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Medtronic's Rank - WSJ - The 2026 Best Companies for the Future

The Wall Street Journal evaluates how leading US corps stack up in 6 areas: AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility.

Medtronic ranks #118 overall with an Overall Score of 56.4, placing it above the Health Care Equipment & Services average of 49.8. Its strongest factor is Innovation Rank #47, followed by Resilience Rank #102. That is the right profile for a medtech company: innovation pipeline and durability matter more than pure AI optics.

The weak point is Agility Rank #337, with Talent Readiness at #248 and Financial Fitness at #215. The data suggests Medtronic is a credible future-ready healthcare company, but not a fast-moving one. Strategically, this looks like a scaled medtech incumbent with innovation depth, but the operating model may not be nimble enough to rank with the highest-quality healthcare and technology platforms.

Source:
https://www.wsj.com/rankings/best-companies-for-the-future/full-rankings-2026

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@g7 Geoff and team think AI will solve all our problems can’t wait to see a press release “Geoff Martha Hospitalized for A Light Bulb Extraction Out of His Spinchter - Physician Couldn’t Find a Catheter So Let Martha Die”

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The Woke Street Journal you say?

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Maybe if Geoff and his team ever bothered to speak to real physicians and patients they would know AI has no place in medical devices yet in practice. We use it for administrative burden because that’s where it’s applicable but not when I need a catheter to fix a real problem

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Loved today's entirely AI generated MWN email. They didn't even try to hide it. I guess they realize nobody reads those.

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Any medical device company that thinks AI is here to disrupt it are foolish and wrong. AI is here to disrupt mo--ns like every EVP and SVP at this company that can’t read or reply to emails on time and it’s here to definitely stay in manufacturing and will be utilized in imaging but when it comes therapy, AI will ki-l people and GM is the biggest id--t for not understanding this basic thing. Cathworks will prove it that GM acquired a fu--ing science project while scientia will pay dividends for years to come

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"AI readiness", seriously?

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