Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/22/16
An "agenda" often refers to the underlying intentions and motives of a person or group. Nothing wrong with that. Unless, of course, that agenda colors ALL discussion, context, and debate. We see people casting votes based soley on a single
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/15/16
I was in a four-seater once flying from DC to someplace in Delaware, which must have seemed like a good idea at the time. I was in the co-pilot's seat, and the pilot was navigating with aplomb the taxiways in
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/8/16
There is a "rebound effect" in growth. I was (and still am) a pinball machine buff, loving the old machines that would bounce the balls on flippers and electronic gizmos. The ball would often stay in play solely on the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/1/16
The Olympics begin at the end of the week, and Brazil has been getting quite a rap: disease, pollution, corruption, crime, poor construction, huge debt, questionnalbe security, withdrawals by some competitors—the list goes on and on! Yet the games will
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/25/16
The great, unexpected benefit that Facebook provides us with today is a view of the alarmingly simplistic thinking patterns of a great many people. I'm not referring to abjectly poor taste—the pictures of wounds, illness, and use of gratuitious profanity—but
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/18/16
In Italy in particular and in most of Europe in general, drivers stay right unless they're passing a slower vehicle. You seldom see high beams used or hear horns. It's a natural courtesy, probably stemming from the fact that most
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/11/16
Long ago, I discovered to my shock that clients were stunned by common sense. No intricate models, no "needs analyses," no six-month projects. ("A consultant is someone who arrives to study a problem and then stays to become part of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/4/16
Independence Day marks the day (roughly, it was actually July 2) that the Continental Congress declared the thirteen colonies legally separate from Great Britain. It was the vote, not the actuality (independence was formally obtained by the Treaty of Paris
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/27/16
The British have opted to leave the European Community. That's their right. No one reading this knows what the consequences will be, positive or negative. Yet the very act has highlighted the polarization that has become our modern manifesto, our
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/20/16
Well, here we are facing Brexit, and whether Britain will remain in the European Community. Disaster, of course, is being predicted either way by the Chicken Littles of the world. The polls seem to sway with the wind. Funny thing about