Category Archives: Planning

A Change Management Challenge: Twins!

I’m about to become the grandmother of twins! My daughter, who already has a six year old and a four year old, is expecting twins in November. Welcoming a new baby always comes with a period of upheaval before the … Continue reading

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Life Lessons from The Talking Dead

Winding down from the three-day Labor Day weekend I found myself on Hulu streaming a 2017 HLN episode of Inside with Chris Cuomo, The Talking Dead. It was late Monday night, I was procrastinating from turning in and so I … 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

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It’s a Waterfall, not a Sprint!

Last week, I walked out of the Harvard Vanguard in Fenway as an official graduate of their physical therapy rehabilitation program for Achilles tendonitis. Four months earlier, I had decided that I was going to run the Boston Marathon. I … Continue reading

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Is Your Budget Ready for the New Year?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been building an application called Budget Buddy. It’s a tool to help our staff to track and manage expenses for their respective teams. It’s been interesting to work on, and I’ve been learning a … Continue reading

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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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Fascinated by the Hoover Dam

Sounds kind of weird, right? I thought that someday I might visit the Hoover Dam because it is such an iconic structure. But I can’t say it made it to my bucket list. Well, I finally visited. Last month, on … Continue reading

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Choosing the Right Task Manager

Choosing the Right Task Manager Part of what we do on the Collaboration and Productivity Tools Team at DFCI is help people find the right tools for their individual workflows. We are fortunate to have many applications available to us, … Continue reading

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How to Break the Gridlock in Washington and Your Own House

Is compromise a thing of the past? Whether it is the United States Congress or your own home, perhaps you have had the feeling that compromise has become impossible. When it seems that all progress has stopped and there is … 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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