In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking….
• The saddest people I see are the guys out early in the morning at the beach with a metal detector and headphones, searching for lost items. • If you…
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• We muster all this fuss and media attention over a gambling endeavor, PowerBall, and we can’t generate even a tenth of that for the decrepit nature and outdated policies…
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• If Global Entry can whisk people through immigration in 60 seconds, why is it that TSA pre-check can’t simply process people without searching them at all? • Not everything…
Amazon Refuses to Post Review of “Ego Is The Enemy”
Apparently Amazon wants to protect some of its  best selling authors, and refused to print this review, so here it is to warn the rest of you: IT TAKES CHUTZPAH…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/23/17
I’ve been consulting for quite some time, and I’ve seen just about everything, but I’ve never seen anyone or any business cut their way to growth. And I imagine I’ll…
Come On, Man: They Don’t Want to Work for YOU
I find it more than ironic that employers are complaining (and the media exploiting) the belief that “people don’t want to come back to work,” or “everyone is looking for…
Where There’s A Microphone, Can An “Expert” Be Far Behind?
Have you noticed the surge in the use of the word “curation”? The actual definition is “selecting, organizing, and caring for items in an exhibit or collection.” It has also…
Rationality
The ACLU has filed an injunction against the Governor of Rhode Island who had issued an order to remove homeless people and their tents from the state house grounds. People…
Episode 30: The Discipline of Learning
How we’re not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times.  “How have you published so many books?” “How do you know that?” “How do you write so fast?” These are questions I get asked often. I have a…