Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/18/16
The market dropped an astounding amount on Friday, nearly 400 points, or about 2.3%. And over the weekend, people watched playoff football games, mourned the loss of David Bowie, were intriqued by Sean Penn's wierd involvement with the recapture of
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• We muster all this fuss and media attention over a gambling endeavor, PowerBall, and we can't generate even a tenth of that for the decrepit nature and outdated policies of inner city schools? Are we simply raising kids with
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/11/16
On Saturday night the Cincinnati Bengals lost a football playoff game that they had "in the bag" with time running down because some of their players and their coach lost control. When they should have easily run the clock out,
Crabs
From an infinity pool, I lean over and watch the waves batter the rocks below. The stratigraphy is fascinating, hundreds of crevices and nooks, a combination of cork brown and golf course green. I catch some movement, and I realize that
Instant Expertise (Just Add Confidence)
Don't read others' ideas to try to generate your own expertise and thought leadership. Create your own, faster than instant coffee: One minute expertise creation: 1. Identify the area of expertise (10 seconds) 2. Create three key, provocative points (20 seconds) 3. Make two
Spiderweb
Do you sometimes feel as if you're not moving much, despite your best efforts? You're following advice, have plenty of energy, seemingly advancing—but you're never far from the same place? You're caught in the spiderweb of life. You have relationships—personal, professional,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/4/16
We can see that some things are, empirically, enduring: Mozart's symphonies, Michaelangelo's art, Armstrong's jazz, Dickens's novels, Sinatra's songs, Anne Frank's diary, air travel, cell phones. Who knows about rap, Lady Gaga, reality television, man buns, solar power, or self-driving