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Tom Peters
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
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Baltimore
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of religious belief, learning, and wealth. It was cheaper andeasier for people to come to the collection than for the collection, or parts of the collection, to go to thepeople.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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Formula for success: Underpromise and overachieve.
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My half-baked reading of history is that we continue to go through these waves of entrepreneurial explosion followed by merger mania and consolidation. Out of that come big sluggish companies that eventually collapse under the weight of what they've created, and are killed off by the next wave of entrepreneurs.
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When it comes to e-book playback devices and software, I have always thought that the emphasis on ergonomic concerns as a tipping point for the end-user population was misplaced.
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Change is not so much about being the first one to embrace a new idea, but being the first to forget an old one
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Champions are pioneers, and pioneers get shot at. The companies that get the most from champions, therefore, are those that have rich support network so their pioneers will flourish. This point is so important it's hard to overstress. No support systems, no champions. No champions, no innovations.
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Now that gigabytes of accessible, malleable information can be carried in one's pocket, we probably will start to see some widespread shifts and trends in how and where people interact with digital documents.
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The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.
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It's relatively simple. If we're not getting more, better, faster than they are getting more, better, faster, then we're getting less, no better or more worse.
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To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that overcome such irregularities-don't bother telling that to a consultant. Hence, we should embrace the real, nonrational, nonlinear world with vigor and glee-and develop enterprise and career strategies accordingl
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If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?
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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven't figured it out yet.
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Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
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Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.
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OLD: Be No.1 or No.2 in Your Market. NEW: Find a Niche, Create Something New.
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For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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