Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/17/14
February 17, 2014—Issue #230 This week's focus point: The issues in our lives have to be concurrent, not sequential. When I was chair of the planning board in my town I had to convince people that you didn't wait until every
Alan’s Winter Olympic Moments (sponsorship for this spot available)
• Whoever thought the US skaters were losing because of their outfits? I thought they simply weren't skating as fast as the other people. • The winter Olympics was once about skiing downhill and skating across ice. Now it's a white
The Dog Star: Beagles and BMWs
Beagles are miracles of engineering. Bentley, my German Shepherd, can smell about six million times better than a human I'd guess, but Buddy Beagle can smell six millions times better than Bentley. Beagles are built to hunt vermin, so they
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• With melting, sloppy conditions in Sochi, it's pretty apparent that the Winter Olympics should have been held in New Jersey. Couldn't Governor Christie have caused some lane closures over there? • If you're wondering about the idiotic decision to keep
The Paranoid Are Welcome, But Keep Looking Behind You
Yesterday, I received this piece of spam: Dear Consulting Society, You should be alerted to this breaking news concerning Rick Warren: http://www.perfectpeaceplan.com/post/is-rick-warrens-claim-that-his-book-is-the-best-selling-non-fiction-hardback-book-in-history-true/ Sincerely, James Sundquist Director http://www.perfectpeaceplan.com I wrote back: This is spam. Today, I received this missive from Mr. Sundquist: Well you can be certain I won't write you again.
We Need More Commitment to the Strategy Here
I guess this open door across from my suite needs to remain locked most of the time, or locked but open, or maybe the sign isn't sufficiently clear, or perhaps there are no metrics in place, or management isn't monitoring
Are “Ethics Experts” Unethical?
The New York Times has a variety of "experts" providing ethics and etiquette help, all of which seems to be written by an infinite number of monkeys randomly hitting keyboards. For example, Randy Cohen was the Sunday magazine ethics columnist for
You Don’t Need An Olympic Effort
These athletes at the Olympics are dealing with treacherous hills, dangerous runs, tough competitors, psychological pressure, and so on. In a split second they can forfeit years of tough training and a lifetime of aspirations. When you deal with a buyer,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/10/14
February 10, 2014—Issue #229 This week's focus point: When I first flew on airplanes, men wore suits and women wore dresses. Pan Am flight attendants (stewardesses) could have stepped out of a high-fashion magazine. Today, I see people in high end