Sonia Rhodes

Activist, Brainstormer, Business leader, Business mentor, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Designer, Event planner, Idea generator, Marketer, Parent, Producer, Public servant, Social entrepreneur

Sonia Rhodes Founder, Chief Executive Officer: The Experience Lab for healing health care from the inside out CEO/CXO Sonia Rhodes Experience Design Vice President, Customer Strategy, The Sharp Experience and The Sharp University, Sharp HealthCare 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient Author Curator TEDxYouth@SanDiego Passionate about transforming the health care experience for patients and caregivers, Sonia is leading an innovative nation-wide practice to create a more meaningful and memorable health care experience.

Transforming the health care experience Positive cultural disruption Empowering young women to lead

Making the health care experience better from the inside out. Designing caregiver and patient experiences that are personal, thoughtful and positively memorable. As humans, we carry our health care experiences with us for life - and too often the memories we have are of a scary, impersonal, confusing time. It doesn't have to be this way!

Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR), Corporate Vision & Branding, Cultural Transformation Strategies, Employee Engagement, Experience Design, Experiential Marketing, Health Care Transformation, healthcare, Large Scale Event Development & Production, Leadership Development and Coaching, Storytelling

I've followed the TED community for years and finally had the opportunity to apply and attend TEDActive 2010. The first person I met at TEDActive 2010 was Jack Abbott - another San DIegan. Jack and I stayed connected after TEDActive - with the intention of keeping the spirit of TED alive throughout the year (with book clubs, discussions etc). Jack became the curator of TEDx San Diego and I had the pleasure of partnering with him to share the experience design expertise of Sharp HealthCare. We created a truly memorable TEDx event and I've found a friend for life! I am now the curator and executive producer for TEDxYouth@SanDIego and find my greatest joy in sharing the power of ideas with the youth of this world. Both of my daughters are TEDx organizers and we’ve traveled the world with our awesome TEDx tribe

Documentary Storytelling. Connecting people to purpose. Executive Leadership Transformation. Living Gluten Free