In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• The Air France tragedy highlights the danger of becoming subservient to machinery instead of using machinery as inputs for our own purposes. My dogs have stopped barking when people…
Maintaining Your Sanity
It’s easy to lose perspective when you’re a solo practitioner, especially if you’ve listened to some poor advice along the way. Here are some suggestions for gaining and preserving perspective,…
Alan’s Truths
1. You create your own truth. State what the reality is. “You are wrong about attrition.” 2. Friends can kill you. Choose them carefully, and don’t regard them as permanent.…
The Burden of History
There is some kind of ignorant movement out there to remove Gone With the Wind, book and movie, from circulation, because they portray racist attitudes of the past. Indeed they do, which…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/13/2020
This was a week of escape. Carlos Ghosn, an arrogant, profligate businessman who led a life of nearly unrivaled opulence, was spirited out of Japan in a plebian box…
What Did You Just Say?
We had very good first class service on American Airlines 1201, Boston to Miami, yesterday, and I was about to give the flight attendant a recognition certificate that some of…
Falsehoods which Are Still Quite Useful
We’ve turned into a society which debunks everything it can. There are web sites which debunk the viewpoints and statements accredited to some people. And we tend to point out…
Episode 22: Agendas
An “agenda” is no longer a harmless work aid. Find out why. Transcript: Hi, welcome to The Uncomfortable Truth. Did you hear those insects? Those insects are people with agendas. This is The Uncomfortable Truth about agendas. People with agendas turn…
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT I WAS THINKING…. • Why is it that people leaving a theater stop at the bottom of the stairs or in the doorways to…