Alyssa Arena

We're trying to make the world a better place in the healthcare space, and that comes with challenges. We're always trying to move things forward, and I think that can cause us to move quickly sometimes. A challenge is taking that step back, looking at the problem first, and really remembering the why behind what we're doing. In terms of opportunities, our role is really expanding. We just hired a new member of our team because internal communications has expanded from supporting our entire organization to also supporting the rest of our marketing team, the content team, product marketing managers, and the event team. Our intranet and other communication channels are also expanding, and we're always looking for ways to meet the organization where they're at so we can communicate in a way that works best for them. There's always room for growth, and we get to be creative in so many ways.

Last year, I was fortunate enough to be brought on to be part of the team to develop our new core values as a company. We worked with all of our associates across the organization globally, holding workshops, and came up with six new core values which resonate with me personally. These include 'we do it differently' because we're doing something so different for the healthcare ecosystem. 'Do the right thing' is so important to me - I consider myself to be an empathetic person, so doing the right thing is important. And 'explore fearlessly' is one of my favorites, because I think that's something that we really get to do. I've been able to explore fearlessly in my career with this company, and just in my personal life. I love to be able to explore, and being able to have that in my daily life is so important.