Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/2/25
If we can put people on the moon and try to send them to Mars, why can’t we… ….build a toaster that can toast a bagel in less than a day and a half? ….use retinal scanning to allow citizens to pass
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/26/25
(Above: Normandy, photos by Maria Weiss) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/19/25
There were 67,000 pedestrians injured by vehicles last year, and another 7,500 deaths. That's an 11% increase over the prior year. Saturday evening my wife and I were driving from church to our regular restaurant, with the top down and excellent visibility, when
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/12/25
The odds were better for the biggest longshot in the Kentucky Derby. An American has become Pope. It was said that no American could become Pope because the church wouldn’t vest its power in someone from a Super Power. I would
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/5/25
We’ve recently seen six privileged women go briefly into orbit. All are media stars in one form or another, they designed their own suits for the venture, and they were weightless for about 15 minutes, sang songs on descent, and
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/28/25
“Objectivity” means that someone or some source is, presumably, unbiased and basing opinions, advice, and actions on empirical evidence. Easy to say, harder to do. I’ve always been an independent voter. I don’t vote for single issues, but for the entire
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/21/25
Instead of tariffs, I’m going to talk about tolerance. Instead of fighting, about forgiveness. And instead of arms, accountability. Yesterday was a rare day in that it was the final day of Passover, which some consider the holiest holiday of Judaism,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/14/25
I’ve done a great deal of consulting involving “empowering” workforces (today often called “agency”). I define “empowerment” as having control over the decisions that influence the outcome of your work. I devised a “playing field” metaphor, that showed the boundaries
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/7/25
I hope you’ll allow me the freedom NOT to comment at the moment on the tariffs, recriminations, court filings, and the prospect of Doomsday. What I’d prefer to focus on is making you effective, prosperous, and positive under any conditions. And
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/31/25
How’s your ego? “Ego” is usually and colloquially identified as a sense of self-esteem. In psychology it’s that aspect of the mind that referees between the conscious and unconscious and tests for reality and personal identity. (I’m not going into “id”
