Free Stuff en Copyright 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:35:43 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Real People Page 1 of Real People"Real People" is the shorthand title for what Tom calls "Excellence for the Rest of Us: A Book for Real People, Working in the Real World in 2008." In this manifesto, Tom contrasts the thinking of gurus (like him!) to the thinking of the rest of us ... those who toil in more conventional settings. In Search of Excellence introduces this idea when Tom and Bob Waterman write, "Hard is Soft. Soft is Hard." By that phrase, they are referring to the people things, the soft stuff that's more difficult than the numbers game of business. Tom revisits and expands on this thinking in "Real People."

]]> #10348 #10348 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:35:43 -0500 Cookie Lessons, 24 December 2007 Gingerbread Man cookieWe're re-issuing this column as a holiday offering from tompeters.com. Tom wrote it once upon a time for his column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune, but we think its lessons are timeless. And, what better way for us to recognize the holiday season than to post this article—"Lessons About Life & Enterprise from Baking Christmas Cookies."

]]> #10139 #10139 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:55:40 -0500 XF 50 Page One of Cross-functional 50Tom introduced this collection as his effort to get you to pay "'strategic' attention to what has always been Issue #1 in organizational effectiveness ... from Napoleon to the man in the moon." Namely, cross-functional effectiveness, which will help you "'Deliver Speed,' 'Service Excellence,' and 'Value-added Customer Solutions.'"

]]> #10126 #10126 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:11:43 -0500 "Top 50" "Have-Yous" Page One of Top 50 Have-YousThe Top 50 Have You [done these things in the last week, day, hour?] list is Tom's reaction to the phrase "Mapping Your Competitive Position." He contends that you should, instead, put some effort to the tasks on his list. In his estimation, they're important to the short- and long-term health of any enterprise, big or small. If so, the mapping will become a secondary issue.

]]> #10125 #10125 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:12:39 -0500 Organizations Serve Page One of Organizations ServeFurther ruminations on the ideas that led Tom to his "Purpose" screed, below, resulted in this offering—his attempt to lay out the "big stuff." He introduced this rambling piece in a blog titled "To Get Out of Bed. Or Not Get Out of Bed. That Is the Question." You can find Tom's answer in this PDF, "Organizations Serve."

]]> #9945 #9945 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:03:10 -0500 Tom Peters' Purpose Page one of Tom Peters Purpose 08.31.07As the 25th birthday of In Search of Excellence approaches, Tom has been pondering what the practice of management is all about—good, bad, or indifferent. He concluded that entrepreneurial capitalism is the strongest force possible for unleashing human potential, and that it depends upon the effective practice of management. And, according to a review of Thriving on Chaos, "Effective management is management that delivers more value to customers and more opportunity for service, creativity, and growth to workers. ... The decent thing to do is also the smart thing." That is, effective management is humanistic management.

After a lot of thought on these matters, Tom came up with this attempt to answer the perennial question, "What's it all about, Alfie?"

]]> #9940 #9940 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:27:08 -0500 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money: 51-75 Page One of Success Tips 51-75This is the next installment in the Success Tips series. It is not as nicely done as the Success Tips 1-50, because that was designed by the folks at ChangeThis. Tips 51-75 is a quick conversion from MSWord to Adobe Acrobat. When we get to 100, we'll have ChangeThis post the second half of the collection, and offer a classier PDF here. But for now, at the request of a member of our community, here is Tom's Success Tips 51-75.

]]> #9494 #9494 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:05:09 -0500 Redux. Redux. Redux. Page One of Redux. Redux. Redux.Tom unapologetically repeats himself and revisits a favorite theme—the importance of saying "Thanks." He asks you to send the PDF to ten colleagues-friends today. Get Tom's "Redux. Redux. Redux." here, and pass it on. Thank you.

]]> #9362 #9362 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:27:05 -0500 Pursuit of Luck Page One of Pursuit of LuckUnofficially called "Getting Lucky," of course. This is a list that appeared in Liberation Management in 1992, in which Tom offers 50 ideas for increasing the likelihood that you'll "get lucky"—in business. Download it below, and find its relevance to your life today. (Don't miss the challenge at the end.)

]]> #9194 #9194 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:44:06 -0500 The 173 Irreducibles Page 1 of IrreduciblesAnother question posed to Tom, another list of ideas by Tom. This collection is his Irreducibles, 173 things he'd say "for sure."

]]> #8690 #8690 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:09:29 -0500 Cup Challenge Page One of Cup ChallengeAsked to come up with some quotes suitable for printing on the side of a coffee mug, Tom was inspired to write this collection: The Cup Challenge.

]]> #8600 #8600 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:45:21 -0500 TP's "Top 41" Quotes Page One of TP's Top 41 QuotesAs an alternative to New Year's Resolutions, Tom assembled his "Top 41" Quotes to live by in 2006. He offers them to you to adopt if you wish, also. Pick one or two, or use them all. TP's "Top 41" Quotes.

]]> #8459 #8459 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:28:30 -0500 What I've Done This Year Page One of What I've Done This YearIn Dubai, on September 18th, 2005, the head of IIR Middle East, Jessica Sutherland, asked Tom a "simple" question. He pondered it for weeks and gave us this, What I've Done This Year (updated 3 Jan 2006).

]]> #8259 #8259 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:59:35 -0500 The "PSF" is Everything PSF Is Everything First PageIn the face of outsourcing, automating, downsizing, and all the other possible assaults on your position, Tom gives you tips on turning your company, your department, or yourself into a Professional Service Firm—doing work that makes a difference. Link to PDF. Also available from ChangeThis.

]]> #8175 #8175 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:40:47 -0500 Project05 Project05Tom's 2005 summer project, a 240-page PDF full of rants ("CEOs Are Idiots!"), raves ("Lord Nelson Had All the Answers"), and more. Link to PDF.

]]> #8169 #8169 Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:34:32 -0500