Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/28/2020
I consulted with the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC for two years or so, helping them with strategy and providing their 50,000 members with more value. They also asked that I keynote their annual conference. We were lodged at
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/21/2020
At the time of Christ’s death, there were 12 Apostles. About 350 years later, there were 30 million Christians. This occurred amidst a known population of under 200 million. That’s a growth rate that statisticians find amazing. The support of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/14/2020
I was driving out of my property yesterday morning and I encountered a man in a brown suit, brown tie, and brown fedora walking down the road typing on his phone. Since we live on a circle, and I didn't
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/07/2020
I've been observing (it's cheap, available, and gives me material) the actions and behaviors of people as we proceed through uncharted waters. Advice on Linkedin, for example, comes in the form of an avalanche of self-produced videos which tend to
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/31/2020
Let's take a break from elections, protests, and disease this week and talk about business. Small business, in particular, the kind that some of you are running and the kind we all interact with daily. Small businesses create ALL the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/24/2020
We returned from Nantucket Friday evening. We departed on August 8. Four days prior to that, the governor of Massachusetts dropped a bombshell and informed everyone from Rhode Island that we'd need proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/02/2019
In his book, Factfulness, the late Hans Rosling told the story of an intern who nearly lost her arm when she placed it between closing elevator doors in an Asian country. After the emergency was averted, she explained that in