Toronto Western Hospital 24/06/24 Dear Reader, I am writing this at the last minute, between procedures, to meet my publisher’s deadline. We launched “The Essence of Invention, the Joy of medical creativity” last Friday evening June 21st at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto. David Goldbloom was magnificent as an interviewer. I carried the idea for a book on medical inventorship around in my head for years. I assembled and disassembled it as a thought experiment just as I do my spine devices. I read extensively about all types of creativity, from Lady Gaga to Lucien Freud, to Colin Chapman. It all comes from the same place, intrinsic talent. That rare earth element that powers the world. Then Tessa, our beautiful 11 year old Golden Retriever died and we got Alfie, another Golden. Even as a puppy Alfie had opinions. He likes to be fed at about 6 am every morning but day light savings confuses him. He stands on your chest until you get up. A 90 lb retriever is persuasive. Suddenly I had an extra hour a day, so I wrote this book. A golden hour, with a fresh mind, not adulterated by the noise of life. Churchill once said that a colleague had nothing worth saying but was determined to say it. I hope it’s not the case here. All sentences, stories, or books need a resolution. When I got to the last chapters I didn’t know how to make all the stories symmetrical and resolve them. Then, while walking Alfie in a minus 7 snow storm one evening, I saw it. It surprised me, but made sense. I hope you think so too. Thank you for the privilege of allowing me share these thoughts with you. I am very respectful of your time. The book is available here. https://lnkd.in/gkfRb-8R It is meant to be written on, dog eared, coffee stained, and scrunched in a back pack. In tearing haste Kieran
Claudia Hepburn
1mo
Congratulations, Dr. Kieran Murphy! It's a treat to read about innovation through the lens of one of Canada's great medical innovators. I'm savouring your insights about the value of partnership and culture while despairing at the dismal statistics that keep women down and out of medical innovation. Thanks for all you do to improve medicine, your patients' lives, and Canada.
Kevin Kenny
1mo
Placed my book 📕 order via Amazon and delivery is scheduled for July. I can’t wait to read it. Congratulations Kieran
Jason Sharpe
1mo
Congratulations Kieran - really looking forward to digging in to it.
Jim S.
1mo
Looking forward to reading your book
Greg McIff
1mo
Look forward to reading it, Kieran. Sounds amazing.
Mikkel Schodt
1mo
Very nice Kieran Murphy, and whom better to write about medical inventons than you. I look very much forward to read it Take care
Kieran Murphy I just bought the ebook and I'm really excited! I think Steph Clarke would be interested to know more about it. Why don't you connect with each other? Good luck!
Kris Shah
1mo
Kiran congratulations on publishing this book, I just order it, looking forward to digging into this. Kris
Anna Kozlowski
1mo
Congratulations Kieran, I am very happy for you. ☺️
President at Synaptive Medical
1moThis is a very important book and topic. Thank you Kieran for the dedication to create this. Essential reading.