A Do-Over at Work
Most of the time, we do our jobs and learn as we go. It’s hard to make scientific experiments about what we can do differently to be more effective. We can change how we interact with others, but situations change, …
The Pressure on Adolescent Girls
The security settings on my devices are set to keep much about me private. Because of this, I receive ads that wouldn’t generally be targeted to my demographic: men’s swim trunks, teaching materials for elementary school children, hunting rifles. One …
Alex DiPalma: Caring when there isn’t much else you can do
Hard Times & Hope Podcast, episode 27 Alexandra DiPalma and her partner Kenya moved from New York City to Mexico City. But soon after they arrived, Kenya needed major surgery. And Alex, accustomed to fixing problems, had to learn a …
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Sports Fans & Resilience
When I used to fly to Cincinnati every other Sunday, I would get in at about 6PM. In the Fall, I would often see people in Cincinnati Bengals gear, and I could tell just by looking whether the team had …
Genetics on My Mind
My mother’s mother had Alzheimer’s disease. My mother might. I think my dad did. The genetic odds are good that I will. My mom doesn’t want to see a doctor for an assessment of her mental status. “What good would …
Sana Fayyaz: A mother birthed by her daughter
Hard Times & Hope Podcast, episode 26 Sana Fayyaz grew up in Pakistan and then moved with her family to the United States as a child. A Muslim who didn’t fit in America, Sana was happy to move to another …
After the Fact
I was back at my mom’s this week. Partly I went back so we could take mom’s new state ID to her bank, as proof of her identity. There is something hilarious about a 91-year-old woman needing to prove who …
Creativity and a Controlled Study
Mike and I decided his engineers needed to know the rationale behind the organization’s structural change, and to apply that knowledge to handling building issues as they arose. The engineers needed to be clear, not confused. There were 995 employees …
André: Clean, sober, and living on purpose
Hard Times & Hope Podcast, episode 25 When we sit in a stylist’s chair, especially if it’s a stylist we’ve seen many times, they get to know us well. But we often know so little about them. André is the …
“You’re HR. You don’t belong here.”
We’re back to winding down the series of things I’m proud of. With this one, I’m more proud of the other person than I am of myself, but I held up my end of the bargain. I was a new …