Modern Adulthood
Modern life rewards a kind of “maturity” that often has very little to do with being right.
Clear ownership. Shared buy-in. Calm escalations. Decisions that hold under pressure.
Kanav Jain
As teams scale, ambiguity quietly becomes operational risk.
I clarify who decides, who escalates, and who resolves issues when systems are under strain.
How I work: I design clear operating rhythms so teams can align quickly, absorb change safely, and resolve issues before they compound.
What engagement looks like
Most scaling failures are custody failures.
Many teams only see this clearly after their first meaningful stress test.
Scope the pressure point
Choose one workflow, one risk class, and one owner to anchor the work.
Trace custody
Map who can decide, override, freeze, and escalate in that path.
Install controls
Ship the first decision-rights updates, reversal SLAs, and escalation timing rules.
Rehearse incidents
Run tabletop scenarios so leadership and operators practice the same sequence.
Lock operating rhythm
Set 30/60/90-day review cadences with explicit owners and measurable signals.
Specimen: custody table excerpt
| Decision | Owner | Reversal SLA | Escalates to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pause model-generated outreach | Clinical operations lead | 15 minutes | On-call risk lead |
| Approve high-risk override | Licensed reviewer | 30 minutes | Medical director |
| Rollback workflow release | Product owner + SRE | 60 minutes | Incident commander |
| Reopen blocked case path | Care navigation manager | 4 hours | Head of care ops |
Evidence
| 100M+ patient–clinician connections with trust controls in production | |
| Georgia Tech BME · NYU Stern MBA · Epic · Doximity · Transcarent | |
| Director-level care ops and compliance-aware product leadership |
Doximity Dialer
HIPAA-conscious caller ID workflow that reduced routing friction
View case study →Transcarent
Care navigation systems with accountable handoffs
View case study →Andwise
Scaled advisor and clinician inputs into practical decision support
View case study →Start with the context closest to your current pressure point.
Tools
The practical tools I use with teams.
Practical patterns that help teams scale safely without slowing delivery.
Use clinical-risk evidence, not checkbox compliance. Every recommendation is tied to an owner, a workflow change, an adoption mechanism, and a measurable risk reduction target.
Case studies + operating notes
Writing
Plain-language essays and operator notes from shipping healthcare workflows under load.
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