Casting the First Stone
The CEO of Yahoo was found to have claimed a degree he didn’t have from many years ago. The press ignites, and the thumbs go down in the Roman arena.…
Letters, We Get Letters, We Get Lots and Lots of Letters
First, I swear that all that follows is true. I have not made it up. I offer both paid and free subscription services, in text, audio, and/or video. Invariably, the…
Robert Middleton interviews Alan Weiss
Marketing expert Robert Middleton interviews Alan Weiss on how to Thrive! 59:28 [podcast]http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/alan_thrive.mp3[/podcast] Download MP3 Transcript in PDF (347 KB) and now also on iTunes
Out of Africa
The silence is stunning. We are motoring through the South African Veldt and when the engine is turned off you hear only silence. It is broken by an occasional bird’s…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/10/18
We’ve just returned (yesterday) from our first safari. I hosted the entire family. I’m creating an exception to my usual short observations in Monday Morning Memo to share my very…
The $20 Heist
Every day I receive Google Alerts about my name, trademarks, and so forth. It’s nice to see where I’m quoted or where something I’ve written or recorded has spread. However,…
Guest Column: Rethink Leadership: The Unexpected Power of Expectations
by Christian Muntean As happens in the hallowed halls of Harvard, two sets of students were given two different groups of rats to run through a maze. Dr. Robert Rosenthal,…
NORK (No One Really Knows)
A long time ago, the great science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein, created the neologism “grok” in the magnificent novel, Stranger in A Strange Land. It means to “grasp” and truly…
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…