In the blur of stretched-out yet strangely compressed dayweekmonths that was 2020, one moment comes back to me now. Early March with the lockdown looming. I had stuffed my cart up and down seemingly every aisle of the grocery store except pet food, ending up in the back corner with the booze. As I hurriedly […]
“Here comes the lady,” I hear a voice say. I’ve just come through the gate into my beloved neighborhood park on my daily morning coffee walk, and the every-Sunday pickup basketball bunch is on the court. We always smile and wave — yes, smile, because I’m sipping on my travel mug of caffeine so I’m […]
Thanksgiving reflections on this morning’s coffee walk: 27 years ago, I was a very green college grad struggling in my first “real” job at a management consultancy in Silicon Valley. I just didn’t fit in with my ladder-climbing, MBA-worshipping peers and it was making me miserable since I hadn’t yet been able to imagine a […]
I’m turning into my father. We used to make fun of him and his so-called “Classic Stories.” Then yesterday I’m on a call (zoom of course) and my colleague says, “Such a relief, today it’s only 95 degrees after all this time at plus-100.” And I go, “That reminds me of the classic story.” Silence. […]
My friends, I look at what so many of you are doing to change the world, and I judge myself against you. Usually harshly. I’m not doing enough, I’m not having enough impact, I’m not working hard enough. Maybe you do the same. I don’t want to contribute to that. Lately I can’t keep up […]
“Tell me the story of your life,” Grampa would say with a smile as he settled Tiny Me snugly next to him on the sofa. The question was a beloved tradition, going back to my earliest memories; and a shared joke, since we both knew that my handful of years didn’t make much of a […]
If you like futzing around with your phone as much as I do, you’ll love this: last week, the entire SCG team learned from experts Alan Kwok and Ana-Marie Jones how to spend a couple hours turning our smartphones into powerful tools for emergency preparedness… or as Ana-Marie calls it, “how to walk this world […]
For the past two years, I’ve been proud to serve on the board of OCCORD. Our organization is going through a very rough time of transition, which I hope will ultimately be a time of transformation as our open letter says. If that’s to be, I believe the board will need to lead the way […]
Why am I here? I mean, obviously I’m here on Cape Cod because it’s so beautiful; can you believe this glorious sunset? (#nofilter!) And obviously because it’s a joy to be with three generations of my family in the place that Childhood Me spent all year looking forward to going for two weeks every summer […]
I’ve never felt quite at home in the name Amanda, and Mandy was my childhood, so I am leaning into using Andie as my nickname. It just feels more fun and less formal, you know? Amanda is still my real official name (and I’m still a girl!) so no worries if you still call me […]