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Dispatch from Saudi Arabia

John Kamensky wrote 1 month ago: I’m in Riyadh this week, blogging from afar at a conference on public administration.  The exo … more →

Tags: Performance-Management, reinventing government, Reinvention, Steve Kelman, Saudi Arabia, Institute of Public Administrataion, Tom Peters, David Osborne, Jonathan Breul

TILTING AT WINDMILLS IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

tombrezsny wrote 1 month ago: There are interludes that arise, while peering through the glass darkly, when I find myself looking … more →

Tags: Real Estate Of Mind Articles, Real Estate, real estate in the last millennium, the art of the deal, Tilting at Windmills, Snail-mail, Luddite, history of real estate, real estate agent as mid wife

"Nobody Knows Anything" -- Maybe Including Management Consultants

Randy Mayeux wrote 1 month ago: One of the ongoing discussions that I am having, in my own head and with others, is just how reliabl … more →

Tags: Randy's blog entries, Jim Collins, Good To Great, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan, Tom Peters, Robert Waterman, how the mighty fall, Matthew Stewart

Trying to change a 20th century corporate culture? Where should you start?2 comments

cdgrams wrote 2 months ago: When I talk about the culture that we’ve built at Red Hat over the years around the principles … more →

Tags: Culture, 20th century corporation, 21st century corporation, Duke, Fortune, fortune cookie, Gary Hamel, Google, Harvard Business Review

Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us

jischinger wrote 2 months ago: okay, if we can’t eat um maybe they can come up with few good ideas… At a little noticed … more →

Tags: bad democrats, Books, Business, Computers, Congress, GREAT IDEAS, health, History, Justice

Stick to the knitting

Stephen Rhodes wrote 2 months ago: By Stephen Rhodes I love to cook. Not every day mind you. I like  to plan unusual meals, take time t … more →

Tags: Stephen Rhodes, Tom Peters

Calling Tom Peters

proverbialhill wrote 3 months ago: “I’ve been working for 11 straight hours, and I’m frustrated too!” The woman … more →

Tags: Management, Customer Service, Call Center, Phone center, Tom Peters, phone tree, customers, Supervisor, Supervision

Loving the Product

bookgoddess wrote 3 months ago: Many years ago I read In Search of Excellence, the landmark leadership book by Tom Peters.  He write … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, librarians, West Palm Beach Public Library, Tom Peters, library currents

How the Mighty fall (Jim Collin's new book)1 comment

fredzimny wrote 6 months ago: Image via Wikipedia Poste found on Jim Collin’s new book. Look like the author has read S. Cov … more →

Tags: Vision, visionaries, vision things, trends, Books, Good To Great, Hedgehog Concept, jim collin, Tom Peters, Vision, Ways of Seeing

Q #43: How reliable are theories about how “excellent” companies that are “built to last” eventually became “great”?1 comment

Bob Morris wrote 7 months ago: In this series, Bob Morris poses a key question and then responds to it with material from one or mo … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Business Books, Jim Collins, Good To Great, Tom Peters, Robert Waterman, Jerry Porras, Built to Last, McKinsey

11 Questions about Alan Webber’s 52 Rules of Thumb2 comments

innovatorsnetwork wrote 9 months ago: In his new book, Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business without Losing Yourself, Alan Web … more →

Tags: Innovation, alan webber, business innovation, leadership, Japan Society, U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, Fast Company, obama, Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business witho

TPM: GSPI Experience

reyadel wrote 11 months ago: Total Productive Maintenance [TPM] was developed by Seiichi Nakajima, Vice Chairman of the Japan Ins … more →

Tags: Philippines, Management, Steel Manufacturing, POM, Readings, maintenance, 'Global' Chronicles, National Steel Corporation, GSPI

Revisiting 101 Greatest Ideas in Management: Lore & Insights

reyadel wrote 11 months ago: This continues the post on Auren Uris’ 1986 book: 101 Greatest Ideas in Management reviewing m … more →

Tags: Philippines, Management, Steel Manufacturing, POM, Readings, Corporate Culture, 101 Greatest Ideas in Management, Auren Uris, Grapevine

The 21st Century is the Future

Laura wrote 1 year ago: The thing about reading a lot of business/management classics, which I’ve been doing lately, i … more →

Tags: Organizations, bias to action, Social Media, getting real

Feedback - Positive Reinforcement Revisited

Laura wrote 1 year ago: The feedback post from a few weeks ago has been on my mind, as I keep looking for texts or examples … more →

Tags: Organizations, Management, Feedback, positive feedback, positive reinforcement

Focus on the Customer

Curley & Pynn - The Strategic Firm wrote 1 year ago: by Roger Pynn Libraries are chock full of books – In Search of Excellence, The One Minute Mana … more →

Tags: Focus on Customers, Good To Great, newspaper business, One Minute Manager

In search of Excellence

Rohit wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Life, Management, McKinsey 7S Model, Seven S Framework

Monday Morning Motivator: Tom Peters - Gain Respect By Giving It1 comment

Peter A. Mello wrote 1 year ago: Way back around the time I was launching my business career, two McKinsey & Company management c … more →

Tags: Work, Values, Vision, experience?, leadership, Tom Peters, McKinsey, Management

Employment: A Prison or a Partnership?

hredgeinc wrote 1 year ago: Business owners that I work with regularly comment… “Ten or twenty years ago, the bad ne … more →

Tags: Human Resources, HR Compliance, Employee Relations, afl-cio, Built to Last, Change to Win Coalition, EEOC, employee partners, employee partnerships


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