Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/28/2023
Many years ago I was asked to consult with the commanding officers of Clark Air Base in the Philippines. It was there that a colonel explained what the difference was between “efficient” and “effective. “If you want us to destroy a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/21/2023
(My internet is down as I’m writing this, so please be patient with any errors or lateness.) “Elasticity” it the ability of something to resume its normal shape after being stretched out of that shape. We can also call it “adaptability.” And
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/14/2023
I host sessions of value for people for relatively low prices and open to a large number, or relatively high prices and restricted to relatively few. I believe that to maintain a strong brand, you have to appear in person
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/07/2023
I don't usually do this, but the Memo this week is a reprint of my August 4 blog post. I'm interested in the wisdom of my Monday Morning readers about this. I believe in good grooming. I think most people take care of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/31/2023
It’s a rough morning here on the Nantucket beach in front of our house, and the lifeguards have a strange flag up: half yellow and half red. I think it means, “Swim at your own risk because we’re not coming
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/24/2023
Do you remember “ethnic humor”? At Rutgers, our 4 pm Western Civ class (remember “Western Civ?!) was always ten minutes or so late as the professor hurried across campus. One of our class members would stand in front of the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/17/2023
In the late 19th Century, the Luddites protested the beginnings of automation in the vast mills because people would lose their jobs. In the late 20th Century the taxi industry protested in the streets because of the acceptance of Uber, and drivers
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/10/2023
Kicking the can down the road: Sound familiar? The phrase, meaning to put off decisions and work until a later time, actually gained currency in the 1980s (prior to that it was applied to a children’s game). Literally, of course, you
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/03/2023
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/26/2023
We were able to drive from Rhode Island to Point Pleasant, NJ last Saturday in 3 hours 20 minutes, a personal best. (Rolls Royces have a significant design flaw in that the passenger, my wife Maria, can see the speedometer.
