“excellence can be obtained if you: ... care more than others think
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Welcome to Tom Peters “PowerPoint World”!Welcome to Tom Peters “PowerPoint World”! Beyond the set of slides Beyond the set of slides here, you will find at here, you will find at tompeters.comtompeters.com the last eight years of the last eight years of presentations, a basketful of “Special Presentations,” and, above all, presentations, a basketful of “Special Presentations,” and, above all, Tom’s Tom’s constantly updatedconstantly updated Master PresentationMaster Presentation—from which most of the —from which most of the slides in this presentation are drawn. There are about 3,500 slides in slides in this presentation are drawn. There are about 3,500 slides in the 7-part “Master Presentation.” The first five “chapters” constitute the 7-part “Master Presentation.” The first five “chapters” constitute the main argument: the main argument: Part IPart I is context. is context. Part IIPart II is devoted entirely to innovation—the sine qua is devoted entirely to innovation—the sine qua non, as perhaps never before, of survival. In earlier incarnations of the non, as perhaps never before, of survival. In earlier incarnations of the “master,” “innovation” “stuff” was scattered throughout the “master,” “innovation” “stuff” was scattered throughout the presentation—now it is front and center and a stand-alone. presentation—now it is front and center and a stand-alone. Part IIIPart III is a is a variation on the innovation theme—but it is organized to examine the variation on the innovation theme—but it is organized to examine the imperative (for most everyone in the developed-emerging world) of an imperative (for most everyone in the developed-emerging world) of an ultra high value-added strategy. A “value-added ladder” (the “ladder” ultra high value-added strategy. A “value-added ladder” (the “ladder” configuration lifted with gratitude from Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore’s configuration lifted with gratitude from Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore’s Experience EconomyExperience Economy) lays out a specific logic for necessarily leaving ) lays out a specific logic for necessarily leaving commodity-like goods and services in the dust. commodity-like goods and services in the dust. Part IVPart IV argues that in argues that in this age of “micro-marketing” there are two this age of “micro-marketing” there are two macromacro-markets of -markets of astounding size that are dramatically under-attended by all but a few; astounding size that are dramatically under-attended by all but a few; namely women and boomers-geezers. namely women and boomers-geezers. Part VPart V underpins the overall underpins the overall argument with the necessary bedrock—Talent, with brief consideration argument with the necessary bedrock—Talent, with brief consideration of Education & Healthcare. of Education & Healthcare. Part VI Part VI examines Leadership for turbulent examines Leadership for turbulent times from several angles.times from several angles. Part VII Part VII is a collection of a dozen Lists— is a collection of a dozen Lists—such as Tom’s “Irreducible 209,” 209 “things I’ve learned along the such as Tom’s “Irreducible 209,” 209 “things I’ve learned along the way.”way.”
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Tom Peters’ X25*Tom Peters’ X25*
EXCELLENCEXCELLENCE. ALWAYS.E. ALWAYS.
World Marketing and Innovation ForumWorld Marketing and Innovation ForumFerrovial/19 November 2007Ferrovial/19 November 2007
**In Search of ExcellenceIn Search of Excellence 1982-2007 1982-2007
#1#1
““Excellence can be obtained if you:Excellence can be obtained if you:
... care more than others think... care more than others think is wise;is wise; ... risk more than others think ... risk more than others think is safe;is safe; ... dream more than others think ... dream more than others think is practical;is practical; ... expect more than others think ... expect more than others think is possible.”is possible.”
Source: Anon.Source: Anon. (Posted @ tompeters.com by (Posted @ tompeters.com by K.Sriram, November 27, 2006 1:17 AM)K.Sriram, November 27, 2006 1:17 AM)
If Not If Not Excellence,Excellence,
What?What?
#2#2
2255
““You must You must bebe the change you the change you
wish to see in the wish to see in the world.”world.”
Gandhi
#3-4#3-4
Conrad Hilton, at a gala celebrating his life,Conrad Hilton, at a gala celebrating his life, was asked, “What was the most important lesson you’ve learned was asked, “What was the most important lesson you’ve learned
in your long and distinguished career?” in your long and distinguished career?”
His immediate answer: His immediate answer: ““remember remember to tuck the to tuck the
shower curtain shower curtain inside the inside the bathtubbathtub””
““Execution Execution isis strategy.” strategy.”
—Fred Malek—Fred Malek
““ExecutionExecution is is thethe jobjob of the of the
businessbusiness leaderleader.”.” —Larry Bossidy—Larry Bossidy & Ram
Charan/ Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
““RealismRealism is is the heart of the heart of
execution.”execution.” —Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan/—Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan/Execution: Execution:
The Discipline of Getting Things DoneThe Discipline of Getting Things Done
<TG<TGWWvs.vs.
