Another Day At The Office
Alan's Growth Cycle® teams meet periodically, and here is the Red Robbin team during a hard day's work on strategy at my pool. That's me, Gary Patterson, Jean Oursler, and Dan Weedin, with teammate Noah Fleming manning the camera. Bentley
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/10/13
June 10, 2013—Issue #194 This week's focus point: Home schooling, alternative education, non-traditional education, and other options are dramatically increasing in the US. Meanwhile, the notion of vast campuses--where students are housed, clothed, parked, fed, and occasionally
Is It After 5pm in Australia, So I Can Drink?
I recently wrote a Monday Morning Memo®® on what I believe to be failures in the way we educate our youth, and why schools in the US are failing. I received the following from Australia this morning: "Hi Alan "After much thought
The Dog Star: Exercising
(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'm a bachelor for the weekend—my wife and daughter and granddaughters
Hey, Rutgers Board, Fire the President (Dumb-Ass Stupid Management)
Here's the latest royal screwup from my alma mater, Rutgers, from today's New York Times: "Jackson is the third Rutgers official to face public criticism for discriminatory or abusive behavior in recent months. Mike Rice, the former men’s basketball coach, was
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/3/13
June 3, 2013—Issue #193 This week's focus point: I've found in coaching individuals and consulting with organizations that citing a price to test desirability of an initiative isn't a valid calculation of commitment. The real question is, "What
Chasing Ourselves
Here's an excerpt from Seth Godin's blog dated June 1 (SethGodinsBlog.com): "Consider the Chase Fraud Prevention department. It costs a credit card company (and especially their merchants) a lot of money when fraudulent charges are made, because they often have to
The Dog Star: Beagle Escape
(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) Yesterday I'm getting ready to hit the pool when the phone