Misty for Tom

An article in the Oregonian on Beaverton School Superintendent reflects on his first impression of Tom:

He gets almost misty-eyed recalling a 1988 speech by Tom Peters.

While we’re grateful he was so touched, we think he’s missing the point of Tom’s message.

Reef to Tank

clownNPR’s story of the journey of tropical fish from coral reefs to aquariums got me to thinking about flat screen panels and webcams. Found a bunch of sources like these, WebCam Central, WebcamSearch, Webcam-Index, etc. An alternative to a live tank in a home, restaurant, or office might be a live window on a variety of fish and other animals you are not likely gonna want to house and feed (see elephants at Zulucam).

New Special Slides

This quote by coach Diane Geppi-Aikens from Lucky Every Day by Chip Silverman gives the theme of Tom’s latest special slides presentation, Passion and Purpose:

How would you play today if you knew you could not play tomorrow?

Brand Sequel: Very Funny

We first wrote about the leadership of Steve Koonin and his team of brand gurus at cable television’s TNT in The Leader’s Voice. Due to the network’s continuing success of bringing the “We Know Drama” brand inside, Tom profiled TNT in his 2004 Re-imagine! PBS documentary. Now, for the sequel. Koonin and his team have launched a new brand at TBS, Ted Turner’s original Super Station.

TBS will have a new look, a new logo and new tag line—”very funny.” The TBS target and positioning were developed through extensive demographic, psychographic and sales research. The network’s core target, the comedy lovers, are young adults, who are well-educated, affluent for their age, dual-gender, and love comedic programming of all types. TBS will be the home for comedy lovers and will make viewers laugh out loud and feel good by connecting them to comedy with the stories and characters that they love.

While we’re confident the ratings at the “very funny” TBS will increase just as they did when TNT shifted to “We Know Drama,” we are more excited to learn how TBS will bring the brand inside.

Our Inspiration at Coudal

After designing our new Tom Peters blog, our friends at Coudal Partners redesigned their own home page and blog. If you want a good July 4th chuckle, check out their latest Fresh Signals post.

New Slides

“To Hell With Well Behaved” … Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful? “Keep her,” I replied. … “The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they wanted or grateful for getting what they deserved. Works for me.”
—Anna Quindlen/Newsweek

See this and more here.

There Are No Bad Projects

As the home of WOW!Projects, and loving design the way we do, we urge you all to visit Tolleson Design. Steve Tolleson, the founder of this San Francisco-based creative firm, is also the author of Soak Wash Rinse Spin. This book makes the design of Tom’s Re-imagine! look downright staid. However, better than the design is the message—about what guides Tolleson’s work for such clients as Nike, AOL, and Mattell’s licensing program for Barbie (including the clothing line).

The Squirrel Gets the Cheese

Business storytelling expert Stephen Denning has gone down the rat hole of cheese-chasing leadership parables. Read the Economist‘s honest review of Squirrel Inc.

Welcome to China

ShenzhenNewbridge Capital is the first non-Chinese firm to gain controlling interest in a Chinese bank, Shenzhen Development Bank. Move over Citigroup, Standard Chartered, and Asian Development Bank.

Geoff Thatcher posted this on June 28, 2004, in News.
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Shooting The Moon(s)

The face of Phoebe, rings of Saturn, and other cool photos are here.