Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles.
Tom PetersThe widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
Tom PetersMake an extensive table of project 'deliverables'. Label one column 'as requested'. Create another column labeled 'could be'. Make each 'could be' wild and woolly!
Tom PetersThe drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.
Tom PetersThe principal reason, invariably, most "successful" giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact, the worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday's turf.
Tom Peters