I Have Been Provoked | Dominoes
On January 7, 2015 when I posted it, it wasn’t titled Part One. I didn’t change its title until January 29, 2015 when I posted Part Two. Both Part One and Part Two were written three months after my beloved bride, Maureen, took her last breath on 10.21.2014 due...
My Tribute to Kethan | Leaving the Streets for the Plazas in Rome
Who would have thought that a winter storm in Texas in February 2021 would be the moment that this blog post, originally conceived during my TEDx World Tour for Kethan in October 2013, would come to life? I sure didn’t. Life is always a series of events. Some connect...
A Virtual Geography of Healthcare | What Happens When the Physical Landscape Changes?
As the world grasps at answers to the global pandemic of COVID-19, we have come to realize that we will indeed see many shifts past the pandemic. As Professor Mohan Sawhney at the Kellogg School of Management (where I received my MBA) put it recently in a LinkedIn article,...
I Have Been Provoked | Starfish, A Baseball Game, and Connections
It sailed high and quickly. Lifting off his bat. Lifting all in Fenway Park out of their seats. Magic. A shared pulse. Hopeful. It was the 12th inning. Game six. The World Series. Carlton Fisk’s hit was heading towards the Green Monster. Careening off the left field post, it...
The People Geography of Healthcare | People, Not Systems
When I get to part 3 in a series, I realize that I have landed upon a sustaining meme, a theme that crosses many topics and many boundaries. Typically, at this moment, like my personal writing in the I Have Been Provoked series and my Powdered Donut Manifesto series...
Survivorship is Not a Phase | Part III
“As we approach the eighth #PowderedDonutDay, this coming Sunday, Father’s Day, I am beginning to realize that Maureen wants me to architect a new skyline. Her love will permeate every aspect of my blueprints for the future. I am a survivor, and I am no longer afraid.” I wrote...
I Have Been Provoked | 7.31, 10.21, and MBC
14 Years. Except for the year of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf in 2010 and Hurricane Ivan in 2004, we’ve been to Ft. Morgan, Alabama each and every year. We started going to this beach in 2003, the year of my bride, Maureen’s, mom and dad’s...
I Have Been Provoked | St. Peregrine, Peculiarities, and Time Loops
“I am stronger than lymphoma.” Those few simple words on a friend’s Facebook page over the holidays said it all. Just a few short weeks ago, that same friend and I were having lunch at Cured in San Antonio during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. I had driven...
I Have Been Provoked | Putting the Gloves Back On
It is a cool and beautiful morning in Austin, Texas. I am sitting at my favorite coffee shop, Teo’s. As I drove into town with my youngest daughter, the light was crisp. It had the orange hues of the approaching fall. As the sun came up, you could see...
March 30th, Birthdays, and Van Gogh
In October of 2010, I had the joy of speaking in Amsterdam at an event known as Sibos. Sibos is the annual global event hosted by SWIFT – a global banking consortium of over 8000 banks. The event ended on Thursday, and I did not fly home until Saturday,...