Tom Peters

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Tom Peters Health(care) Excellence The
Relentless Pursuit of Dramatic Difference!Part
II/Version TwoLeaders in Healthcare/Dubai/22Janu
ary2006
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Part I Healthcare ManifestoPart II Getting
It Done!
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Slides at tompeters.com
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Period!
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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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Pathetic!
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I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs
seeking escape from life within huge corporate
structures, How do I build a small firm for
myself? The answer seems obvious Buy a very
large one and just wait. Paul Ormerod, Why
Most Things Fail Evolution, Extinction and
Economics
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Franchise Lost! TP How many of you 600
really crave a new Chevy?NYC/IIR/061205
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This is not a mature category.
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This is an undistinguished category.
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It Can Be Done!
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A focus on cost-cutting and efficiency has
helped many organizations weather the downturn,
but this approach will ultimately render them
obsolete. Only the constant pursuit of innovation
can ensure long-term success. Daniel Muzyka,
Dean, Sauder School of Business, Univ of British
Columbia (FT/09.17.04)
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Under his former boss, Jack Welch, the skills GE
prized above all others were cost-cutting,
efficiency and deal-making. What mattered was the
continual improvement of operations, and that
mindset helped the 152 billion industrial and
finance behemoth become a marvel of earnings
consistency. Immelt hasnt turned his back on the
old ways. But in his GE, the new imperatives are
risk-taking, sophisticated marketing and, above
all, innovation. BW/032805
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Value innovation is about making the
competition irrelevant by creating uncontested
market space. We argue that beating the
competition within the confines of the existing
industry is not the way to create profitable
growth. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne (INSEAD),
from Blue Ocean Strategy (The Times/London)
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It Can Be Done!
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415/SqFt798/SqFt
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2/50
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Experience Rebel Lifestyle!What we sell is
the ability for a 43-year-old accountant to dress
in black leather, ride through small towns and
have people be afraid of him.Harley exec,
quoted in Results-Based Leadership
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7X. 730A-800P. F12A.93-03/10 yr annual
return CB 29 WM 17 HD 16. Mkt Cap 48
p.a.
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4 days/week
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Just Say No to Better!
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GH (TP) Get better vs Get different
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Great Companies SET THE AGENDA. (Period.)
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Up, Up, Up, Up,Up the Value-added Ladder.
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Solve It!
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And the M Stands for ?Gerstners IBM
Systems Integrator of choice. (BW) IBM Global
Services 55B
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Big Browns New Bag UPS Aims to Be the Traffic
Manager for Corporate America Headline/BW/07.19.
2004
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Instant Infrastructure GE Becomes a General
Store for Developing Countries headline/
NYT/07.16.05
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Experience it!
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Experiences are as distinct from services as
services are from goods.Joseph Pine James
Gilmore, The Experience Economy Work Is Theatre
Every Business a Stage
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Club Med is more than just a resort its a
means of rediscovering oneself, of inventing an
entirely new me. Source Jean-Marie Dru,
Disruption
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The Experience LadderExperiences
ServicesGoods Raw Materials
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The Experience LadderExperiences
Gamechanging Solutions ServicesGoods Raw
Materials
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Dream it!
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DREAM A dream is a complete moment in the life
of a client. Important experiences that tempt the
client to commit substantial resources. The
essence of the desires of the consumer. The
opportunity to help clients become what they want
to be. Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni
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Experience LadderDreams Come True Awesome
ExperiencesGamechanging SolutionsServicesGoods
Raw Materials
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The sun is setting on the Information
Societyeven before we have fully adjusted to its
demands as individuals and as companies. We have
lived as hunters and as farmers, we have worked
in factories and now we live in an
information-based society whose icon is the
computer. We stand facing the fifth kind of
society the Dream Society. Future products
will have to appeal to our hearts, not to our
heads. Now is the time to add emotional value to
products and services. Rolf Jensen/The Dream
SocietyHow the Coming Shift from Information to
Imagination Will Transform Your Business
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Lead It Loud!
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Create a Cause!
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G.H. Create a cause, not a business.
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Think Big!
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No Wiggle Room! Incrementalism is innovations
worst enemy. Nicholas Negroponte
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Beware of the tyranny of making Small Changes to
Small Things. Rather, make Big Changes to Big
Things. Roger Enrico, former Chairman, PepsiCo
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Think Big!
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GH (TP) Get better vs Get different
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Insanely Great
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Find em!
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The Secret Jack didnt have a vision!
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Leaders do people. Anon.
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PARCs Bob Taylor Connoisseur of Talent
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The leaders of Great Groups love talent and
know where to find it. They revel in the talent
of others.Warren Bennis Patricia Ward
Biederman, Organizing Genius
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Did We Say Talent Matters?The top software
developers are more productive than average
software developers not by a factor of 10X or
100X, or even 1,000X, but 10,000X. Nathan
Myhrvold, former Chief Scientist, Microsoft
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Brand Talent.
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Our MissionTo develop and manage talentto
apply that talent,throughout the world, for the
benefit of clientsto do so in partnership to
do so with profit.WPP
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Make It a Grand Adventure!
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Organizing Genius / Warren Bennis and Patricia
Ward BiedermanGroups become great only when
everyone in them, leaders and members alike, is
free to do his or her absolute best.The best
thing a leader can do for a Great Group is to
allow its members to discover their greatness.
