I was at my annual conference (American College of Healthcare Executives) in Chicago last week. Since I’ve been masked up for 2 years, I assume I’ve lost all natural immunity. No one - including me - wore masks at this gathering of 5000 healthcare executives, and so I caught a...
March, in like a lamb AND out like a lion. Guh. Snow - well, it definitely could be worse I suppose. I remember massive blizzards in March. OK, consider the concept of “remember”. I was at the American College of Healthcare Executives this week in Chicago, and I found myself...
Too close, too close … sometimes I tell myself to back up further in order to see. I saw this story on the painting “Sunday in the Park with George” on CBS Sunday Morning. I love this painting (it’s located at the Art Institute in Chicago on Michigan Avenue) and...
We had the pleasure of attending a horse show this past weekend. Maleigha performed on Friday and Saturday, and then participated in the Queen Contest on Sunday afternoon. It was a great experience with some valuable life lessons. We are fortunate to have a great group of parents and kids...
It’s St. Paddy’s Day - the best holiday ever - today. I have a lot of great memories (some not so clear) of St. Paddy’s Day of the past. In O’Neil, NE with a green horse in a bar and a bunch of rowdy rugby players, Chicago with their green...
Spring feels like it is upon us. As I write this article, it’s about 68F outside and I’m wishing I was out there instead of sitting in my office. This week the kids are ready to be done with school and spring break is not coming fast enough. Every morning...
I can’t do it all! There, I said it, and I own it. I have been trying to split myself a million ways lately, and I have had to learn the very hard lesson of saying, “no, I just can’t make it work in my life right now.” I know...
“You don’t go to Chuck E. Cheese for the pizza” If you missed the March Meltdown party on Friday March 4th … you missed a lot. It was epic -- beyond epic -- I don’t know how to describe it; everyone was smiling and laughing and dancing and enjoying each...
I wrote an article yesterday entitled, “No One Goes to Chuck E. Cheese for the Pizza.” I don’t think I’ve ever had Chuck E. Cheese pizza, but I’m pretty sure people go there for the experience. The kids want the fun, and fun will be delivered. I heard a speaker...
I was in Florida at a Studer conference and Chicago at an AHA meeting a couple of weeks ago. I met amazing people and had fantastic conversations. Prevailing thoughts from the ISH group were that we were doing a lot of the things that other great hospitals did (I heard...
