What if healthcare real estate were designed not just as physical infrastructure, but as a living system serving patients, clinicians, and communities alike? In this joint episode of The Purposeful Strategist, two leaders explore how the built environment can play a transformative role in the future of care.
Simon Betty, Head of Europe at Northwest Healthcare REIT, brings over two decades of experience in real estate strategy—spanning retail, commercial, and healthcare. At Northwest, his focus is on creating community-based facilities that deliver exceptional outcomes for patients and practitioners while providing strong value for taxpayers and investors.
He’s joined by Paul Lambert, Founding Director of Living Work Consulting and author of Alive: Cultivating Living Organizations for Success in a Digital Age. Paul’s work rethinks how organisations function, showing how autonomy, purpose, and partnership can drive performance and wellbeing together.
Together, Simon and Paul discuss how healthcare real estate can move beyond “bricks and mortar” thinking—toward systems that align financial, structural, and human priorities. They explore the shift from hospital-centric to community-based care, lessons from retail’s digital transformation, and why culture and collaboration are just as vital as capital in building the healthcare infrastructure of the future.