Hidden Common Ground 2020 Initiative March 7, 2020 on LinkedIn Are we a hopelessly divided America? I think not. I am proud to be on the board of Public Agenda, a non-partisan research and public engagement organization, and involved in their Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos #hiddencommonground™ (HCG) initiative. HGC challenges this increasingly dominant “hopelessly divided America” … Continue reading
A Penny Changed My Life — I Became Invisible
This is a story of how a penny changed my life. Until I was three, my life was pretty good. I was the only child — until my sister came along. At first, I was very upset. But then my father took me to work with him. He gave me “work to help him” and … Continue reading A Penny Changed My Life — I Became Invisible
The Child in Me Helps The Grown Up Me Find My Voice
After leaving IBM in May, I started a blog — mainly to tell my family and friends about my new life. I enthusiastically wrote my first piece “Education for Grown Ups: Learning Micro-fields with An Intellectual Guide”, showed it to my writer friends, and asked for their reactions. “Your writing sounds like corporate IBM speaking!” … Continue reading The Child in Me Helps The Grown Up Me Find My Voice
My Body Teaches My Mind To Read Better — My Pilates Teacher Fixes A Reading Problem
“Stop wiggling” commands my Pilates instructor par excellence, Denise Miller, “or I will put you in a straight-jacket”. It didn’t seem to matter whether I was trying to lift my leg up to make leg circles or trying to align my spine on the mat or … my body simply wiggles trying to make the … Continue reading My Body Teaches My Mind To Read Better — My Pilates Teacher Fixes A Reading Problem
Education for Grown Ups — Learning Micro Fields with an Intellectual Guide
I just left IBM. I am feeling anxious and excited, familiar emotions when big changes happen in my life. It happened when I arrived alone in the US to go to university; it happened when I arrived at IBM Research to start my first real job. Now once again I am concerned and inspired by … Continue reading Education for Grown Ups — Learning Micro Fields with an Intellectual Guide
Woody joins the family — 9.27.2014
Woody arrived September 27, 2014 at 6:15 in the evening after spending 10 hours coming from Boise in cargo with a layover in Houston. Ralph (my husband) had sent one of his undershirts to the breeder to travel in the crate with Woody. So Woody recognized Ralph’s smell through the crate door before we even … Continue reading Woody joins the family — 9.27.2014
Lilian Wu 