Jersey Shore
House sitters on the way, dogs prepared to rule the roost, car packed, and we're soon on the way to Point Pleasant, ancestral beach area through four or five generations of both our families. Our daughter and granddaughters will meet
The Basis of Consulting
We improve the client's condition, by meeting or surpassing jointly-established objectives, with indicators of success, and agreement on the value provided in so doing. We are paid equitable compensation in the form of fees based on our contribution to that value. That's
Can We Survive As Consultants?!
Here is the topic of the IMC conference coming up in Chicago: How Can We Survive (against the "Big 5")? I'm helping people globally build their practices as solo entrepreneurs through high self-esteem and powerful value, and the IMC in Chicago
What Is Your “Angle of Innovation”?
How innovative are you? Do you have the "right angle"? © Alan Weiss 2013
The Language of Help
Most CEO biographies (and especially autobiographies) aren't very helpful in changing our own behaviors and success rates. That's because they talk about what worked for them under certain conditions, and don't explain how it can work for us under our
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/8/13
July 8, 2013—Issue #198 This week's focus point: Amazon (according to the New York Times) has a larger market share of new and used books than anyone else has or over had. Beyond that, when I needed a special
Facebook Favorites
My two favorite posts this morning: 1. A woman who proudly trumpeted her recent, successful fire walk over hot coals, and a new outlook on life. Who knew sweaty soles could bring such satisfaction? 2. A woman who changed her profile photo
R E S P E C T
Many years ago I was asked by the British Standards Institute to create a more innovative culture at its site in Milton Keynes. (At immigration, I was dressed in jeans and had a two-day beard, as I told the inspector
Tanks In My Streets
I have some strange hobbies in a digital age, and have finished three books already at the pool over my "holiday week," but here is my latest therapy, an Abrams M1A1 with a mine plow attached. This is a 1/35