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Jonathan Koch
What if you were given 48 hours to live? Jonathan Koch spent his entire live preparing for a fight he never saw coming. Find out what drove Jonathan to fight for his life, when he was given only a 10% chance to survive.
Jonathan Koch is an Emmy Award-winning television producer, accomplished entrepreneur, and renowned team leader. Jonathan is President and Chief Creative Officer at Asylum Entertainment, a Los Angeles based television production company that he built from the ground up along with his partner, Steve Michaels. His notable productions include the Emmy Award-winning mini-series The Kennedys, 30 for 30, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, and the acclaimed documentary feature film Happy Valley among hundreds of other scripted, documentary, and reality projects.
After graduating from Shippensburg University in his home state of Pennsylvania, Jonathan left for Los…
Resilience and the Business of Leadership
Resilience: Facing a Health Crisis Head On
What factors can predict survival in times of great adversity? Surely, the most important is resilience. In this presentation, a Hollywood mogul shares his story of resilience in surviving an acute, life-threatening medical crisis and his arduous road to recovery in physical rehabilitation and therapy. Jonathan Koch will focus on the patient’s journey, highlighting how a resilient team of dedicated, skilled health care professionals can work with their patient as partners to triumph over a challenging rare illness. In this lecture, he will describe the physical and emotional trauma he endured, and share his experiences working with his health care team to restore his independence and mobility so he could return to his career, dance with his daughter, and even play tennis. This heartbreaking and heart-warming talk will illuminate the patient’s perspective on care, the pain and grief associated with illness, and the power of resilience to fuel recovery and restored independence. Mr. Koch’s inspiring story will also spotlight how health care providers can emphasize resilience in the care setting, not just for their patients struggling to overcome illness, but for themselves.
Unlocking Your Heart of a Champion
Jonathan Koch went from a minimum wage restaurant mascot to a multi-millionaire Hollywood television producer in a matter of years. He went from healthy, vibrant, and a picture of fitness to imminent death in just moments. Just months after selling his Emmy Award winning production company for more than a hundred million dollars, Jonathan Koch found himself in a harrowing battle against a sudden and deadly illness that that threatened his life and left him with amputations of all or part of each of his limbs. When his ICU Doctor said to him “You’re probably going to do die tonight” Jonathan Koch, father of a 15 year-old daughter, decided to fight back. In this passionate, honest talk, Mr. Koch shares the pain, laughter, love, loss, and the rare type of resilience that inspires audiences from of all ages and stations. Jonathan reveals the secrets behind how he physically and psychologically prepared himself since the age of eleven for a vicious fight he never saw coming. This open and honest presentation details how being ready for absolutely anything made possible his unlikely career and, undeniably, saved his life. Mr. Koch talks about turning pain into purpose, and how to rise-up against the most threatening challenges by unlocking the Heart of a Champion within each and everyone of us. Mr. Koch’s story was recently featured in a highly rated episode of ABC’s 20/20.
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