My Love/Hate Relationship with Process

By Aoife Brennan, CEO of Synlogic, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC

I remember vividly my first vacation with the man who would be my husband.  In the days before Airbnb and on-line travel websites, he had all the books and had thoroughly researched each destination, every transport option, all the food venues. The guy clearly had process.

In contrast, spontaneity was my compass. I tactfully broached the subject of maybe being more open to serendipity on our trip. He begrudgingly handed over his Lonely Planet full of page flags and told me I could choose where we would eat that evening. I flicked to the ‘Where to…