Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony

I drive a Jeep. It’s great! Although, if I’m honest, it’s a little bit more difficult to get into than any other car I’ve driven before. It’s been lifted, apparently? Someone told me that was the proper term for the big wheels it rides on. In my mind I look young and...

I used to tweet a lot. Well, perhaps I like to pretend I tweeted a lot. And I could pretend what I would tweet about. For instance, I could say I ran a marathon, because I did run 26 miles once. But my sense of Irish Catholic guilt would stir me to confess the truth...

My colleague Marian is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-the-job-done person. A nurse leader, she’s very well qualified, experienced, and with shining common sense. She’s been astonishingly valuable in these last few weeks since COVID-19 turned the world inside out and...

It was just a few weeks since the Sheehan family moved back to Massachusetts after five years living in Memphis Tennessee. Exploring our surroundings, the streets and areas near our new home brought a sense of adventure to every journey. In previous blogs, I have...

I’ve always wanted to go to the Glastonbury Festival. It’s a major music event in England that began in 1970 with 1,500 fans and has grown to over 200,000 attending annually. Think Woodstock and you’ll have an idea—a big field in the English countryside with a wide...

Somebody said once that Ringo Starr wasn’t the best drummer in the world, and he wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles! I’m not sure about that. My musical knowledge isn’t that strong, I’m afraid. All I know is, if someone ever asked me what drummers I’d ever...

  Imagine this. I’m suited up. I double-checked the parachute pack on my back and the goggles on my eyes. Confidently, I step to the open plane door and brace myself. Someone says, “Now.” I jump. Beneath me, the panoramic landscape spreads as far as I can see....

A few weeks ago one of my favorite men died, my father-in-law Edgar. I’m of a generation that found it difficult to think about the correct way of addressing Edgar. “Sir” came to mind when I first met him, but that felt too formal for someone whose family I was...

If you haven’t seen the musical “Hamilton,” chances are you know someone who has. What a phenomenon. It just keeps playing and playing—and with good reason. We finally had our turn to see it. Ellie, our performer, had been going on and on about it and was in her...

A Born Leader? I think and read about leadership a lot, not only because my job puts me in a position with responsibility to lead people and resources but also because I’m genuinely interested in the questions that swirl around the topic. At Aspire Health Alliance, we...