Category Archives: Accomplishments

Sleeping on the Right Side of the Bed and Other Lessons Learned

Lessons are learned on projects throughout their lifecycle, and we encourage people to document them as they occur, otherwise they will be forgotten. Lessons are also learned in life, and in trying to capture some lessons before they’re lost, I’m … 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

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Ten years later and three beautiful daughters

Story of my experience from being diagnosed with leukemia, the birth of our new daughter and life ten years later. Continue reading

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Cheesy

I was thinking and talking about cheese with my sister, as we often do. Recently, we discovered this delicious cheddar cheese wheel that had crystals in it. The tiny delicious crystals give the cheese a delightfully sharp crunch. The crystals … Continue reading

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Four Fears That Can Block Creative Problem-Solving

Recently, I attended a workshop on Design Thinking, an unconventional approach to innovation and problem-solving developed by the Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. Design Thinking seeks to apply the mindset and methods of designers to develop products, improve … Continue reading

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A 10-Year Old’s Experience Running for Office

Everyone who is happy with at least one of the presidential candidates, please raise your hand. . . Hmmm. I thought so. Most people seem to be settling or maybe not voting, or perhaps writing in a protest vote. Statistically, … 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

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Fascinating Jobs – If You Know About Them

Every year, Parade publishes What People Earn. This annual report is presented simply as photos of individuals and underneath each: their location, name, age, title (and sometimes organization), and their annual salary. I find the issue intriguing for a number … Continue reading

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Why is your floor lumpy?

Why is your Floor Lumpy? Home-improvement projects are by far my favorites. In these projects, I’m one of the major stakeholders but also the project planner, budget approver, and end user. Problem Identification: This February we embarked on a laundry … Continue reading

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2015 Review: The Year of Clicking on Stuff

Anyone that publishes anything seems to be offering up their 2015 Year in Review material these days. At first I was a bit put off by the exponential growth of such clickbait this year. But then I remembered that here … Continue reading

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