Tom Peters
Tom Peters
Thomas J. "Tom" Petersis an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
doubt age brands
We are no doubt in the Great Age of the Brand.
white facts life-is
All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
games people support
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.
prejudice action management
Good managers have a bias for action.
america age aging
"Old" is definitely not cool in America. Never has been.
thinking design mark
Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.
thinking years giving
I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
book people fiction
I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.
cult-of-personality leader able
As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.
two people environmental
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
way pace world
The world has not just "turned upside down". It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
mistake punishment demand
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible...
sweat able mastery
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
nuts office clean-desk
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.