...high end does not necessarily equal high price. It's a matter of attitude. Tom Peters More Quotes by Tom Peters More Quotes From Tom Peters Nothing good or great can be done in the absence of enthusiasm. Tom Peters doneenthusiasmabsence Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time. Tom Peters learningteachingmatter We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy. Tom Peters conformityreformteaching The most important and visible outcropping of the action bias in excellent companies is their willingness to try things out, to experiment. If you wait until you believe you are safe, sure to be without occasional foolish feelings, you've most likely waited too long. Tom Peters waitinglongbelieve Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal style" was their "brand." ("It" starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team. Sorry to be politically insensitive, but who would give a hoot about Tibet if it weren't for the look and style of the Dalai Lama?) Boss at any level: You're either on the "it" boat-or not. Tom Peters teamleadershipsorry Winston Churchill said that appetite was the most important thing about education. Leadership guru Warren Bennis says he wants to be remembered as 'curious to the end.' David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity 'about every subject under the sun.' Tom Peters curiosityleadershipeducation 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. Tom Peters support-systemschampionbusiness It boils down to studenthood-in-perpetuity / curiosity-in-perpetuity / applied fanatic restlessness. That is, a belief that life is ONE BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE. Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind - and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered. The results: an exponentially increased ability to tune up / reinvent / WOW-ize today's project at work. Tom Peters curiosityeducationwork In McKinsey's world, all of life is one of two things: strategy or organization. Tom Peters organizationtwoworld Who comes first? Don't be silly, says King Hal; it's employees. That is - and this dear Watson, is elementary - if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first. Tom Peters businesskingssilly Who, precisely, are your Dreamers? Are their Dreams in Technicolor? Do you allow their most Outrageous Dreams to be seen in public? Tom Peters dreamerbusinessdream Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do. But "enterprise" ( a lovely word ) is about heart. About beauty. It's about art. About people throwing themselves on the line. It's about passion and the selfless pursuit of an ideal. Tom Peters creativitypassionart I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the new economy. And I know we'd better figure out the answer to my question-quick. Tom Peters imaginationanswersmean Start by identifying the qualities or characteristics that make you distinctive from your competitors - or your colleagues. What have you done lately - this week - to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait? Tom Peters weekqualitydone 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. Tom Peters religiousbookpeople One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being. Tom Peters tributelovelypay Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead. Tom Peters corporationsloyaltytrying The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone. Tom Peters demandinnovationtasks Train everyone lavishly. You can't overspend on training. Tom Peters trainingbusinessmanagement If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity. Tom Peters marserasflaws
