Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/15/17
Mother's Day was yesterday in the US, though the occasion is celebrated in scores of countries on various dates. It began here in 1908 when Anna Jarvis chose to celebrate the work her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, had done as
Out of the Way!
Since we acquired Puppy (AKA Coco) Maria has decided to keep both dogs in the kitchen when we leave the house. Bentley isn't accustomed to this. Maria accomplishes this by putting a movable wooden gate at the entry to the
Wait, What?
We're dining last night in a restaurant next to the venue where we're about to see a ballet, where my wife is a long-time board member. As we're about to leave, my wife spies two of her fellow board members
If You’re Proclaiming Good Health, Why Are You Driving Like A Moron?
I don't know why, but I've started thinking about bumper stickers. It's rare to find a car with just one. They usually come in multiple postings, ranging from politics to health food, from sports teams to mystical affirmations. It seems
How Much Is That?
A commodity is something generally purchased solely on price. It's undifferentiated, and no marketing heft is put behind it except for how inexpensive it is for the purpose intended. However, value is attached to non-commodities, including today: cars, pillows, hair coloring,
Why the Loch Ness Monster Causes Global Warming, You Dumb $#@@&
The main utility of Facebook is that—when you read how little people know about history, or how needy they are to be liked, or how profanity replaces adjectives and nouns because of a lack of class, or you hear of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/08/17
The farther removed an event, the less its impact on most of us. We sympathize and send government help to Fukushima, for example, but Three Mile Island dominated our news and national attention. Volkswagen's unethical actions with emissions was a
Bloviation
I have never listened to a debate on a TV political talk show—or even an interview with a politician—where I have emerged better informed.
Are You Feeling What I Feel?
Be sensitive to the fact that on many occasions, you're trying to influence, cajole, argue with or otherwise obtain something from a person who simply isn't as bright or capable as you are. That person may be a gate agent,