A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
TOM PETERSA vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
TOM PETERSHire disrespectful people.
TOM PETERSBold botches are to be cherished.
TOM PETERSBecome a “learning organization”. Shuck your arrogance – “if it isn’t our idea, it can’t be that good” – and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
TOM PETERSI’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
TOM PETERSPortability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
TOM PETERSTo meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
TOM PETERSUltimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
TOM PETERSOne simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
TOM PETERSVision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
TOM PETERSProgress is mostly the product of rogues.
TOM PETERSTRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
TOM PETERSThe common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
TOM PETERSLeaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
TOM PETERSMake an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
TOM PETERSA completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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