Paul Levy has a lot to say about leadership. After all, he’s had plenty of practice as the head of the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority during the harbor clean up and as head of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center when it came back from the brink of demise. His ideas are sometimes counter intuitive and often a radical break from conventional wisdom. And...
Read MoreIn an effort to boost my creativity and to take life a little less seriously, I recently signed up for an on line drawing class called “Silly 5” offered by Carla Sonheim, author of Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists. She uses classes like this to sort of trick people into learning how to draw. Although the assignments are to do silly things like drawing your feet...
Read MoreSome days the stories get stuck. You know what to say, but not how to say it. Or worse, you’re not even sure what to say, you just know you have to say something. You could stare blankly at a blank screen. You could go eat a quart of ice cream and run around the block ten times. But sooner or later you have to actually put letters together to form words that...
Read MoreAs I was debating whether I really wanted to go on a long run this weekend, my dear six-year-old looked at me with her earnest blue eyes and said, “Why are running so far?” This is the million dollar question that you need to ask yourself whenever you write. Why am I writing this blog? Why am I writing this newsletter? Why am I writing this poem, book,...
Read MoreCheck out this video to see exactly what I meant with my post on words: The Power of Words This was sent to me by a blogging colleague and author of the insightful “Not Running a Hospital” (who ironically had not seen yesterday’s post).
Read MoreSuperman Wonder Woman Justice League Skunk Girl These are just words, but they evoke strong images and jumpstart your imagination. Even without further description, your mind has a sense of what we are talking about and what could come next. Of course, you’ve heard these words and they represent a familiar story line.* But the reason, these words can so instantly...
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