Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/01/2024
One of the great ironies of history is that attacking successful people does not create better conditions for unsuccessful people. The superficial act merely creates prejudice, bigotry, enmity, and an…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/15/2023
I was introduced to my wife’s friend’s husband at dinner one night. Despite my attempts to avoid it, he wanted to know what I did and when I briefly explained,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 04/27/2020
Churchill said that “We build our houses and then they build us.” He was referring to Parliament and its structural restraints. But, as always, he was providing a wonderful…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/04/2020
When I was in third grade, I majored in trying to be the teacher’s pet. I was insufferable, but really quite adept at it. One day, a quite antiquated…
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® – 12/02/2019
In his book, Factfulness, the late Hans Rosling told the story of an intern who nearly lost her arm when she placed it between closing elevator doors in an…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/02/18
My son used to come up with great ideas and excitedly present them to me. One, I believe, was for an electric toothbrush. I had to let him know, after…
Future Marketing Suggestions
What have we learned from the health crisis? Here are some ideas for your consideration: Marketing for the Future Get into the “public square” with your analysis based upon your…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/08/2021
I’m signing up for the Covid vaccine as instructed. Walgreens told me online that my existence could not be verified. WELL!! I feel an existential crisis coming on. I…