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Tom Peters


American
November 7, 1942
Businessman
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Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.


Tom Peters
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
Tom Peters
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.


Tom Peters
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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
Tom Peters
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If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years.


Tom Peters
Tags: You Really Want
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.


Tom Peters
I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.
Tom Peters
South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
Tom Peters
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
Tom Peters
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Tom Peters
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Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
Tom Peters
For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.
Tom Peters
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.
Tom Peters