by John G. Self | Nov 25, 2015 | Stories
John is taking a couple of blog days off for the Thanksgiving holidays. His thrice weekly posts will resume on Monday, Nov. 30. Today’s post, Slice of Americana, originally appeared on Feb 8, 2013. Happy Thanksgiving! The news business will always be a part...
by John G. Self | Sep 25, 2015 | Career Management, Healthcare
Bad things happen to good people. Some times those bad things happen through no fault of the good person. There are also times when good people make bad — very bad — decisions that are magnified into epic, career limiting status, especially when the original error is...
by John G. Self | Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was shortly after 8:30 AM when the rumor of a key resignation began to spread through the hospital. It was “hump day,” Wednesday, and as members of the senior leadership team wrapped up their morning operations council meeting, there was the hope that the ride...
by John G. Self | Nov 20, 2013 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I don’t usually write about politics in this space. Today, I am making an exception. I am in our nation’s capital, working. That is more than I can say for our national elected officials. They are playing around, practicing for the mid-term...
by John G. Self | Feb 15, 2013 | Stories
It is 5 AM. I am in the gym. I am alone. Thank goodness. This is not a pretty site, a gentleman of a certain age who travels extensively—a nice word for the current grammatically incorrect but popular phrase ‘way much’—and who now resorts to sweating before dawn so...
