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. Tom Peters More Quotes by Tom Peters More Quotes From Tom Peters Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers. Tom Peters vision able excellence Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too! Tom Peters peter leader principles The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers. Tom Peters office white blue Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework. Tom Peters writing book ideas Rewards should go to teams as a whole. Tom Peters rewards teamwork should Life is too short for non-WOW projects. Tom Peters life-is-too-short wow projects We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc. Tom Peters havoc innovation doors Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles. Tom Peters bazookas rifles vision Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers. Tom Peters tempted vision numbers Brand inside is more important than brand outside for sustained success. Tom Peters brands important success How do you humiliate and demean someone and then expect him or her to care about product quality. Tom Peters quality products care We are no doubt in the Great Age of the Brand. Tom Peters brands age doubt Only pissed-off people change the world. Tom Peters pissed-off people world I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop. Tom Peters passion coffee kids I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the same: If I can get one case study that can give me one good idea that I can implement for $25, or for these days one-third of that on Kindle, I've gotten a very good deal. Tom Peters book people ideas Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition. Tom Peters rap leader decision Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it. Tom Peters inspirational lying thinking Effective visions are lived in details, not broad strokes. Tom Peters broads details vision What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do. Tom Peters important One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period Tom Peters size fit periods