When I first imagined The Reinvention Lab, I didn’t want to build another conference or professional development day. I wanted to create a space that asked better, deeper questions.
What happens when you remove the PowerPoint slides and replace them with dialogue?
What happens when you invite people not just to learn, but to feel the friction between how things have always been done and how they could be?
That was the heart of The Reinvention Lab.
A place to strip away the layers of formality and rediscover what it means to lead with both courage and curiosity.
I’ve been in this field long enough to know that transformation doesn’t come from procedures, it comes from people. And yet, most of the rooms we gather in are designed to reinforce structure, not spark change. At the North Carolina Biotech Center, we did something different. We built a room where people could think out loud, get it wrong, laugh, debate, and, for a few hours, stop worrying about being “audit ready.”
During one session, someone said:
“I know this was called a workshop, but this is a movement.”
Yes! Yes it is. Because it reminded me why I started doing this work in the first place.
Reinvention does not require a new framework. In our daily reality, uncertainty often prevails, anchored in a risk-averse mindset that can inhibit meaningful progress. What’s needed is a new atmosphere—one where individuals feel secure enough to challenge assumptions, pose difficult questions, and envision new possibilities. That's the Reinvention Lab!
Reinvention isn’t a one-time act.
It’s a habit. A mindset. A daily discipline of asking, What could we do better if we weren’t afraid to change?
You could feel that energy build throughout the day — teams leaning in, challenging ideas, connecting dots across disciplines that rarely intersect. At some point, it stopped being a “workshop” and became a living system of ideas in motion.
That’s what I mean when I talk about reinvention. It’s not a process you implement — it’s a culture you grow.
I’m profoundly grateful to everyone who helped bring this vision to life. To all our participants thank you for agreeing to play along for the today!
To the brilliant sponsors: Melillo Consulting, Perforce, Kneat, Valkit.ai, and GenariAI — thank you for believing that this industry is ready for a new kind of conversation.
To the North Carolina Biotech Center, thank you for giving us the perfect home to start this movement.
And to my ProcellaRX team: you built something bold, human, and lasting. You didn’t just deliver a program; you built a space for possibility.
This was just the beginning.
The Reinvention Lab is now alive, not as a single event, but as an evolving experience that we’ll bring wherever courage and curiosity are needed.
Because reinvention isn’t about breaking systems.
It’s about rewiring trust.
It’s about reminding ourselves that quality and creativity are not opposites — they’re partners.
So, if you’re reading this and thinking your team, your organization, or your culture needs to feel this shift — let’s talk.
Let’s bring The Reinvention Lab to you.
Because the future of leadership in quality won’t come from control — it will come from courage.