Synopsis
The Uncomfortable Truth is a twice-monthly broadcast from The Rock Star of Consulting, Alan Weiss, who holds forth with his best (and often most contrarian) ideas about society, culture, business, and personal growth. His 60+ books in 12 languages, and his travels to, and work in, 50 countries contribute to a fascinating and often belief-challenging 20 minutes that might just change your next 20 years.
Episodes
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Episode 234 - Customers Are Always In The Way
07/04/2022 Duration: 08minAn examination of the best and the worst customer service, and the fallacy of the problem being the Great Resignation.
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Episode 233 - What The Hell Is So Important?
31/03/2022 Duration: 05minExcuse me, I'd like to continue, but I really have to take this
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Episode 232 - The Coffee Shop
24/03/2022 Duration: 06minThe difference between excellent and indifferent service is often a matter of who owns what.
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Episode 231 - What Is Leadership
17/03/2022 Duration: 05minI'll define what leadership is and isn't, and you can decide whether you see it or not.
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Episode 230 - Ukraine
10/03/2022 Duration: 03minOn the horrors of socialism and communism and the fallacies thereof.
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Episode 228 - Open Mike
24/02/2022 Duration: 06minWhere we study the recent "whoops" from Whoopi Goldberg and the sources of "shut up and sing."
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Episode 227 - I'll Take The Retroactive Loan Forgiveness, Please
17/02/2022 Duration: 05minWherein we examine why loan forgiveness for student debt is applicable today, but not before, and doesn't apply to those who paid out of their own pockets.
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Episode 225 - Ipso Facto
03/02/2022 Duration: 05minWherein we discuss completely objective opinions on recent obviousities.
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Episode 224 - Living In Another World
27/01/2022 Duration: 08minWherein we examine the extent to which celebrity trumps common sense and social obligation. Oh, yea: and ethics.
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Episode 222 - American Airlines
13/01/2022 Duration: 08minA request for Charles Lindbergh to return or common sense appear.
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Episode 219 - The Grinch
23/12/2021 Duration: 03minThe people who steal your oxygen and your energy. Move away. Have yourself a merry little Christmas.
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Episode 220 - Rules
23/12/2021 Duration: 05minWhy rules are important for the dynamic of conformity and creativity. It's not what you think.
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Episode 217 - Grammar
09/12/2021 Duration: 03minWhy he should have ran faster but thunk better of it when he come to his senses.
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Episode 216 - Riot
02/12/2021 Duration: 07minA mob is a mob, but perhaps we can better learn the need to understand each other without storming a building.
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Episode 215 - Eggshells And Mine Fields
25/11/2021 Duration: 04minYou can see eggshells, but not mines. However, maybe the worst is coming to an end