Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/9/12
April 9, 2012—Issue #133 This week’s focus point: Consensus is something you can live with, not something you would die for. We need to accommodate legitimate, diverse points of view. Too often we move from the issue to the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/2/12
April 2, 2012—Issue #132 This week’s focus point: My large, electric train layouts never worked perfectly. There were derailments, power failures, missed stations, spilled freight, and even
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/26/12
March 26, 2012—Issue #131 This week’s focus point: Organizations which are in terrible shape have usually been victimized by a series of poor decisions by management. There is no reason to believe that they will suddenly see the error of their
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/19/12
March 19, 2012—Issue #130 This week’s focus point: The busiest restaurants I go to appeal to all ages. The iPad is so popular because both kids and their
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/12/12
March 12, 2012—Issue #129 This week’s focus point: Almost every good intention, taken to extremes, has an invidious dimension that undermines us. Many people want to help
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/5/12
March 5, 2012—Issue #128 This week’s focus point: If you read Walter Isaacson's extraordinary biography of Steve Jobs, you encounter someone who, for a great deal of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/27/12
February 27, 2012—Issue #127 This week’s focus point: If most of your problems, setbacks, and defeats are caused by others, then how do you ever prevent them in the future? We need to "own" our failures, because that's how
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/20/12
February 20, 2012—Issue #126 This week’s focus point: If you want to be regarded as a brilliant conversationalist, ask others questions. If you want to be perceived
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/13/12
February 13, 2012—Issue #125 This week’s focus point: Despite the historical claims that "involvement" and "consensus" and "commitment over compliance" are important for employee productivity and performance,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/6/12
February 6, 2012—Issue #124 This week’s focus point: Bill Russell, the great basketball player, observed that a true champion is at his best when under the most