Following Up, Down, and Sideways
I received two separate apologies this week from people who owed me responses but had found my original email in their junk folders. (Like me, they check their junk folders before erasing them.) I understand that these things happen, and
Choices
What we're experiencing now is an example of the difficult choices that most organizations encounter at times. In this case, should the authorities open up the economy to get people back to work while risking the spread of the virus—which
The Destination Is Still There
I'm sitting on the balcony of our suite at the Ocean House in southern Rhode Island. It's a crystal clear morning, and I can see Block Island, 20 miles away, due east in the Atlantic. To the south I can
Episode 144: Post-Pandemic Business
How and why 25% of all business practices will change and what to do about it if you're smart. This can be a major opportunity for you and your business if you play your cards right.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 07/15/20
Today's word: epigone.
This Is Fact, Not Prediction
If we had listened to the weather predictions, we wouldn't have bothered to come on this vacation: prediction of thunderstorms every day. But it hasn't rained once and the weather is great. If you listen to the idiots telling you that
Survival or “Thrival”?
If you allow yourself to deal with low-level people in organizations, you will be considered their peer and executives will not deal with you any more than they want to deal with them. If you seek to work with Human
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/13/2020
I've noticed that once we're made aware of something, our attention is disproportionately drawn to it. People who never heard of "cage fighting" but accidentally find it while surfing TV channels become addicts and watch it regularly. I was told
There. Where?
Sometimes there's just no "there" there. You hear someone speak on stage and the next day (or the next hour) can't remember a single useful idea. You read a book and can't tell the plot or the advice to someone