Why Don’t You Pretend This Is A Job?
A volunteer, someone doing pro bono work, anyone offering free help, does not, in doing so, abrogate their professional responsibilities or conduct. I told a volunteer at a fund-raiser once that he was late and had caused us to be short-handed.
Strategy Is About Tomorrow, Not the Next Decade
Someone asked me why I created Sentient Strategy® with such a "short-term" look at the future (12-18 months). Aside from what I think is the obvious—in this day and age it's foolhardy to believe you can intelligently organize for five
A Minute with Alan™ — Turkeys and Courtesy
January 13th, 2023 If we can be so courteous to turkeys, why can’t we be courteous to each other? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loQeIt4Qkls
It’s Not Perfect, But it IS Excellent
Our search for perfection is really an excuse not to risk our egos. We're not so much seeking a better result as trying to insulate ourselves from any critique, any chance of failure, any negative feedback. Innovation has nothing to do
A Minute with Alan™ — The Dog Trainer
January 12th, 2023 What’s your social proof? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu-lJD3hf5U
But, Honestly….
This is an article by Marc A. Thiessen in the Washington Post earlier this month: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/santos-must-have-learned-from-biden-how-to-make-up-details-about-his-past/. In it, he details lies he claims Biden has told about his health history, family, educational background, Civil Rights arrests, and so forth. He also discussed
A Minute with Alan™ — Survival of the Fittest
January 11th, 2023 Life is about excellence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Ar8MdtmZQ
The Tarnished Globes
The Golden Globe Awards just make me cringe. That level of self-absorption should cause the entire proceedings to implode. You can measure "best" in terms of batting averages, or race finishes, most on-time arrivals, or least complaints. But in acting, or