Empowered versus non-empowered administrators and managers. This is the incomplete blog that I was working on when I ended up hosting the guest blog a short time ago. Please recall that the discussion included the concept of administrators who sound empowered but are not. They are the biggest risk. So I want to purchase an [...]
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Guest Blog: Empowered Versus Non-Empowered Administrators
ADMINISTRATORS … SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEIR JOB IS TO ACT AS LUBRICATION NOT A DOOR.
Short Battle with Ironic Twist
My favorite entity is of course administrators. But every once in a while administration tries to work with the grunts in the work force. The following really happened; names were changed and details redacted to ensure my future employment. Admin: You’ve not documented the frequency for performing this compliance task. Grunt: it is done when [...]
Catch 22 follow up
This is a follow up to my post of http://www.josephfclark.com/blog/?p=333, which I posted as a comment to that blog and wanted to post as a mini follow up blog here too. My Catch 22 in academia is concerning a conflict between federal laws and local laws/policy. Recently, I am happy to say, I am not [...]
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it?
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it? A buzz word that comes around in medical research is, “translational” research. While translational is used all time by researchers, no one seems to have a good definition for it. To borrow a famous quote: “I cannot define it, but [...]
Geeks are an endangered species.
We need to remember that the future of a creative and productive society is with scientists and technologists and that these people are trying to improve society.
The Cost of Death
There needs to a component of humanity from us humans.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies. Excuse the alliteration in the title but it sums up my sentiments. I recently attended the American Heart Associations’ International Conference on Stroke and am sadly disappointed. The reason is because it seems that everything is geared to very short term immediate returns and little investment in the future. Please note, [...]
How my cat helped me at work
My little insulin dependent kitty is named Clawdia, she is 17 years old and this teenager has taught me an important lesson.
Death of a Story Teller
I write and submit about eight grant applications per year to get the funding in need to keep the lab running. Ten years ago I could get two grants per year or about 25% of my grant applications would be funded. Now however, I am lucky to get one grant every two years. So my [...]
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