Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/25/2023
We tend to record prized learning at key junctures: birthdays, anniversaries, births, and so forth. But on a recent long flight, I had finished my writing and reading, and the entertainment offerings weren’t very entertaining. So I began to think
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/18/2023
Well, there has been a lot of talk about “age” recently, right? (And I wrote the book, Threescore and More which discusses the need to preserve and apply the wisdom and maturity of people whom we just might need the most in
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/11/2023
I’ve been to 63 countries and 49 states (I’m afraid to go to North Dakota—have you seen “Fargo?”). As you probably know, we’ve just returned from an eight-day cruise (after flying into Anchorage) that took us from Seward to Juneau to
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/04/2023
We’re sailing on the Silversea Muse out of Seward to Juneau, Skagway, Sitka and on to Vancouver. There are 600 passengers and 400 crew. The ship displaces (weighs) about 40,000 tons. That’s about as much as the Battleship New Jersey,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/28/2023
Many years ago I was asked to consult with the commanding officers of Clark Air Base in the Philippines. It was there that a colonel explained what the difference was between “efficient” and “effective. “If you want us to destroy a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/21/2023
(My internet is down as I’m writing this, so please be patient with any errors or lateness.) “Elasticity” it the ability of something to resume its normal shape after being stretched out of that shape. We can also call it “adaptability.” And
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/14/2023
I host sessions of value for people for relatively low prices and open to a large number, or relatively high prices and restricted to relatively few. I believe that to maintain a strong brand, you have to appear in person
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/07/2023
I don't usually do this, but the Memo this week is a reprint of my August 4 blog post. I'm interested in the wisdom of my Monday Morning readers about this. I believe in good grooming. I think most people take care of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/31/2023
It’s a rough morning here on the Nantucket beach in front of our house, and the lifeguards have a strange flag up: half yellow and half red. I think it means, “Swim at your own risk because we’re not coming
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/24/2023
Do you remember “ethnic humor”? At Rutgers, our 4 pm Western Civ class (remember “Western Civ?!) was always ten minutes or so late as the professor hurried across campus. One of our class members would stand in front of the