Chester Chambers, MBA, PhD
Clinical Professor Information Technology, Operations Management, & Business Analytics
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With deep knowledge and experience in finance, healthcare, and public speaking, Chester is the egghead who translates scholarly gobbledygook into plain English.
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Latest Posts About Personal Finance
A Bit of Humility of Good for You
Vol 3, Issue 10. Quarter 2 - 2026. Golda Meir was the first female Prime Minister of Israel in the late 1960’s. She is famous for many things including the quote, “Don’t be so humble, you’re not that great.” This is a common call out when someone is pretending to be...
Why Variance Fools You
Vol 3, Issue 9. Quarter 2 - 2026. I was recently reminded about a short lesson for children that I saw on PBS many years ago. As best I can recall, Lavar Burton rode a bicycle with the aid of the wind for 20 miles at a speed of 20 miles per hour. After a short rest,...
Don’t Ignore the First Uncertainty
In retirement planning we are routinely advised about how to deal with two major sources of uncertainty. How long we will live in retirement, and market returns over that period of time. All manner of simulations, fancy calculus, and varied means of projections are...
Latest Posts About Healthcare
We need a process to improve a healthcare process
Almost any short visit to your nearest hospital will leave you with the notion that something here can be done better. Waiting times abound even though many people seem to be doing nothing. Patients spend hours in a waiting room to get into the Emergency room....
Simulate, Simulate, Simulate
Imagine you are a new Physician working in a group practice as part of an Academic Medical Center (AMC). You may be surprised to learn that you are soon expected to play a leading role in managing the day-to-day process flows of the clinic. This may sound strange...
You can’t outrun the law
At some point during the first session of our courses on Operations Management, Process Improvement, or Managing Health Care Processes we find the need to understand and utilize Little's Law. This refers to anobservation by John Little which states that the long-term...
Latest Posts About Public Speaking
Four Big Ideas to Manage Speaking Anxiety
An irrational fear of public speaking is called “Glossophobia.” It is an anxiety disorder that causes powerful physical and emotional symptoms. These can stem from many causes including childhood trauma, varied neurological issues, and transference from other issues....
Hear That Mr. Anderson – That is the Sound of Inevitability
Vol I, Issue 15. Quarter 3 - 2025. I woke up on Aug 3 with a few sentences rattling around in my head. This wasn’t really news to me. This is the way that most short speeches that I write start to form. As much as I wanted to shake it, the voice kept coming back...
My Favorite Sample Speech – Winner: District 50: International Speech Contest; May 2025. “Wrestle With the Question”
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