All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
TOM PETERSAll white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
TOM PETERSExecution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
TOM PETERSThe 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 PETERSTreat the customer as an appreciating asset.
TOM PETERSWhat gets measured gets done.
TOM PETERSWe often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
TOM PETERSLists simplify, clarify, edify.
TOM PETERSPortability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
TOM PETERS…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
TOM PETERSLeaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
TOM PETERSAlmost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
TOM PETERSSorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
TOM PETERSIt doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
TOM PETERSSomething 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
TOM PETERSAuthority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
TOM PETERSUsage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is remarkably diverse and widespread.
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