Congratulations! You’re Awarded the Right to Send Us Money!
The reason various Who’s Who books never impress me on anyone’s biography is that you simply pay money and “buy” your way into them. I was able to get my…
The High Value of Low Complexity
There is an old apothem that states “A consultant is someone brought in to study a problem and then remains to become a part of it.” The germ of truth…
Fearful?
I’m thinking of times throughout my life when I’ve been really fearful. My quick list, in no special order: • The Cuban Missile Crisis • Being struck by lighting in…
How to Organize Your Time, Priorities, and Life in A New World
Previously recorded Livestream from May 21, 2020
Shoveling
A young man walked up to me outside the post office recently and said, “You’re Mr. Weiss, right?” “I am.” “You probably don’t remember me, but I came to your…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/20/2020
There’s a glossy magazine up here that awards “best of” annually through readers’ polls. Just like participation awards for kids who merely show up instead of those who win,…
Weaponizing Volatility
People who have communities, formal or informal, have been far more successful during the pandemic restrictions. By “successful” I don’t mean sustaining themselves, or minimizing losses, I mean growing their businesses. When…
Business Renaissance
I believe that early next year, perhaps as soon as late in the first quarter, we’ll see a rebirth of business investment and consumer spending. Even now there is a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/07/2020
It’s easy to find fault, God knows I’ve done so almost automatically at times. But I also know it’s more important to find cause than blame, and credit than…
Small Business Shouldn’t Mean Small Thinking
The stock market and the economy are two different things, not intimately related. While the market reaches record heights, businesses are closing on Main Street. One thing we can learn…