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
trying experts screw-ups
In today's economy there are no experts, no 'best and brightest' with all the answers. It's up to each one of us. The only way to screw up is to not try anything.
loyalty trying corporations
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
excellence trying
Do it, fix it, try it.
trying stuff way
But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
Now that we have this opportunity, we need to get with the program. (We've) no idea how long it will last,
biggest community excellent focused problems search thousand thousands three
One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people.
amount consulting supposed
'In Search of Excellence' was an afterthought, the runt of the McKinsey consulting litter, a hip-pocket project that was never supposed to amount to much.
equally
My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously.
carefully designed theory work wrote
I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.
appreciation approval applause
Appreciation, applause, approval, respect - we all love it!
athlete way crafts
The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
amount money paying
We'll be paying the same amount of money for tickets,
charge design dog team
My charge to the design team was for them to do the meanest, scrappiest, street-fighting dog they could sketch.
sounds
I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.