I Don’t Care Whether You Like This
I was the editor-in-chief of my college newspaper, and I was having an argument over an editorial I had published with the president of the student council, who was a friend of mine. Finally, he said to me in exasperation,
Episode 145: Scrub-A-Dub
Can we and should we really try to scrub away past sins and shameful history, or try to learn from them? When you grant special favors, you don't equalize, you create more inequality with the perception of inferiority.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 07/22/20
Today's word: canaille.
The Junk Yard of Useless Jargon
Nimble. Agile. Digital transformation. Good to great. Artificial intelligence. Reengineering. They make kale seem flavorful by comparison.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/20/2020
There's a glossy magazine up here that awards "best of" annually through readers' polls. Just like participation awards for kids who merely show up instead of those who win, there are so many categories that everyone can win (e.g., Best
The Broken Record
The New York Times was once a pleasure for me, about two hours on a Sunday afternoon. Today, it's about 30-45 minutes, mainly because of the book review and arts sections. I don't mind a newspaper taking an editorial position, but
All the News that (We See) Fit to Print
The way it is these days is that if you're obtaining your news from only one source you're not getting news, you're solely getting opinion. If we want to be well informed we need to diversify our news sources because
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