Episode 150: The Doorman
Who's minding the store and how are customers being handled? Initial impressions are important, and so are final impressions.
Episode 149: Me or Your Lying Eyes?
Do you want to believe the propaganda or what you see? People want to continue their lives—and people are willing to make adjustments to do so.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 08/05/20
Today's word: pertinacious.
Episode 146: Masked Selfishness
Pretending that not wearing a mask represents control is like claiming that not vaccinating your children isn't really stupid. Since when does freedom mean recklessness?
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/27/2020
"Normal" means conforming to what is typical and expected. Consequently, "new normal" means absolutely nothing to me, and waiting to "return to normal" makes waiting for Godot seem to be a far superior, short-term satisfaction. No matter what has happened or
Episode 145: Scrub-A-Dub
Can we and should we really try to scrub away past sins and shameful history, or try to learn from them? When you grant special favors, you don't equalize, you create more inequality with the perception of inferiority.
Episode 143: Overreactions
The doom loop of polarization and overreactions, and why I can't win unless you lose. The problem with overreactions is that they cause a further escalation of overreactions.