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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!free to do his or her
absolute best allow its members to
discover their greatness.
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Quests!
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Make Action a Religion!
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Ninety percent of what we call management
consists of making it difficult for people to get
things done. Peter Drucker
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Execution is the job of the business leader.
Larry Bossidy Ram Charan/ Execution The
Discipline of Getting Things Done
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I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on
what some call high-level strategy, on
intellectualizing and philosophizing, and not
enough on implementation. People would agree on a
project or initiative, and then nothing would
come of it. Larry Bossidy Ram
Charan/Execution The Discipline of Getting
Things Done
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Execution is a systematic process of rigorously
discussing hows and whats, tenaciously following
through, and ensuring accountability. Larry
Bossidy Ram Charan/ Execution The Discipline
of Getting Things Done
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The Leaders Seven Essential
BehaviorsKnow your people and your
businessInsist on realismSet clear goals and
prioritiesFollow throughReward the
doersExpand peoples capabilitiesKnow
yourself Source Larry Bossidy Ram Charan/
Execution The Discipline of Getting Things Done
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Realism is the heart of execution. Larry
Bossidy Ram Charan/ Execution The Discipline
of Getting Things Done
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The person who is a little less conceptual but
is absolutely determined to succeed will usually
find the right people and get them together to
achieve objectives. Im not knocking education or
looking for dumb people. But if you have to
choose between someone with a staggering IQ and
an elite education whos gliding along, and
someone with a lower IQ but who is absolutely
determined to succeed, youll always do better
with the second person. Larry Bossidy (Larry
Bossidy Ram Charan/Execution The Discipline
of Getting Things Done)
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A man approached JP Morgan, held up an envelope,
and said, Sir, in my hand I hold a guaranteed
formula for success, which I will gladly sell you
for 25,000.Sir, JP Morgan replied, I do
not know what is in the envelope, however if you
show me, and I like it, I give you my word as a
gentleman that I will pay you what you ask.The
man agreed to the terms, and handed over the
envelope.JP Morgan opened it, and extracted a
single sheet of paper. He gave it one look, a
mere glance, then handed the piece of paper back
to the gent.And paid him the agreed-upon
25,000
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1. Every morning, write a list of
the things that need to be done that
day.2. Do them. Source Hugh
MacLeod/tompeters.com/NPR
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Make Accountability Your Creed!
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35 years in the baking
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Ac-count-a-bil-ity!!
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De-cent-ral-iz-a-tion!!
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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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• Excellence2005 The Bedrock
  Bakers Dozen
• 1. A Bias For Action Is Job One! (Construct a
  Discipline/Culture of EXECUTION!)
• 2. DECENTRALIZATION! ACCOUNTABILITY! (Toms Top
  Two, 1965-2005.)
• 3. Fail. Forward. Fast. (Reward Excellent
  Failures, Punish Mediocre Successes.)
• 4. Metabolic Management Matters! (Hustle!
  Adapt! EAT CHANGE! Win the
• O.O.D.A. Loop WarConfuse Your
  Competitors!)
• 5. INNOVATE or Die. (Game-changers or Bust!
  Lead the Customer! Just Shout NO to
  Immitation!)
• 6. A Damn Good Product. (Pursue Dramatic
  Difference.)
• 7. A Damn Cool Product. (Design Rules!)
• 8. Ride the Value Added Curve to the Sky! (Sell
  GamechangerSolutions Provide Scintillating
• Experiences Become a Dream Merchant
  Strive to Be a Lovemark.)
• 9. Relentlessly Pursue the Big Two Markets.
  (WOMEN Buy Everything
• BOOMERS GEEZERS Have All the Money!)
• 10. Best Talent/Roster Wins! (HR Rules!
  Everyone a Leader! Women Lead Best!
• Weird Matters Most! A Workplace to Brag
  About! Educate for Creativity!)

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Live Your Story!
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You must be the change you wish to see in the
world.Gandhi
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MBWA
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You Your Calendar
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The First step in a dramatic organizational
change program is obviousdramatic personal
change! RG
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Eat Change For Breakfast!
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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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We eat change for breakfast! Harry Quadracci,
QuadGraphics
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Keep It Simple!
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Sir Richards RulesFollow your passions.Keep
it simple.Get the best people to help
you.Re-create yourself.Play.Source Fortune
on Branson/10.03
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Dispense Enthusiasm!
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Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Most important, he upped the energy level at
Motorola. Fortune on Ed Zander/08.05
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RadiatePassion!
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Charles Handy on the Alchemists Passion was
what drove these people, passion for their
product or their cause. If you care enough, you
will find out what you need to know. Or you will
experiment and not worry if the experiment goes
wrong. Passion as the secret to learning is an
odd secret to propose, but I believe that it
works at all levels and at all ages. Sadly,
passion is not a word often heard in the
elephant organizations, nor in schools, where it
can seem disruptive.
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Accept Nothing Less Than Transformation!
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The greatest dangerfor most of usis not that
our aim istoo highand we miss it,but that it
istoo lowand we reach it.Michelangelo
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Avoid Moderation!
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You cant behave in a calm, rational manner.
Youve got to be out there on the lunatic
fringe. Jack Welch