Pick Up the Check
I've had people in my workshops order internet in the conference room so they had access and attempt to put it on my bill! I've had people who ordered special food—lattes, or eggs—to augment what I was offering, and charge
Open Wide
Why do dentists' ads in magazines show their equipment, staff, and offices, and not their patients' smiles?
Business Confinement
l'm looking across Boston Harbor toward downtown. The office buildings remind me of prisons.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/4/16
“House of Cards," about an unethical president and his wife (Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in amazing performances), has created "binge watching," where people are glued to Netflix for 13 consecutive episodes once or twice a year. Every time Donald
The Dog Star: Straight Lines
(The Dog Star is a symbol of power, will, and steadfastness of purpose, and exemplifies the One who has succeeded in bridging the lower and higher consciousness. – Astrological Definition) The dogs came in this morning and I threw them their
The View From Here
I'm in Newport this week conducting the Million Dollar Consulting® College. Each morning I awake to the beautiful view of the bay leading to the Atlantic. Some mornings it's rough, some smooth as glass, but it's always the same vista.
Let’s Talk
Heads will roll in Brussels because government departments didn't talk to each other to share threat levels and terrorists' movements. The same phenomenon occurs within your clients. They focus more on talking to their customers than among their own people. The most
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/28/16
I've become a student of dogs, creatures smart enough to inveigle themselves into our camps 10,000 years ago and which we've never been able to get rid of since! Ailurophiles have their own world, it's not of interest to me. There