Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/13/2023
There are rants and rages today about “science” and accepting or rejecting it. Of course, one person’s “science” is often about personal beliefs and opinions, supported by the confirmation bias of the internet. I remember when Mensa had a Loch Ness
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/13/2023
When I was in high school a friend gave me a ride in hot weather. He had the windows down, since few people in my neighborhood could afford air conditioning. He pointed to someone driving by and said, out of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/30/2023
We’re sitting at the pool at the W Hotel South Beach (Miami). A few feet from us a girl about 8 years old is calling to her father, who’s sitting behind us with his wife and older daughter. The girl is
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/23/2023
The Times reported this weekend that union particpation in the US is at an all-time low of 10 percent of employees—and a great deal of that is among higher unionization in the public sector, such as the post office, air traffic control, and
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/16/2023
I’m sitting here wondering about what to write. But it’s not what you might think. I’m not trying to come up with a subject. I’m trying to “cull” from a plethora of topics. Michelangelo famously said that he created the magnificent
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/10/2022
The unemployment rate is around four percent, which is almost at pre-pandemic levels, and most economists consider this full employment because those still unemployed are the chronically unemployed. The stock market, in a bumpy but steady trajectory, is progressing upwards, having
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/03/2022
The Babylonians, about 4,000 years ago, began recorded New Year’s celebrations. Theirs was on the vernal equinox, March 21, when the day had equal amounts of light and darkness. Hammurabi, he of the great laws, didn’t rule Babylon until 2,000
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/27/2021
Have you ever been really angry on occasion? I have. Sometimes it’s because I’ve lost something I need immediately, or I’ve tripped and hurt myself out of my own clumsiness. Sometimes it’s because someone has let me down or actually
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/20/2021
Well, Christmas is here on Saturday. In a rare trip away during the holidays, we’ll be in LA meeting our newest granddaughter for the first time. We’ll celebrate Christmas at Midnight Mass at a church near our hotel on the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/13/2021
My wife, TLM (the lovely Maria), is awaiting her second hip replacement, after having had one of those previously, as well as two knee replacements. I’m rebuilding her from the bottom up. She’s been a real trooper, and has delayed