>TG>TGRR
““Experiences Experiences are as distinct are as distinct
from services as from services as services are from services are from goods.”goods.” —Joe Pine & Jim Gilmore, The
Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage
Candy in Candy in SingaporeSingapore
(Operational Excellence+)(Operational Excellence+)
Disney’s Disney’s Parking Lot Parking Lot
AttendantsAttendants = = Alpha Alpha and and
OmegaOmega
CCXXOO**Chief eXperience Officer
First Step (?!)First Step (?!): : Hire a Hire a theater directortheater director, , as a consultant as a consultant
or FTE!or FTE!
#5#5
“ “one idea.”one idea.”1966-2007.1966-2007.
“This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really
understand that you only you only find oil if you find oil if you drill wellsdrill wells.. You may
think you’re finding it when you’re drawing maps and
studying logs, but you have to drill.”
Source: The Hunters, by John Masters, Canadian O & G wildcatter
““We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again.and again. We do the same today. While our competitors We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design
perfect, we’re already on prototype versionperfect, we’re already on prototype version ##55..
By the time our rivals areBy the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on versionready with wires and screws, we are on version
##1010.. It gets back to It gets back to planning versus actingplanning versus acting: : We act We act from day onefrom day one; ; others plan how others plan how toto planplan——for monthsfor months.”.” —Bloomberg by —Bloomberg by
BloombergBloomberg
#6#6
The The lastlast word: word: There There is is nono “last “last
word.”word.”
Headline, Wall Street Journal,
3 October 2007: “Wal*Mart Era Wanes Amid Big Shifts In Retail: Rivals Find Strategies To Defeat Low Prices; World Has Changed”
Sentence #1: “The Wal*Mart Era, the retailer’s time of overwhelming business and social influence in America, is drawing to a close.”
“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 Buy a very large one very large one and just waitand just wait.”.”
—Paul Ormerod, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Dick Kovacevich: You don’t get better by being bigger.
You get worse.”
““Mr. Foster and his McKinsey Mr. Foster and his McKinsey colleagues collected detailed colleagues collected detailed
performance data stretching back performance data stretching back 4040 years for years for 1,0001,000 U.S. companies. U.S. companies. TheTheyy
found that found that none none of the of the
lonlongg-term survivors mana-term survivors managged to ed to outoutpperform the market. Worse, the erform the market. Worse, the lonlongger comer comppanies had been in the anies had been in the
database, the worse thedatabase, the worse theyy did did.” .” —Financial —Financial
TimesTimes
C.E.O.C.E.O. to
C.D.O.C.D.O.
#7#7
TP: TP: “How to flush
$500,000 down
the toilet in one easy
lesson!!”
< CAPEX< CAPEX> People!> People!
WegmansWegmans
#1/10#1/1000
““Best Companies toBest Companies to
Work for” Work for”//20052005
Brand Brand = =
Talent.Talent.
#7a#7a
““Leaders Leaders
‘‘dodo’’ people. people.
Period.”Period.” —Anon.
““Leaders Leaders
‘‘SERVESERVE’’ people. people.
Period.”Period.” —inspired by Robert Greenleaf
Employee retention & satisfaction:Employee retention & satisfaction:
overwhelminoverwhelminggllyy,, based based
on their on their immediateimmediate manamanaggerer!!
Source: Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman, Source: Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman, First, Break All the First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do DifferentlyRules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
#8#8
““Strive for Strive for Excellence. Excellence.
Ignore Ignore success.”success.” —Bill Young, race
car driver (courtesy Andrew Sullivan)
Excellence1982: The Bedrock “Eight Basics”Excellence1982: The Bedrock “Eight Basics”
1. A Bias for 1. A Bias for ActionAction2. Close to the 2. Close to the CustomerCustomer3. 3. AutonomAutonomyy and and EntreEntreppreneurshireneurshipp4. Productivity Through 4. Productivity Through PeoPeopplele5. 5. Hands OnHands On, , Value-DrivenValue-Driven6. 6. Stick toStick to the Knitting the Knitting7. 7. SimSimpplele Form, Form, LeanLean Staff Staff8. Simultaneous 8. Simultaneous Loose-TightLoose-Tight Properties” Properties”
““Breakthrough” 82*Breakthrough” 82*
People! People! CustomersCustomers
! ! Action! Action! Values! Values!
**In Search of ExcellenceIn Search of Excellence
2007.2007.
