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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.

Tom Peters

Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Ideas Passion People
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Business Design Poor Process Quality
We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
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Age Digital Space
The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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Accelerating Pace Way World
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Prototype Reign Work
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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Able Mastery Remorse Sweat
South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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Challenges Competition Tools
Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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Business Country Numbers Power Risk
The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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Defend Thing Worse Yesterday
The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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Average Differences Imagination
Hire attitude train skills.
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Attitude Skills Train
Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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Devil Entrepreneur Phones
Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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Initiatives Manufacturing Reach Reputation
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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Inspirational Opportunity Success
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.
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Ambiguity Era Flaws Mars Unprecedented Volatility
Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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Believe Friends Ideas

Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.

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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.

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