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 a natural courtesy, probably stemming from the fact that most
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/11/16
Long ago, I discovered to my shock that clients were stunned by common sense. No intricate models, no "needs analyses," no six-month projects. ("A consultant is someone who arrives to study a problem and then stays to become part of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/4/16
Independence Day marks the day (roughly, it was actually July 2) that the Continental Congress declared the thirteen colonies legally separate from Great Britain. It was the vote, not the actuality (independence was formally obtained by the Treaty of Paris
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/27/16
The British have opted to leave the European Community. That's their right. No one reading this knows what the consequences will be, positive or negative. Yet the very act has highlighted the polarization that has become our modern manifesto, our
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/20/16
Well, here we are facing Brexit, and whether Britain will remain in the European Community. Disaster, of course, is being predicted either way by the Chicken Littles of the world. The polls seem to sway with the wind. Funny thing about
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/13/16
I'm a huge believer in positive psychology, positve self-talk, abudance thinking, and building self-esteem. I've seen people fail to enjoy life (and contribute to it) because they have a scarcity mentality. A great many actors, while posing with the Oscar
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/6/16
Mohammed Ali made the rare transition from a man who was reviled to a man who was loved. He was a great athlete and a great showman. His relationship with Howard Cossell was a unique sports/media tandem. Ali was a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/30/16
In May of 1868, three years after the conclusion of the American Civil War, General John Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, asked that we “remember those lost….by gathering around their sacred remains to garland the passionless
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/23/16
Why do people count typos and pronouns? (You used "he" twice as much as "she"!) Why is it they feel compelled to tell you? And why do they tell you not in conjunction with commenting on your subject matter, but
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/16/16
I'm in Budapest at the conclusion of our Danube cruise, ensconsed in the Four Seasons confronting the river. The people here tell me their national anthem is a dirge which they hate, because it pleads with God to give them
