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The Culture Trap
Culture defines a society or community, shaped by customary beliefs or social group norms, and a conduit for learning and knowledge handed down generation to generation. Culture may forecast decision and actions within a group or serve as the ultimate scapegoat for inappropriate behavior. Culture in our world has evolved from a descriptor to a…
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Better Late Than Never
Sometimes nothing makes you feel better. It has been several months since my last post. Writing has always been like therapy for me; when I felt sad, writing made me feel better. When I felt happy, writing would let me document the events. For the last few months, most of my energy has focused on…
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Is raising a son or leading change an investment?
Investments are typically assets that are acquired with the hope they increase, appreciate, or grow in the future. The assets are acquired today with an intentional access point in the future. The investment is, essentially, our ability to hedge our bets today that we will have greater assets or value in the future. I am…
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Relax. You are on vacation. What’s for lunch tomorrow?
I am on a few days of vacation. If one more person tells me I need to relax, I’m going to scream. Every summer the media is filled with the latest research indicating Americans utilize less and less of their available time off than any other nation. The analysis indicates we are so connected through…
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I miss beginnings
There is a portion of our lives in which each breath, each sunrise; each day is filled with new beginnings. My brother and I were changing my oldest son a few weeks after his birth. We both looked down at this beautiful, healthy boy and remarked, “Look. No stretch marks!” His skin was untouched by…
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I would love to read the last chapter of my life.
I am in the midst of orientation and training for a new professional role. Over the years, I’ve used nearly ever cliche phrase associated with the start of something new: Beginning a new journey. Typically, when setting out on a journey – short drive, trip, flight, childhood utterance of “Are we there yet?” has been…
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Eulogy. Marilyn Miceli Roger.
My mother, Marilyn Miceli Roger, died in March, 2012. Our family shared our thoughts as part of her eulogy and memorial service. We each have a part of the day that we own. For mom, it was late night. Dad travelled most of his professional life. She would stay up until early morning at one…
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I can’t believe I live in Indiana!
It was the best of times. It was the worse of times in Indiana during the last couple of weeks. The events of the last two weeks demonstrate what can be done when the big, hairy, audacious goal is the target and focus of strategy and action. January and February was a fascinating time to…
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Be careful what you wish for: Is there a doctor in the house…anywhere?
The Association of American Medical Colleges recently released a statement that by 2015, there is a predicted shortfall of physician supply in the United State of 62,900 physicians. Deemed a “critical shortfall” by the authors(1), the shortfall includes primary care physicians, specialists, and sub-specialists. Physician engagement and affiliation has been a reoccurring hot topic for…