Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/13/15
This week's focus point: We've made our annual pilgrimage to the Jersey Shore. There are thousands of people here in the water, on the sand, walking the boardwalk, enjoying their families. Fishing boats and dolphins make early morning forays for
Modern Times
Comedian Louis C.K. asks why we complain about airline service when we're able to sit in a chair and ride in the sky. I've heard people complain that their cell phone call to London, while walking down a street in
How To Be In The Way
(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) I notice that Bentley will eschew a dog bed to lie
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/6/15
This week's focus point: When I worked in Princeton for a consulting firm early in my career, I found myself in many corporate classrooms teaching the details of decision making in business. I was in my 20s, and pointed out
The Frisbee Rule
Bentley and I try to get some Frisbee in every day. It's easy for me, I stand in one spot at the top of the yard and he races downhill after the disk (for the analytic among you, in excess
Preventive vs Contingent
After a month, hundreds of law enforcement people finally killed and captured the two escaped convicts from the Clinton Correctional Facility at a cost of tens of millions. I don't think anyone could fault the diligence and organization of the