Alan’s New Books
A lot of you have been asking about coming books, and there are so many that it’s confusing me, let alone my agent. Here’s the latest scoop: Value Based Fees,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/30/2024
I have a category on my blog (Alan Weiss’s Contrarian Consulting®) called DASM: Dumb Ass Stupid Management. I wanted to title one of my books that way, but the publisher was…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/11/18
There’s an old story about a new, young priest assigned to a parrish. The pastor welcomed him and asked how he was doing. “Fine, but I’m a bit bummed because…
I Resemble That Remark
Here is a passage from the most recent edition of Balancing Act®, my free, monthly newsletter: • In an age where everyone has a tip jar out, even the cashiers…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/02/2023
I’m an optimistic guy. I was pretty confident that there would be an agreement to fund the government without a shutdown. It was simply pragmatic politics: Who wants to be…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/03/2023
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and…
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…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 04/15/2024
I’m going to address what everyone is talking about today, Sunday, and what will be critically reviewed and examined when you read this on Monday, involving international personalities, advisors, analysists,…
Guest Column: Why Technical Specialists Have A Tough Time Moving to Higher Value Work
Why Technical specialists have difficult times moving to work of higher value By Wayne McKinnon www.WayneMcKinnon.com Wayne is a Master Mentor and member of the Million Dollar Consulting® Mentor Hall…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/09/2023
Good morning, and Happy Columbus Day! Or, as Brown University insists, Happy Indigenous Peoples Day. (They also call a Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree, of course!) There will be a…