Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/30/17
Instead of granting ourselves permission to speak or act, many of us deny ourselves permission. We may wait for others to act—although the seat belt sign is on, someone goes to the rest room, isn't chastized, so now it's all
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/23/17
We tend to think that "now" is the way it will always be. We make projections based on today instead of painting pictures of the future. We become actuaries and accountants instead of dreamers and artists. And we also fool
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/16/17
We miss far too much while embroiled in minor matters. People have their faces planted in their phones while an eagle flies overhead with a fish (or, worse, a car approaches them with another texting driver). Intent on selfies, tourists
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/09/17
I hear a lot about "seeking meaning," especially in the face of tragedy and uncertainty. But how would you know it if you tripped over it? I doubt it's like the justice's definition of pornography—I'll know it when I see
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/02/17
(The following is from my January 1 edition of Balancing Act, and I rarely publish the same thing twice, but I'm making an exception here, I hope you'll cut me some slack.) New Year's Resolutions are just an excuse to pretend
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/26/16
I forgot who said this (I've seen an early reference in the Gospel of Matthew), but I never forgot it: An act of charity is not defined by how much you give, but by how much you have left after
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/19/16
My wife, the dogs, and I wish you all a happy Holiday Season, and best wishes for this most joyous time of year. Thank your for your interest in my work and for all the notes you send commenting upon
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/12/16
Failure work is work I define as having to be done solely because it wasn't done right the first time. I've employed this concept for years with my clients, because it's not merely a matter of "not making errors" the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/05/16
Peter Drucker once observed—when he was having a pretty bad day, I'd guess—that evidence shows that the only thing in abundant supply is the universal incompetent. I have enormous respect for Drucker, but we part company on this observation. The key
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/28/16
I've learned that there's a difference between being opportunistic and being innovative. Opportunity is known to "knock." Innovation never does. You have to fire it up. That's because we're usually opportunistic in response to some stimulus. We react well. Often, we're