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Making the most of a meeting
Throughout my career at Dana-Farber, I have participated in many initiatives that aim to bring about change and implement improvements within the organization. These projects are usually meeting intensive, as they require extensive planning, thorough coordination, and informed decision making … Continue reading
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Sharing The Point…
I don’t often advocate my personal broad public support for a new software tool or platform, but I’m going to do just that today. Microsoft (please hold the groans) has been inundating us for years with new products, new versions, … Continue reading
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Best practices for designing business dashboards
For the past few months, a small team within Information Services (IS) that I am a member of has been working on developing a business dashboard for the department. The dashboard will provide its users, in this case IS leadership … Continue reading
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The Last Word On 2020
2020 is dead to me! I know I’ve got some serious consensus on this one. It’s been rough, no doubt, and everyone has some version and some story. We’ve hoped, we’ve mourned, we’ve persevered, we’ve rallied, we’ve hunkered down. All … Continue reading
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Lessons learned from the slopes
In the winter, my family spends almost every weekend skiing. This season we eagerly started in mid-November at Mount Snow, VT. The following weekend we skied at Bretton Woods, NH. All this while we waited for Ragged Mountain, NH to … Continue reading
I once heard a grain of sand say….
I once heard a grain of sand say; “time under reflection gives one the space to think about how to direct one’s anxieties- whether to have them, what to worry about, what to fear, and what to just kind of … Continue reading
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The importance of face-to-face communication
In today’s fast-paced business environment, we are inundated with emails, text messages, and other forms of social media. Technology has greatly changed the way we all work. I remember when I first started working in the business setting when there … Continue reading
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Pouvons-nous tous parler la même langue?
How are your French language skills? I thought mine were fair until a trip to France this month. In the city, mixing English and French was easier with local hospitality workers. In the country, communicating was MUCH more difficult. BTW, … Continue reading
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Agile in a nutshell?
I’m in a class this week learning about the roles and responsibilities of Product Owners and Scrum Masters within the Agile Methodology. I find these courses to be very interesting, as you get to hear all kinds of different experiences … Continue reading
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Advice for an Intern
The past two summers in the PMO, we’ve been fortunate enough to have a summer intern join our team. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we’ve had fun teasing/being teased by our interns and seeing … Continue reading
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