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.
TOM PETERSLeaders 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.
TOM PETERSFact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
TOM PETERSHe who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
TOM PETERSAccept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
TOM PETERSA completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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 PETERSNow that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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 PETERSBe guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
TOM PETERSIt may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
TOM PETERSBusiness ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
TOM PETERSIf 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 PETERSMastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
TOM PETERSSuccess requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
TOM PETERSI still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
TOM PETERSThe common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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