45" heading="h3"]

Our guest companion Stuart Grant talks about cosplaying the 4th Doctor, his impressions, including the 4th Doctor that he got to do to Tom Baker himself & he shares his impression song 'cup of tea', of course featuring the 4th Doctor.Find Stuart Grant https://www.facebook.com/stuart.grant.100?fref=tsGallifrey Stands is sponsored by http://www.DottiesCharms.co.uk. Check out the Doctor Who range today. Gallifrey Stands can be found at on twitter @DoctorSquee, by email GallifreyStandsPodcast@gmail.com, on stitcher, iTunes & http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com & on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481026762176392/ You can buy the GallifreyStands lipbalm @ https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/209093664/gallifrey-stands-geek-stix-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_active_12

FTB podcast #165 the new album MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES  called Nashville 1: Tear the Woodpile Down.  Also new music from GRANT PEEPLES, RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM and a track form Mercyland.  Here's the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here's the direct link to listen now!  Here is the RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss. Freight Train Boogie podcasts also air weekly on RootHog Radio on Thursday nights at 7:00 pm CST and again Friday mornings at 10:00 am CST and on Rob Ellen's Medicine Show. And you can purchase the Freight Train Boogie Americana App for Android  from Amazon for only $1.99. Show #165 MARTY STUART - Tear the Woodpile Down (Nashville 1: Tear the Woodpile Down) TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead  (Goodbye Normal Street) THE REFUGEES – Chain Stores, Malls and Restaurants (Three) MAYNARD AND THE MUSTIES - Cheap Cigar  (Cheap Cigar) (mic break) GRANT PEEPLES -  Patriot Act (for Dave Hickey)  (Prior Convictions) RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM - Miami Moon   (Some Bright Morning) THE JAMES LOW WESTERN FRONT - Thinking California  (Whiskey Farmer) WOODY PINES - Ham & Eggs  (You Gotta Roll) MARTY STUART  - Sundown in Nashville (Nashville 1: Tear the Woodpile Down) (mic break) THE McEUEN SESSIONS - For All The Good  It Did  (For All The Good) BRONWYNNE BRENT - Thankfully (Deep Black Water) COUNTRYCIDE  - She Kills Me  (The Rise and The Fal) JEAN SYNODINOS - The Perfect Crime (Girls, Good & Otherwise) PHIL MADEIRA featuring THE CIVIL WARS - From This Valley  (Mercyland - Hymns For The Rest Of Us) (mic break) MARTY STUART - A Matter of Time  (Nashville 1: Tear the Woodpile Down) (May 19th, 2012) Bill Frater Freight Train Boogie