What Day Is It?
I ask people as politely as I can not to write me with questions or issues on a weekend or holiday unless it's an emergency. (I think a consulting "emergency" is about as likely as a dermatological emergency, which is
The Truly Corrupt
Remember Rodney King? His brutal police beating sparked the LA riots that required military units to restore peace. He was awarded nearly 4 million dollars in compensation and became an activist and writer. He died in 2012, found at the
The Power of Conversation
Stop making presentations to people and start holding conversations. Focus on results and outcomes. Assume you're having a drink or a meal with a friend. Would you whip out a PowerPoint exhibit? Conversation leads to conversion.
Episode 136: The Helping Hand or Sleight of Hand?
Beware the hand reaching out to you, are they giving or taking? If we all spent less time whining about whose at fault for this crisis, and more time trying to help each other, we'd all get through this a lot
The Death of Classic Strategy
Peter Drucker has always been a hero of my heroes, the virtual "inventor" of strategy. But that approach, of older men, taking their time, analyzing data, planning for five or even ten years ahead in a predictable, mostly domestic economy,
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 05/20/20
Today's word: marmoreal.
What Did I Just Walk Into?
Amazon, Costco, Apple, Clorox, Domino's Pizza, Campbell Soup, Ebay, Etsy, General Mills, Hormel, Kroger, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Peloton, Wal Mart, Slack, Microsoft—these are just some of the companies doing quite well during the crisis. In any poor market, there are
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/18/2020
Sometimes people tell me, with compliments intended, that it's just wonderful how Monday Morning Memo shows up faithfully every Monday morning. "That's why," I point out, "it's not called 'Tuesday Morning Memo,'" though that reply is often not grokked. (It's