Broadening the Differential: A Lesson in Agile Thinking
I've been spending time with colleagues lately exploring the concept of agility in the research literature. And as a result, I keep finding the need for it everywhere.
This week alone, our house build presented a wiring issue that no longer aligned with the original lighting and door-swing plans just as sheetrock was about to go up, so we adjusted to the next-best option. A role-play script for...
Cognitive Dissonance (From the Archives)
Growing up, my world consisted of good kids like Spook, Ryan, Barry, Jean, and Christy. Especially Jean, she would draw fun pictures and write nice things in a note folded up for me at school: "To Tonya, my friend. From: Jean, your friend." There were bad kids like Eddie - who would come to our street and try to bully the guys. (I had to stand up for them and ran him off our street on more than...
The Hidden Curriculum of a Career
Over the past several weeks, Iβve introduced you to John, a fictional physician whose story reflects common themes many physicians wrestle with.
Heβs a mid-career family physician struggling with a career dilemma I hear often: βIβve never stayed in one job more than x number of years. I feel like I need to leave my current one, and I think that must mean something is wrong with me.β
Rather than...

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