SEPTEMBER.SEPTEMBER.SYDNEY.SYDNEY.DRUCKER DRUCKER TRIBUTE.TRIBUTE.
““I have always I have always believed that the believed that the
purpose of the purpose of the corporation is to be a corporation is to be a
blessing to the blessing to the employees.”employees.” * * —Boyd Clarke—Boyd Clarke
*TP: An “organization” is, in fact and after all*TP: An “organization” is, in fact and after all is said and done, a/the “house” in which is said and done, a/the “house” in which
most of us “live” most of the time. most of us “live” most of the time.
Organizations exist to serve. Period.Organizations exist to serve. Period.Leaders live to serve. Period.Leaders live to serve. Period.
Passionate servant leaders, determined to create a Passionate servant leaders, determined to create a legacy of earthshaking transformation in their domainlegacy of earthshaking transformation in their domain create/must create/must necessarilynecessarily create organizations which create organizations which
are …are … no less than Cathedrals in no less than Cathedrals in which the full and awesome which the full and awesome
power of the Imagination and power of the Imagination and Spirit and native Spirit and native
Entrepreneurial flairEntrepreneurial flair of of diverse individualsdiverse individuals is is
unleashedunleashed … … In passionate pursuit of jointly In passionate pursuit of jointly perceived soaring purposeperceived soaring purpose and personal and and personal and
community and client service Excellence. community and client service Excellence.
““The role of the Director is to The role of the Director is to create a space where the actors create a space where the actors
and actresses canand actresses can become become more than they’ve ever more than they’ve ever been before, more than been before, more than
they’ve dreamed of they’ve dreamed of beingbeing.”.” —Robert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech—Robert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech
““It was much later that I realized It was much later that I realized Dad’s secret. He gained respect by Dad’s secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to giving it. He talked and listened to
the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley who shined shoes the same way he who shined shoes the same way he talked and listened to a bishop or a talked and listened to a bishop or a
college president. college president. He was He was seriously interested in seriously interested in
who you were and what who you were and what you had to sayyou had to say.”.”
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Respect
#9#9
Hard Is SoftHard Is SoftSoft Is HardSoft Is Hard
Hard Is Hard Is SoftSoft (Plans, (Plans, ##ss))
Soft Is Soft Is HardHard (people, (people, customers, values, customers, values,
relationships))relationships))
“If I could have chosen not to tackle the IBM culture head-on, I probably wouldn’t have. My bias coming in was toward strategy, analysis and measurement. In comparison, changing the attitude and behaviors of
hundreds of thousands of people is very, very hard. [Yet] I came to see in my time at IBM that culture
isn’t just one aspect of the
game ——it is the it is the gamegame.”.” —Lou Gerstner,
Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance
#10a#10a
Hard Is SoftHard Is SoftSoft Is HardSoft Is Hard
9595%%
““What I learned from my years What I learned from my years as a hostage negotiator is that as a hostage negotiator is that
we do not have to feel we do not have to feel powerless—and that powerless—and that
bondinbondingg is the antidote to is the antidote to the hostage situation.”the hostage situation.” —George —George
Kohlrieser, Kohlrieser, Hostage at the TableHostage at the Table
#9b#9b
““AS AS LEADERS, LEADERS, WOMEN WOMEN
RULERULE:: New Studies find
that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure”
TITLE/ Special Report/ TITLE/ Special Report/ BusinessWeekBusinessWeek
Women’s NeWomen’s Neggotiatinotiatingg Stren Strenggthsths
*Ability to put themselves in their *Ability to put themselves in their counterparties’ shoes counterparties’ shoes*Comprehensive, attentive and detailed*Comprehensive, attentive and detailed communication style communication style*Empathy that facilitates trust-building*Empathy that facilitates trust-building*Curious and attentive listening*Curious and attentive listening*Less competitive attitude*Less competitive attitude*Strong sense of fairness and ability to *Strong sense of fairness and ability to persuadepersuade*Proactive risk manager*Proactive risk manager*Collaborative decision-making*Collaborative decision-making
Source: Horacio Falcao, Cover story/May 2006, World Business, “Say It Like a Woman: Why the 21st-century negotiator will need the female touch”
#9c#9c
Hard Is SoftHard Is SoftSoft Is HardSoft Is Hard
R.O.I.RR.O.I.R..
RReturn eturn OOn n
IInvestment In nvestment In
RRelationshipselationships
““Courtesies of a small Courtesies of a small and trivial character are and trivial character are
the ones which strike the ones which strike deepest in the grateful deepest in the grateful
and appreciating heart.”and appreciating heart.”
