Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/7/25
I hope you’ll allow me the freedom NOT to comment at the moment on the tariffs, recriminations, court filings, and the prospect of Doomsday. What I’d prefer to focus on…
You Can’t Make This Up
Here's an email I received today, with my response. I've withheld the writer's name to avoid public mockery: Alan- I've enjoyed reading your book (Million Dollar Consulting), which is very…
Guest Column: Execution IS the Strategy
Laura Stack is the former president of the National Speakers Association, and organizer of The Elite Retreat, which I facilitate each January. She's also a good buddy and loves Corvettes. Her…
Sarah Palin Lessons
Note: For years I've been the most widely read columnist in ManagementConsultingNews.com. When I turned in this column, from the high seas no less, the editor told me that he…
Guest Column: A Risk Management Nightmare: What You Should Learn from Penn State
A Risk Management Nightmare: What You Should Learn from Penn State By Dan Weedin The nightmare in Happy Valley last week involving the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State cost…
Where Did You Hear That?
If you read something in the public domain, e.g., a newspaper or magazine, hard copy or electronic, you may use the facts therein. For example, you may use an article…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/13/2021
My dogs receive essentially the same dog food for breakfast and dinner (their only two mealtimes). The “wet” food may be chicken or meat or fish, but they don't…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/04/2021
This is an example learned in a church parking lot, so perhaps it's a bit of a “confession.” I find that I try to allow people to merge or…