Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/27/2020
I have this habit of deconstructing success. I think it was prompted when Mercedes-Benz was my client, and I learned about their technique of obtaining competitors’ cars and “reverse engineering” them, to understand how they created their product. I find that
Episode 119: Critics
Why they're important some of the time only, and the worst, most dangerous critic of all. There are no statues in the park dedicated to critics.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 01/22/20
Today's word: laconic.
Episode 118: Why We Believe What We Believe
Sometimes it's hard to believe what we choose to believe, and here's why. We need to stop confirming what we'd like to believe, and start confirming what the facts tell us we should believe.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/13/2020
This was a week of escape. Carlos Ghosn, an arrogant, profligate businessman who led a life of nearly unrivaled opulence, was spirited out of Japan in a plebian box otherwise used for concert equipment. But his treatment by what is
Episode 117: Limited Responses
Why it's negligent not to be ready for the most common responses. A lot of us are blowing it because we're not prepared.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 01/08/20
Today's word: claustral.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/06/2020
The sole American highspeed train, the Acela, is capable of 186 MPH, but can only manage about 150 MPH and then only on three sections of track in the total 460 miles from Boston to Washington, DC. That’s because the
