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What Would You Do?
For nearly 40 minutes this past Saturday, more than one million Hawaiian residents and tourists thought they had good enough reason to believe they might die from an inbound ballistic missile, panic triggered by a false Emergency Alert broadcast communication. … Continue reading
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Nine Months Later
A few weeks ago, my colleague Michael Madden published his blog entry “Ten Years Later and Three Beautiful Daughters,” a detailing account of his ALL leukemia journey, fought right here at Dana-Farber a few years before he became an employee. … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishments, Motivation, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance
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Best News All Week
Probably like you, I’ve been consuming a tremendous amount of news, more than usual, both televised and online. Normally I will tune in to Lester Holt at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter, when I can sit and click “play” on … Continue reading
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There’s No Crying in Project Management
Many of us have seen the movie A League of Their Own, where Tom Hanks plays the usually inebriated and always disinterested coach Jimmy Dugan of the WWII-era Rockford Peaches women’s baseball team. At one point during a league game, … Continue reading
The Puppy Project, Part 3: Agility and Emotional Intelligence
I’ve recently started teaching the soft-skills course “Team Dynamics from a Project Manager’s Perspective” for DFCI Project University. In the course we explore the topic of emotional intelligence, which is our ability to understand our mood, and how it affects … Continue reading
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First-Time Family Caregiver and Other Admissions at Thanksgiving
There’s never a wrong time to pause and ponder that for which we’re grateful. Spiritual rituality, meditative moments, significant life events, near-misses, good news, bad news. And, of course, the November day of Thanksgiving. I LOVE the Thanksgiving Holiday. I … Continue reading
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55 Days and WHAT?
Just getting back from Labor Day and I’m not thinking about how much fun we had cooling off in the pool this summer, grilling up Fenway Franks, and sipping cool cocktails. I’m fixated on one fact… it’s been only HOW … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons Learned, Planning, Uncategorized
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Post-Project Close: Deflate Gate 2.0?
Months – years for some participants – of planning, learning, changing, doing. We did it! We successfully went live just about a month ago. Yes there’s still work to do and some kinks to iron out, but WE DID IT! … Continue reading
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The Puppy Project: Phase 2 (AKA Post Go-Live Remediation)
In my October blog I introduced you to Finn, the Sheltie puppy I adopted earlier that month. Coincidentally, he turned 8 months old today! Thinking in terms of projects, we are 4 months post “puppy go-live.” And what a go-live … Continue reading
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The Puppy Project
Last November our fifteen year old Sheltie passed, the last of many in the family over the last twenty-odd years. Though slowed from age, he was a big personality and his absence left a large void in the household. We … Continue reading
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