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MBTA? WTH!

Would you believe that a little more than one year ago the new Yawkey Station opened? My teammates and I eagerly  patiently waited as the grand opening kept sliding; but on March 10, 2014, a mere two years later than … Continue reading

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Snowpocalypse 2015

So let’s just cut to the chase and address the 800-lb gorilla in the snowbank.  This is crazy. This is unprecedented, unrelenting, snow-covered craziness. I don’t know how you all feel, but I for one may lose it. Snow madness … 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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Do meetings make you unhappy?

Do meetings make you unhappy?? I read a fairly old article in The Guardian that stated that the amount and length of our meetings at work is one of the main reasons why employees are unhappy. It suggested that the … Continue reading

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Pondering “The Unexamined Life”

The statement “the unexamined life is not worth living” is ascribed to Socrates. As a once dedicated self-help book reader, I encountered it multiple times and used to embrace it fervently. Now, my interpretation of it is more relaxed; I … 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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Can we talk?

I recently watched a TED talk where a physician, Dr. Goldman, had a very frank talk about failure and how it is perceived in healthcare.  He starts off with a comparison of success rates between physicians and baseball players.  If … Continue reading

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Project Management for Dogs

Lately, our dog Colby has been waking up in the middle of the night barking. Colby is a pug so he is both opinionated and weird. The event usually goes something like this: Colby:    bark, bark, bark Me:        … Continue reading

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The Hesitant Blogger a/k/a Staring Down My Inner Critic

I have always thought of myself as one who is open to trying new things, unless it’s a culinary delight I cannot pronounce, much less ingest. If there’s an element of adrenaline involved, I am definitely in. Hook, line, and … Continue reading

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The Currency of Gratitude

Do you ever find it difficult to get someone to do something for you? As a project manager, I find one of my greatest challenges is to get people who don’t work for me to do things for the project. … Continue reading

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