Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/28/2020
I consulted with the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC for two years or so, helping them with strategy and providing their 50,000 members with more value. They…
The Great “Refusal to Work” Lie
This is from my colleague Roberta Matuson and it attacks what she calls the “lie” that people don’t want to go back to work. It’s complimentary and highly provocative: The…
Agendaists
I received an email this morning taking me to task for writing my Monday Morning Memo® about the Olympics and not mentioning the nuclear meltdown that Japan endured years ago.…
Some People Can’t Get A Grip
A woman contacted me yesterday via email, tells me she’s bought one of my books, and wants advice. I took the time to tell her I don’t coach for free.…
Watch Your Words
I was running a board meeting and asked how our “outreach committee” was doing. We provide free education, training, performances, and so forth to inner city schools and adults. It’s…
High Altitude Hucksters
There ought to be a law against airlines hawking credit cards over the PA at 35,000 feet when it prompts you to want to leave the plane. With a “captive”…
Cape Cod Journal: June 29
Friday: June 29 Last full day, hard to believe. We drove to The Regatta Restaurant in Cotuit last night. (“Cotuit” is an Indian work meaning, “Build narrow roads with many…
Poor Is Relative
This is a non-partisan article, spawned by campaign rhetoric that should be making most of us queasy, including people who build McMansions and claim they are the champions of ending…
Alanism – The evolving collection of Alan’s Apothegms.
Get the straw out of your teeth and get out of the cornfield. Big fish die in small ponds. When you are 80% done, then move. The final 20% is…
Auction Closes Soon
Less than two hours to bid on dinner, a day with me to help with your business and life balance, free tickets for two to the Newport International Film Festival,…