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Notes from Our Leaders

Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO.

Notes from Steve

So, we put a date on my retirement.  It’s officially September 1, 2027 - 15 months from now.  This is weird.  It also comes with the big plan for reorganization and new positions.  Those 15 months potentially will go fast, but it could also be like a 6-year-old three days...
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Notes from Steve

I have "disaster fatigue".  Meaning - 24-hour access to weather, news, and all things "disaster" creates competition for views and a general stirring up of hysteria.  Like last night (this was written a week ago) - the tornado siren warnings went off in good weather hours before.  So now (then) my blood pressure...
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Notes from Steve

I've been telling the neighbors to use my backyard as a dog park because it's big and looks like a dog park.  The problem is, my living room is like a fish tank, and it's weird if I'm sitting there (scene - Steve awkwardly waving).  Yesterday, I went down to my basement...
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Notes from Steve

Yesterday was a beautiful day, and I rode my bike. Great ride. When I was going up the elevator to my loft, I saw a couple of friends who had a loft in the same building. They asked where I rode to and how it was. I said I swallowed a bunch of bugs. (…pause…) They...
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Notes from Steve

I went into my backyard and stared at a big tree that didn't have leaf buds appearing yet … and decided it must be dead.  I'm not a patient person.  I always do this, and I'm always wrong.  My friend Carol (in South Dakota - she was an administrator of a hospital south...
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Notes from Steve

I took several days off to stare out the window and regroup.  I ran a 5K, power-cleaned my grill, and went on bike rides.  My grill down at my loft in Des Moines started on fire a couple of years ago, and a neighbor had to come by to alert me that...
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Notes from Steve

I went to my grandniece’s 3-year-old birthday party yesterday. We had the Disney-themed cake and pizza.  She’s fairly quiet - I think she’s scheming as to how to control the situation.  Or - she’s just a chill little kid.  Either is fine.  (Her uncle David was that chill kid back when he was that...
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Notes from Steve

Easter was feeding 16 people at my house - the typical dinner that is our Easter.  (Very specific menu with plenty of leftovers because we live in Iowa, and that’s what we do.)  As I was up early to prepare, I thought it was a brilliant idea to bring up a table...
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Notes from Steve

I saw this commercial or TikTok or something where the guy (or gal - I don’t remember) was saying something like I basically eat the same four meals.  I thought - “well, that’s boring - where’s their creativity” … then I thought about it and thought “that’s me”.  Sad. Other videos were...
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Notes from Steve

We were in Minburn, Iowa on a ride on Saturday, and I was mindlessly yapping about turn signals* and empathy … I saw a TikTok saying that “use of a turn signal is the purest sign of an empathy.  Use of the signal doesn’t make your trip faster or benefit you...
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