EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS. Tom Peters/Overview/18June2006

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EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS.Tom Peters/Overview/18June
2006
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Manhole Cover Madness and More .
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Chicagolands Mystery Disappearances
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THREE BILLION NEW CAPITALISTS Clyde Prestowitz
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One Singaporean worker costs as much
as 3 in Malaysia 8
in Thailand 13 in China
18 in India. Source The Straits
Times/2003
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Thaksinomics (after Thaksin Shinawatra, PM)/
Bangkok Fashion City managed asset reflation
(add to brand value of Thai textiles by
demonstrating flair and design
excellence)Source The Straits Times/2004
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Forget China, India and the Internet Economic
Growth Is Driven by Women. Headline,
Economist, April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14
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EXCELLENCE. THE MANDATE.
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If you dont like change, youre going to
like irrelevance even less. General Eric
Shinseki, Chief of Staff. U. S. Army
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It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change. Charles Darwin
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We are in a brawl with no rules. Paul Allaire
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Sams Secret 1!
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"I think it is very important for you to do two
things act on your temporary conviction as if it
was a real conviction and when you realize that
you are wrong, correct course very quickly.
Andy Grove
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We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were
omissions we didnt think of when we initially
wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it
over and over, again and again. We do the same
today. While our competitors are still sucking
their thumbs trying to make the design perfect,
were already on prototype version No. 5. By the
time our rivals are ready with wires and screws,
we are on version No. 10. It gets back to
planning versus acting We act from day one
others plan how to planfor months. Bloomberg
by Bloomberg
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This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is
amazing how few oil people really understand that
you only find oil if you drill wells. You may
think youre finding it when youre drawing maps
and studying logs, but you have to drill.
Source The Hunters, by John Masters, Canadian
O G wildcatter
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Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre
successes.Phil Daniels, Sydney exec
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Nelsons secret Other admirals more
frightened of losing than anxious to win
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EXCELLENCE. STARTERS.
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Radio City Music HallSeptember 2005
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Franchise Lost! TP How many of you 600
really crave a new Chevy?NYC/IIR/061205
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P.P.E.E.R.R.E.
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People.Product.Execution.Enthusiasm.Relentless
.Re-invent.Excellence.
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Did one of em ever turn to the other and say
Wow, I wonder what unimaginable new tools,
otherwise not possible, will be brought forth for
my daughter Alice, age 17, because of this deal?
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My (Less) Dinner with HenriJUSTWHATIZZITUMAKE?
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My (Less) Dinner with HenriJUST WHAT IS IT
YOU MAKE?
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EXCELLENCE. THE WORD.
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SynonymsPurityTranscendenceVirtueEleganceMaj
estyAntonymsMediocrity
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EXCELLENCE. GAMECHANGER.
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Excellence1982 The Bedrock Eight Basics 1. A
Bias for Action 2. Close to the Customer 3.
Autonomy and Entrepreneurship 4. Productivity
Through People 5. Hands On, Value-Driven 6. Stick
to the Knitting 7. Simple Form, Lean Staff 8.
Simultaneous Loose-Tight Properties
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What is In Search of Excellence all
aboutPeople. Emotion. Engagement.
Exuberance. Action-Execution. Empowerment.
Independence. Initiative. Imagination. Great
Stories. Incredible Adventures. Trust. Caring.
Fun. Joy. Customer-centrism. Profit. Growth.
Brand You. Dramatic Differences.
Experiences that Make You Gasp. Excellence.
Always.
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ExIn 1982-2002/Forbes.comDJIA 10,000 yields
85,000 EI 10,000 yields 140,050
Forbes/Excellence Index /Basket of 32
publicly traded stocks
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A Comment on Tom Peters in the Context of the
Reagan Revolution Tom Peters and Steve Jobs
did more to make business cool for the rest of
us than any others. Rich Karlgaard, publisher,
Forbes
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EXCELLENCE. CAUSES.ADVERSARIES.
