Whose Fault Is This, Anyway?
The Red Sox fired their manager—who has won three leagues championships and a world series—because they lost in the playoffs this year. They lost because their players didn't perform well, not because of horrible moves by the manager. Yet, the
Guest Column: Insider’s Guide to Becoming A Times Bestseller
An Insider’s Guide to Become a New York Times Bestseller by Rob Eagar Do you ever dream of publishing a business book that hits the New York Times bestseller list? Do you watch other people achieve bestseller status, such as Patrick Lencioni, Malcolm
Trends
Here are 16 trends I predicted at my annual Thought Leadership Conference last week in Palm Beach: 1. A rising, global middle class will tend to curtail warfare as more "haves" will not want to sacrifice their gains. 2. Chinese hegemony will
Traits of Thought Leaders
I presented this at my annual Thought Leadership Conference in Palm Beach last week. You can read about my next one here: https://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/2018-thought-leadership-ninth-annual-conference/ The 17 Traits of Thought Leaders 1. Creation of contemporaneous IP (use of current events). 2. Media savvy/excellent speakers. 3. Social media
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/09/17
Dan Gilbert recently mentioned in a meeting that if you have a brain and a heart, you can't be anything but horrified and saddened by the tragic carnage in Las Vegas. It should also be noted that this year, as
Presentism
Here we are on Columbus Day, which ultra-liberal universities such as Brown will call "Indigenous Peoples Day" while themselves being named after the most heinous slave-trading family in history, which funded the university. And people are castigating the late Hugh Hefner
Squirrels
Our prior white German Shepherd, Koufax, caught his first squirrel at the age of two. He went on to make 16 kills in 6 species that we confirmed. I'd estimate the true total was three times that. He was a
Drugs
Over 100,000 people are employed by the pharma industry alone in Puerto Rico. What do you want to bet they will restore power and manufacture greatly needed pharmaceuticals much faster than the government gets anything going? They are currently providing
Thought Leadership and Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert, Harvard professor and author of Stumbling On Happiness, with 15 million TED views, was my special guest yesterday at my annual Thought Leadership Conference in Palm Beach. He's charming, provocative, and brilliant, and impressed all of us at our