Alan Cumming at the Café Carlyle
The CafĂ© Carlyle is one of the last intimate showrooms in New York, holding about a hundred patrons in close proximity to great talent. Bobby Short was its resident genius…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/25/16
I returned from Venice a day ago. While it remains for me an historic, mystical, romantic place, the times don’t auger well for it. And it’s not a matter of…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/01/17
A little pride. Is that too much to ask? A couple walked into an upscale restaurant in my town. She had on a dress and heels. He had on a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/22/17
I’m writing this from the King George Hotel in Athens, with the Acropolis standing on a mountain top across from our terrace like the sun in an historical orrery. The…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/17/17
The TV series Game of Thrones began a new and penultimate season last night. (I’m not revealing anything here, no worries, a sort of reverse trigger warning.) It’s now “off…
Alan’s Private Roster Mentor Program
Since 1996 I've been offering high-powered mentoring help on a global basis. Several years ago a team of participants estimated the overall net improvement of revenues of all registrants on…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/30/15
Times change. We need to adapt at best and not resist at worst. I remember when Elvis and then the Beatles were going to corrupt youth. On a far more…
Atlantic Crossing:Day 3.5
It’s 4:30 on the North Atlantic on Tuesday, and we’ve covered about 525 nautical miles, with about 2700 ahead of us. The ship is cruising at 25 knots through placid…
Guest Column: Don’t Let Your Business Be Held Hostage by Fear
Don’t Let Your Business Be Held Hostage by Fear  By Chip Massey Former FBI Hostage Negotiator As an FBI hostage negotiator and special agent, one of the things…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/08/2021
I’m signing up for the Covid vaccine as instructed. Walgreens told me online that my existence could not be verified. WELL!! I feel an existential crisis coming on. I…