Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/03/18
We seem to have lost all sense of reason. “Reason,” to me, is about common sense, sanity, and logic. I think it also involves emotions. But “reasonable people” are able…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/24/18
A couple of years ago, I tried to organize one of my elite events in Marrakech. A minority of the attendees refused to go, telling me it was “too dangerous.”…
Athiestic Religious Fervor
I believe people are free to believe in God or not believe in God in myriad ways. What confounds me is the religious zealotry of some of the athiests, however,…
License My Dog, But Not Me
aI’ve become convinced that the consulting profession is better off with no licensing or national recognition at all. I understand this is heresy, but it turns out to be pretty…
To Live Large, Think Big
If you want to live large, you have to think big. That’s irrefragable. As consultants, we can’t simply respond to a prospect’s arbitrary request for an alternative. We have to…
Glass Walls
We ought to stop kidding ourselves about “glass ceilings.” The real problem is “glass walls,” and women (and minorities) don’t seem to get it. Organizations have promoted women and minorities…
Cancun Journal: October 15
Cerulean sky meets azure sea. Platitudinous, but true. It’s amazing how a happy hour or free cocktail party draws people like bankers to boring suits, but they do flock, no…
Ah, the PC of It All*
(* Pain in the Coccyx) I’ve just heard that a group of prospective Santa Clauses in a training program have been told that “Ho, ho, ho” is henceforth out of…
Marketing Innovation II
I had to pick up my wife’s Mercedes which had been serviced in part of the same Penske Auto Group where I buy my Bentleys. (Bentley picks up and delivers,…