When Connor and Colson Kasper arrived at 32 weeks gestation, their mother, Alli Kasper, was better prepared than most parents for a stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mayo Clinic: She's the unit's interim nurse manager.
When I was a little girl, I loved visiting my neighbors, Alice and Nell. They’d serve ladyfingers and pink lemonade in a garden lined with bleached-white clam shells. I’d sit in their knitting circle—stringing yarn through oversized, plastic buttons, giddy with the excitement of listening in on an adult conversation.
I gave birth to my daughter, Emerson, at age 37 and my son, Liam, at age 38. My children are intentionally only 18 months apart because I didn't want to tempt the hands of time.
Dear husband,
There are things about my first marriage you already know like how I had a miscarriage early on and how the weight of that loss was the final blow to an already shaky house of cards.
Once my children leave for school, I spend most of my work day in complete silence. No music. No television. No phone except for the occasional conference call. If I go out to run errands, I leave the car radio off.
We've been together for as long as I can remember. You've always been there, especially during those nights when I couldn't fall asleep—my mind hot with worry, ruminating over the day's events, making mental to-do lists that went on forever (and ever… and ever…).
We spend most of our time at work. So, how can we make our work lives better with regards to our relationships, creativity, life transitions, and the unpredictable ebb and flow of the organization as a whole?
Every summer, I look forward to our week-long vacation at the shore. It’s a chance for me to unplug, unwind, and just be in the moment: long beach days, miniature golf, and seafood dinners followed by a glass of wine on the deck once the kids are asleep.
Imagine you landed your dream job, but when you start doing the work you love, you quickly come to realize that your manager’s core values are not in line with your own. Despite having a good salary and work-life balance, how long do you think you’d be happy in this role?
When it comes to healthcare, we typically use big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to reveal empirical patterns and relationships that help us make sense of this increasingly complex field. But beyond this connect-the-dots data, there’s a more pressing issue at hand: How can we prevent life-threatening mistakes or miscalculations in healthcare before they happen?