1. Welcome to Tom Peters “PowerPoint World”
Welcome to Tom Peters “PowerPoint World”! Beyond the set of slides here, you will find at tompeters.com the last eight years of presentations, a basketful of “Special Presentations,” and, above all, Tom’s constantly updated Master Presentation—from which most of the slides in this presentation are drawn. There are about 3,500 slides in the 7-part “Master Presentation.” The first five “chapters” constitute the main argument:
Part I is context. Part II is devoted entirely to innovation—the sine qua non, as perhaps never before, of survival. In earlier incarnations of the “master,” “innovation” “stuff” was scattered throughout the presentation—now it is front and center and a stand-alone. Part III is a variation on the innovation theme—but it is organized to examine the imperative (for most everyone in the developed-emerging world) of an ultra high value-added strategy. A “value-added ladder” (the “ladder” configuration lifted with gratitude from Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore’s Experience Economy) lays out a specific logic for necessarily leaving commodity-like goods and services in the dust. Part IV argues that in this age of “micro-marketing” there are two macro-markets of astounding size that are dramatically under-attended by all but a few; namely women and boomers-geezers. Part V underpins the overall argument with the necessary bedrock—Talent, with brief consideration of Education & Healthcare. Part VI examines Leadership for turbulent times from several angles. Part VII is a collection of a dozen Lists—such as Tom’s “Irreducible 209,” 209 “things I’ve learned along the way.”
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3. Tom Peters’ X25. EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS
Tom Peters’ X25* EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS. World Marketing and Innovation Forum Starcom/19 November *In Search of Excellence

4. #1

5. Source: Anon. (Posted @ tompeters.com by
“Excellence can be obtained if you:
... care more than others think
is wise; risk more than others think
is safe; dream more than others think
is practical; expect more than others think
is possible.”
Source: Anon. tompeters.com by
K.Sriram, November 27, :17 AM)

6. If Not
Excellence,
What?

7. #2

8. 25

9. #3-4

10. Conrad Hilton, at a gala celebrating his life, was asked, “What was the most important lesson you’ve learned in your long and distinguished career?” His immediate answer: “remember to tuck the shower curtain inside the bathtub” 10

11. “Execution is strategy.” —Fred Malek

12. <TGW vs. >TGR

13. #5

14. “one idea.”

15. “This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really understand that you only find oil if you drill 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

16. ready with wires and screws, we are on version
“We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again. We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, we’re already on prototype version #5. By the time our rivals are
ready with wires and screws, we are on version
#10. It gets back to planning versus acting: We act from day one; others plan how to plan—for months.” —Bloomberg by Bloomberg

17. “Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes
“Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.” Phil Daniels, Sydney exec

18. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” —Wayne Gretzky

19. #6

20. TP: “How to flush $500,000 down the toilet in one easy lesson!!”

21. < CAPEX > People!

22. Brand = Talent.

23. #6a

24. “Leaders ‘do’ people. Period.” —Anon.

25. “Leaders ‘SERVE’ people. Period.” —inspired by Robert Greenleaf

26. #6b

27. “AS LEADERS, WOMEN RULE: New Studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure” TITLE/ Special Report/ BusinessWeek

28. #7

29. Hard Is Soft Soft Is Hard

30. R.O.I.R. 30

31. Return On Investment In Relationships31

32. “Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” —Henry Clay

33. Thank you!!!

34. “The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.” William James

35. THE PROBLEM IS RARELY/NEVER THE PROBLEM
THE PROBLEM IS RARELY/NEVER THE PROBLEM. THE RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM INVARIABLY ENDS UP BEING THE REAL PROBLEM.

36. Relationships (of all varieties): THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN A THREE-MINUTE PHONE CALL WOULD HAVE AVOIDED SETTING OFF THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE RUPTURE.

37. “I’m really sorry.”

38. #8

39. “Strive for Excellence. Ignore success
“Strive for Excellence. Ignore success.” —Bill Young, race car driver (courtesy Andrew Sullivan)

40. 3. Autonomy and Entrepreneurship 4. Productivity Through People
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”

41. *In Search of Excellence
“Breakthrough” 82*
People!
Customers!
Action!
Values!
*In Search of Excellence

42. Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
Passionate servant leaders, determined to create a legacy of earthshaking transformation in their domain create/must necessarily create organizations which are … no less than Cathedrals in which the full and awesome power of the Imagination and Spirit and native Entrepreneurial flair of diverse individuals is unleashed … In passionate pursuit of jointly perceived soaring purpose and personal and community and client service Excellence.

43. “The role of the Director is to create a space where the actors and actresses can become more than they’ve ever been before, more than they’ve dreamed of being.” —Robert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech

44. #9

45. Don’t forget the “it”!

46. “I never, ever thought of myself as a businessman
“I never, ever thought of myself as a businessman. I was simply interested in creating things I would be proud of.” —Richard Branson

47. “Not long ago, I heard one studio chief utter the unthinkable: ‘What would happen if I made a movie I actually looked forward to seeing?’ ” —Peter Bart, Editor in Chief, Variety; former Paramount exec, “Hollywood’s Model Doesn’t Produce Art, or Much Profit” (NYT/ )

48. #9a

49. Don’t forget the “it” one: audacity!

50. Single greatest act of pure imagination
web

51. 24%
web

52. dubai
web

53. #9b

54. Who buys “it” two: Sunset for men!

55. “Forget China, India and the Internet: Economic Growth Is Driven by Women.” —Headline, Economist, April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14

56. “Women are the majority market” —Fara Warner/The Power of the Purse

57. So what exactly is the point of men?
10 UNASSAILABLE REASONS WOMEN RULE
Women make [all] the financial decisions. Women control [all] the wealth.
Women [substantially] outlive men.
Women start most of the new businesses.
Women’s work force participation rates have
soared worldwide.
Women are closing in on “same pay for same
job.”
Women are penetrating senior ranks rapidly
[even if the pace is slow for the corner
office per se].
Women’s leadership strengths are exceptionally well
aligned with new organizational effectiveness
imperatives.
Women are better salespersons than men.
Women buy [almost] everything—commercial
as well as consumer goods.
So what exactly is the point of men?

58. #9c

59. Who buys “it” three: Sunrise for old folks!

60. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“People turning 50 today have more than half of their adult life ahead of them.” —Bill Novelli, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America

61. 2000-2010 Stats 18-44: -1% 55+: +21% (55-64: +47%)

62. We are the Aussies & Kiwis & Americans & Canadians
We are the Aussies & Kiwis & Americans & Canadians. We are the Western Europeans & Japanese. We are the fastest growing, the biggest, the wealthiest, the boldest, the most (yes) ambitious, the most experimental & exploratory, the most different, the most indulgent, the most difficult & demanding, the most service & experience obsessed, the most vigorous, (the least vigorous,) the most health conscious, the most female, the most profoundly important commercial market in the history of the world—and we will be the Center of your universe for the next twenty-five years. We have arrived!

63. #10

64. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo

65. If Not
Excellence,
What?