Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

  I have been trying unsuccessfully to give some attention to something other than the rising number of victims of the coronavirus. I analyze the progression of my intellectual and emotional responses to COVID-19 along a timeline that runs along the same track of...
The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”

The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”

  I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
Healthcare Musings For 27 September 2019

Healthcare Musings For 27 September 2019

27 September 2109   Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Been An Interesting Week   At four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon I was sitting at a table in the ballroom of the Boston Seaport Hotel at the 6th ATLAS (Annual Thought Leadership Symposium). This year’s...
Healthcare Musings For 31 May 2019

Healthcare Musings For 31 May 2019

31 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Relationalism and the Joy of Practice   I imagine that other retirees do what I do and spend a lot of time thinking about what happened during the years of their careers.  The goal is to be able to say, “It wasn’t...
Leadership In A Community of Practice

Leadership In A Community of Practice

One big benefit of being a part of “community” is to be the recipient of the concern of others when something does not go as expected. I know that many faithful readers were scratching their heads wondering what might have happened when by 3:30 last Friday they had...