Posts by Tom Peters
The Practice of Excellence
Limits Thereto. Or Not? by Tom Peters As you doubtless know, one of my signature phrases is… EXCELLENCE. Always. I mean it! But what does it mean? Someone joked, “Excellence in leadership! Excellence in innovation! Excellence in management! Excellence in excellence!” That is, the phrase can readily be reduced to meaninglessness or even absurdity. Fact…
Read MoreInnovate or Die – Tactics #73-114 of 114
If the numbering in this post doesn’t seem to jive with yesterday’s, that’s because the list of 110 tactics seems to have grown in the course of the week; we’ve adjusted accordingly. Adhocracy. Love It or Leave It. Projects “emerge.” Recall “spontaneous discovery process,” our item #3. Most projects invent themselves, rather than being the…
Read MoreInnovate or Die – Tactics #43-72 of 110
This is the third of four parts of the list of 110 Innovation Tactics. Click here to view Part One – Innovation Tactics #1-16 Click here to view Part Two – Innovation Tactics #17-42 Celebration! Celebrate! Innovative organizations are places where people enjoy their peers’ work, good tries, good screw-ups, milestones reached, etc. Celebrating these…
Read MoreInnovate or Die – Tactics #17-42 of 110
This is the second of four parts of the list of 110 Innovation Tactics. Click here to view Part One – Innovation Tactics #1-16 We Are What We Eat. (And Who We Hang Out With.) Hang out/”We are what we eat” We are what we eat/We are who we co-habit with, and variants thereof are…
Read MoreInnovate or Die – Tactics #1-16 of 110
Recession or no recession, deep recession or not, the challenge to add more and more value grows, and the importance of innovation, and a culture of innovation, grows exponentially. A “culture of innovation” covers “everything.” There is no halfway. There, of course, are “first principles.” Or are there? I started a list of “stuff” that’s…
Read MoreAnnouncing our Newest Contributor – Tom Peters
We are happy to announce our newest contributor to Blogging Innovation – management guru and best-selling author – Tom Peters. In the weeks to come, we will be bringing you the best of Tom Peters’ thinking on innovation and other topics relevant to Blogging Innovation’s mission to make innovation and marketing insights accessible for the…
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