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Causes/1966-2006 Im
plementation/Small Wins (Stanford GSB/PhD
thesis 1st on implementation per
se) EXCELLENCE (as a worthy business
pursuit) Management Style/Corporate Culture Soft
Ss/7-S (Waterman-Peters complete business
model waaaaay beyond Strategy
Structure) Structure gt Strategy (We shape our
structures, then they shape us Churchillian
paraphrase) Soft Change Levers (gt structure
symbols, patterns settings) Close to the
Customer (novel idea, circa 1982) MBWA (Managing
By Wandering Aroundcourtesy a much more
intimate than today HP) Productivity through
People (novel idea, circa 1982) Chaos/Crazy Times
Call for Crazy Organizations Middle-sized
companies are cool Re-imagine!/Innovate or
Die! Small-ish/Scale Synergy limits-delusions/an
ti-Big Mergers
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Causes/1966-2006 Women/Mark
et opportunity Women/Leaders (right for the
times) Design/Design-as-soul Wow! (Hot
language) Weird! Passion!/Enthusiasm!/Exuberance!
(as Leader Lever 1) Brand You (or else) PSF
Bedrock (add value or bustevery group must
demonstrate economic viability) PSF Brand You
WOW Projects New Biz Logic Sales/R gt -C
(increasing revenue more important than cutting
cost) HealthCare/Wellness-Safety-H5N1 Brand
Talent (best roster wins) New VA
Ladder/Products-Services-SOLUTIONS-EXPERIENCES-DRE
AMKETING (Dream Marketing)-LOVEMARK Different gt gt
Better Boomers Geezers/marketing to new
mega-segment
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Hardball Are You Playing to Play or Playing to
Win? by George Stalk Rob Lachenauer/HBS
PressThe winners in business have always
played hardball. Unleash massive and
overwhelming force. Exploit anomalies.
Threaten your competitors profit sanctuaries.
Entice your competitor into retreat.Approximat
ely 640 Index entries Customer/s (service,
retention, loyalty), 4. People (employees,
motivation, morale, worker/s), 0. Innovation
(product development, research development, new
products), 0.
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M.I.A. Talk. (Present.) Listen. (Interview.)
Sell. (Life Sales.) Do. (Execution-Implementatio
n.) Talent. (Recruit-Develop-Retain.) Project
Management. (Create. Solicit support. Execution.
Adoption-Client Culture Change.) Product.
(It.) Innovation. (Design. Creativity.
Buzz-building. Politics.) Leadership. (USMA,
etc.) E.Q. (Connect.) Culture Change. (Lasting
impact.) Diversity. (Cross-cultural
Effectiveness.) Career Creation. (Brand You
life-lifestyle.) Wellness. (Life.) B.Schools
(M.I.A. or at most B.I.A.barely in action)
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Adversaries B-schools (crappy at soft skills,
implementation, leadership) Strategy-is-all By-the
-numbers management Dis-passionate
management Focus groups Intuition
discounted Leading as an intellectual
task Leading without passion Cool language in Hot
times Dilbert (accepting cubicle slavery) Bigness
per se (severe scale limitationseven at
Microsoft) White guys! (not really, but enough
already) 18-44 emphasis in marketing (geezers gt
youth for foreseeable future) -Cost gt Revenue
(cost cutting more important than organic revenue
growth) CI (continuous improvement in an age of
discontinuous world) LESS THAN THE
NO-HOLDS-BARRED PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
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EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS.
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Why in the world did you go to Siberia?
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The Peters Principles Enthusiasm. Emotion.
Excellence. Energy. Excitement. Service. Growth.
Creativity. Imagination. Vitality. Joy.
Surprise. Independence. Spirit. Community.
Limitless human potential. Diversity. Profit.
Innovation. Design. Quality. Entrepreneurialism.
Wow.
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Business (at its best) An emotional, vital,
innovative, joyful, creative, entrepreneurial
endeavor that elicits maximum concerted human
potential in the wholehearted service of
others.Excellence. Always.Employees,
Customers, Suppliers, Communities, Owners,
Temporary partners
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Business The Ultimate Creative Endeavor.
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Business The Ultimate Personal
Development-Growth Experience.
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Business The Ultimate Transcendent Service
Opportunity.
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EXCELLENCE. YOU ME.
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In Toms world, its always better to try a swan
dive and deliver a colossal belly flop than to
step timidly off the board while holding your
nose. Fast Company /October2003
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This is the true joy of Life, the being used for
a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one
the being a force of Nature instead of a
feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and
grievances complaining that the world will not
devote itself to making you happy. GB
Shaw/Man and Superman
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My only goal is to have no goals. The goal,
every time, is that film, that very moment.
Bernardo Bertolucci
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in a pretty and
well-preserved bodybut rather a skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
and loudly proclaiming, Wow, what a ride!
anon.
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THE END.