Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Nearly 100% of innovation-from business to politics-is inspired not by "market analysis" but by people who are supremely pissed off by the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The principal reason, invariably, most "successful" giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Change is not so much about being the first one to embrace a new idea, but being the first to forget an… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image