—Henry Clay
THE PROBLEM IS THE PROBLEM IS RARELY/NEVER THE RARELY/NEVER THE
PROBLEM.PROBLEM. THE THE RESPONSE TO THE RESPONSE TO THE
PROBLEM INVARIABLY PROBLEM INVARIABLY ENDS UP BEING THE ENDS UP BEING THE
REAL PROBLEMREAL PROBLEM.
““I’m I’m really really sorry.”sorry.”
#10#10
Don’t forgetDon’t forgetthe “it”! the “it”!
““It suddenly It suddenly occurred to me …occurred to me …
““It suddenly occurred It suddenly occurred to me that in the to me that in the
space of two or three space of two or three
hours he hours he nevernever
talked about cars.”talked about cars.” —Les —Les
WexnerWexner
““I never, ever thought of I never, ever thought of myself as a businessman. myself as a businessman.
I was simply I was simply interested in creating interested in creating
things things I would be proud ofI would be proud of.”.”
—Richard Branson
#10A#10A
Who buys “it” I: Who buys “it” I: Sunset for men! Sunset for men!
““Forget Forget ChinaChina, , IndiaIndia and the and the
InternetInternet: Economic : Economic Growth Is Driven Growth Is Driven
by by WomenWomen.”.” —Headline,
Economist, April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14
““Women Women areare thethe
majority majority market”market”
—Fara Warner/—Fara Warner/The Power of the PurseThe Power of the Purse
?????????
Home Furnishings … 94%Home Furnishings … 94%Vacations … 92% Vacations … 92% (Adventure Travel … 70%/ $55B travel equipment)
Houses … 91%Houses … 91%D.I.Y. D.I.Y. (major “home projects”) … 80% … 80%
Consumer Electronics … 51% Consumer Electronics … 51% (66% home computers)
Cars … 68% (90%)Cars … 68% (90%)AllAll consumerconsumer purchasespurchases … … 83%83%
Bank Account … 89%Bank Account … 89%Household investment decisions … 67%Household investment decisions … 67%Small business loans/biz starts … 70%Small business loans/biz starts … 70%
Health Care … 80%Health Care … 80%
The Perfect Answer
Jill and Jack buy slacks in black…
10 UNASSAILABLE REASONS WOMEN RULE10 UNASSAILABLE REASONS WOMEN RULE
WomenWomen make [all] the financial decisions.WomenWomen control [all] the wealth.WomenWomen [substantially] outlive men.WomenWomen start most of the new businesses.Women’sWomen’s work force participation rates have soared worldwide.WomenWomen are closing in on “same pay for same job.”WomenWomen are penetrating senior ranks rapidly [even if the pace is slow for the corner office per se].Women’sWomen’s leadership strengths are exceptionally well aligned with new organizational effectiveness imperatives.WomenWomen are better salespersons than men.WomenWomen buy [almost] everything—commercial as well as consumer goods.
So what exactly is the point of So what exactly is the point of menmen??
#10B#10B
Who buys “it” II:Who buys “it” II: Sunrise for Sunrise for old folks! old folks!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!““People turning 50 People turning 50
today have today have more more thanthan halfhalf of of their adult life their adult life
ahead of them.”ahead of them.” —Bill
Novelli, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
2000-2010 Stats
18-44: 18-44: -1%-1%
55+: 55+: ++2121%%(55-64: (55-64: ++4747%%))
We are the We are the Aussies & Kiwis &Aussies & Kiwis & Americans & Americans & CanadiansCanadians. We are the . We are the Western EuropeansWestern Europeans & & JapaneseJapanese. We are the . We are the fastest growingfastest growing, , the the biggestbiggest, the , the wealthiestwealthiest, the , the boldestboldest, ,
the most (yes) the most (yes) ambitiouambitious, the most s, the most experimental & exploratoryexperimental & exploratory, the most , the most
differentdifferent, the most , the most indulgentindulgent, the most , the most difficult &difficult & demandingdemanding, the most , the most service & service & experience obsessedexperience obsessed, the most , the most vigorousvigorous, ,
(the (the leastleast vigorous,) the most vigorous,) the most health health consciousconscious, the most , the most femalefemale, the most , the most
profoundly important commercial market in profoundly important commercial market in the history of the world—and we will be the the history of the world—and we will be the Center of your universe for the next Center of your universe for the next twenty-twenty-
fivefive yearsyears. We have arrived!. We have arrived!
#11#11
If Not If Not Excellence,Excellence,
What?What?