Traditional research structures isolate scholars in silos, while real-world problems exist across messy ecosystems. Shifting your work toward community-driven science requires a deliberate restructuring of your time.

The career strategy that secured your tenure will rarely get you to your next intellectual breakthrough. Mid-career requires laying down your old map and intentionally choosing your next destination.

Traditional goal-setting measures what you want to produce, leading straight to exhaustion. True sustainable success requires shifting your metrics to what you want to experience and feel during the academic cycle.

AI is not reducing our workload, but to thrive without becoming overwhelmed, you should strive to be a "mental marathoner"—someone who uses AI to enhance their own critical thinking rather than replace it.

Deep learning becomes difficult once a faculty career settles in due to acute time poverty. By building a systematic micro-learning ritual, you can stay on the cutting edge of your field in just 15 minutes a day.

Did you do anything to take advantage of the extra daylight? I did nothing to mark the occasion. It’s been stormy here and after an unexpected travel delay last week I needed to soak up every moment of sleep I could this weekend. But as a general fan of signposts for checking in on what I’m doing, and how I’m feeling, I thought we could do that this week.

I was scrolling Instagram last week and came across a post, from Rich Lessons with Sevetri and Sheena,  wherein the hosts and guest were talking about the difference between mentorship and sponsorship. I hadn’t heard this distinction before, have you?

A while back I mentioned that I was working with a few collaborators on an AI driven update to an editorial we wrote more than 15 years ago. Well today I wanted to share the first in what has turned into a series of editorials we’ve been writing entitled, “AI in pharmacy practice: devolutionary or evolutionary”.

It seems like it’s every other day I’m hearing that someone received a JIT or got an NOA. After more than a year of wild uncertainty, this feels like good news. However, I’ve heard just as many stories of people getting those NOAs but not actually getting the money.

I have every expectation that this uncertainty will continue for the foreseeable future as the courts and these agencies continue to figure out what their jobs and budgets look like in this new environment. It is also the case that our previous levels of funding are unlikely to return in the near term. So, what are researchers to do in the meantime about funding our research?

Author’s note: Apologies for the radio silence last week. I was working with my business partner on our first paid gig helping a unit from our campus with some strategic planning. But in total transparency this post has been causing me some serious trouble. While the topic is important, I know what I am saying will certainly upset some people. What I’ve realized this past week as I agonized is that there is no right way of saying it, so here it goes.

A colleague once told me that one of their favorite things about being an academic is that there are distinct time points when things just stop. The end of a semester, the end of an academic year, and graduation. For faculty and researchers each of these moments can represent a time to rest, recalibrate, and decide what it is you will work on next.

I started this company because I didn’t have a good answer to the question “What’s next?” after tenure and/or promotion. As an assistant professor you are benefited by the energy of being newly trained and driven by the need to prove yourself. This newness also means you receive a great deal of attention from your new colleagues, mentors, and leaders, all of whom have an interest in seeing you succeed. Higher education institutions also invest a great many resources including training and support to help junior faculty members be successful.

Have you ever noticed that the universe has a way of providing you with information right when you need it? I’m not talking about hard lessons that come from tragic things happening. Rather just little flickers of light when you’ve been in your head too long about something that nudge you out. Of course, the rational explanation for this is that my brain was tuned into receiving whatever information I cued in on, but I like the idea that it’s the universe looking out for me in a small way 😉.