More on Value versus Price
I received this email earlier today: Hi Alan, Thought you would like to know that you have been quoted in a response by Michael Wyland on an ASAE list serve…
Getting Started in Consulting
My book, Getting Started in Consulting, is the most popular “Getting Started” offering in Wiley’s entire series. It’s now in its third edition. Here is some advice, expanded, that I…
Olympic Business
What strikes me about the Olympics is how much the mind plays a role in the physical performance. The start one gets in a sprint, the ability to hit a…
Mike Rice at Rutgers Should Be Fired
If allegations (and there are clear videos) of abusive language and actions of Mike Rice, Rutgers basketball coach, are true, he should be fired immediately, along with the athletic director.…
Workshop Reminder: Sealing the Deal – June 11th, Mountain View, CA
Workshop Reminder: Sealing the Deal – June 11th, Mountain View, CA Are you closing all the business you should? On June 11th, marketing expert Linda Popky will be offering a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/18/16
In Italy in particular and in most of Europe in general, drivers stay right unless they’re passing a slower vehicle. You seldom see high beams used or hear horns. It’s…
Can You Move the Ball?
I played varsity basketball and ran varsity track in high school. Track practice was simple—I was a sprinter, so I would run a quarter mile for stamina and 30 yards…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/04/2019
A high school football coach in Long Island has been suspended for running up the score. There is a rule in Nassau County that a coach whose team wins…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/11/2019
I’ve talked about TIAABB: There is always a bigger boat. My point is that we should use our own metrics, not those of others, to determine what fulfills us…