
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker
Since I was last in your company (while I write, I imagine myself surrounded by a group of colleagues who, like me, spend a meaningful percentage of their time taking care of patients with dry eye disease), I had a very nice 2.5-week break from my daily routines of office and OR. My vacation culminated in a celebration of my birthday arranged by my darling bride, Beth, and my daughter, Megan. Although I write an annual column about my New Year’s dry eye disease (DED) resolutions, and I do make a perfunctory effort