Category Archives: Productivity

Time Management While Remote

Going on 17 months working remote it has been a journey to find a way to work productively at home without burn out. During the warmer days this summer I decided to commit to creating a healthy working schedule focusing … 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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Digital Spring-Cleaning: How to clean up browsers

After an unusual mid-April snowstorm Spring is undeniably here and it is time for our annual article on performing a digital spring cleaning. Look at all the posts in this series since putting those together offers a comprehensive checklist. However, … Continue reading

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How an agile mindset and scrum framework can help us navigate through our new normal

It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since the world was thrown into this new normal of stay at home, do everything here, all the time. Early on, I cycled through the first few stages of grief – … Continue reading

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Reflections on Remote Work after Six Months

I remember it well. On Friday March 13th, the DFCI Broadcast message announced that as of Monday March 16th, most DFCI staff were asked to begin working from home if feasible. It was doable for our group, so since that … Continue reading

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Writer’s Block

As I sat down to write this blog I got overwhelmed with a case of writer’s block. I couldn’t think of a topic to write about, and then when I did the words didn’t flow.  Everything seemed forced, I was … Continue reading

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Zooming Through the Pandemic, One Shingle at A Time

7 years ago, I moved up the East Coast to Massachusetts, forty miles away from the LMA and down the South Shore in Plymouth. We were fortunate to buy a home with enough space for me to set up a … Continue reading

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Three Ways to Improve Your Work from Home Day

Working remotely has become the new norm during this crazy time. Going on week seven, I have discovered some ways to improve my spirits during the work day. We no longer have the option to go to the gym before … Continue reading

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Finding your inner Yoda…

I’ve always thought of myself as very organized. I tend to make to do lists to help me keep track of both home and work responsibilities, but lately the lists, especially my home list, just keep growing and growing and … Continue reading

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Balancing my Checkbook and other Disruptors

Anyone who knows me knows I enjoy TV (anyone who reads this blog may also know this from my previous post: The Best Part of Autumn). One of my favorite shows that debuted last year is New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam … Continue reading

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