The Island
My Nantucket default routine is to wake up around 6. We're looking at the Atlantic, so the sun rises on the other side of the house. (At dusk, people throng the beach to watch the sunset and have local Tex/Mex/Seafood
Consultants Need To Be Multilingual
Just this morning, an IT consultant complained that I was unfair castigating IT people for not being customer-oriented, and he prided himself on being a "level three" service provider, or some such thing. Right in his letter of complaint, he
Social Media, Not Business Media
I have 2.5 million potential contacts on Linkedin, about 1,500 friends on Facebook, and 5,700 followers on Twitter. I tell you this to demonstrate that I belong and am active, and that I speak not as an outsider, stranger to
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/19/13
August 19, 2013—Issue #204 This week's focus point: There are experts and there are experts. The vaunted "emerging economies" (China, Brazil, India) are contributing less to world growth at the moment than the traditionally strong economies, especially the
Return to Nantucket
If the place weren't seasonal, I might just never leave. Our first 24 hours:
Enlightened Self-Publishing
If you've been unable to get that book important to you published, or if you're in a niche too small for commercial publishers' interest: http://www.summitconsulting.com/seminars/Enlightened-Self-Publishing.php
Produce, Not Provide
I've heard a great many consultants talking about what they provide. "Provide" means to supply or equip or present. Those are all on the input side, deliverables, tasks, commodities, unexciting and of low value. However, "produce" means to cause to happen,
Here’s Why You’re in the Top 1%
Forget about Mensa, which claims its membership has the top 2% in IQ (I'm a life member and I can assure you that claim is as real as the Loch Ness Monster), you're in the top 1%. Why? Because you're