Lessons in Strategy from Healthcare to Fiction “Everything has to be perfect, and all contingencies have to be considered at every step in the completion of the exercise.” When people think of writing a novel, they often imagine a burst of inspiration leading to pages effortlessly filled with words. But for me, writing It Could Have Been Murder wasn’t a spontaneous creative outpouring, and it wasn’t a carefully thought out project plan or strategy. I didn’t make an outline and allowed the story to be something that tooks its own shape as I led it along a path. Whether working in

Ever wondered how far strategy and teamwork can take you in a high-stakes murder mystery? I remember playing Assassin in college, and it was so much fun. I didn’t win, and I did everything I could to evade the person trying to get me, but in the end, I was thwarted outside the performing arts building, getting drilled in the back by a water pistol. I screamed from the surprise of it all. And if you know me at all, you know I’m the least stealthy person you’re ever going to meet. It was a complete miracle that I was able

I went for a walk with my sister one day, about 6 months after I had quit my job. We were talking about the next thing in my professional life, and I wanted to stay in healthcare, but the job-hunting landscape had changed pretty significantly with artificial intelligence software, aka applicant tracking software, doing the review of resumes and rendering scores based on keywords and then elevating the applicants for review by a human. I didn’t have a handle on the best keywords, and the interviews were few and far between. While we were walking, though, I told her about a