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The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness
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Sales rank 218,172
Customers rating (based on 55 reviews)
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In 1982, business guru Tom Peters co-authored In Search of Excellence, one of the most influential business guides of all time. More recently, through 400 seminars in 47 states and 22 countries, Peters reexamined, refined and reinvented his views on innovation--the #1 survival strategy, he asserts, for businesses of the next millennium.The Circle of Innovation brings these seminars--and Peters' contagious passion--to the reader in a landmark book. Through bold graphics, astounding facts and figures, and quotes whose sources range from Émile Zola to Steve Jobs, Peters blows the lid off accepted management styles. Here is a book that will open your eyes to new ways of envisioning the challenges of today's world. Here, too, is a practical guide that will teach you how to:- reverse the rising tide of product and service "commoditization" and foster uniqueness- capitalize on the skyrocketing purchasing power of women- convert sluggish staff into vital centers of intellectual capital accumulation- build systems of elegance and beauty- liberate your creativity and individual leadership styleWhether you manage a six-person department or a 60,000-body behemoth, The Circle of Innovation empowers you to transform your organization, your career, yourself. Inspiring, timely, this blueprint for success is pure Peters--a handbook as energetic as it is profound.
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| Publisher | Vintage | | Release date | 06/1999 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Paperback |
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 There are no words to describe how ridiculous this book is .............
If innovation was a circle, it would repeatedly return to the place it came from. How innovative is that?
The best way to think of Tom Peters is as a performing monkey with severe ADHD who needs to be the center of attention. He doesn't know anything and he doesn't need to know anything. He just needs to put on a show, and enough people find him entertaining that it works for him.
His last "Circle Within A Circle" diagram in this book says it all. "We're Here To Live Life Out Loud - Live on the Lunatic Fringe". At least he walks the talk.
 Innovative!
Tom Peters does not only preach innovation, he lives it. This book is a prime example... its unique style and content make it a fast read, but the ideas presented stimulate many fresh thoughts that keep you thinking long after you finished reading the book.
Definitely worth reading...
Provokes you into thinking differently
From the first page of the book 'till the last, you'll realize that Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence) is making you think differently. Pages are printed sideways, then normally, with extremely large type, then small type. Interspersed are ideas and facts that are thought provoking and sometimes, eye-opening. That's the point. Most of the ideas are applicable to building any type of successful business.
Really Enjoyable
WARNING! This book is not for the die hard, stuffy, stereotypical management theorist. It is a innovative and easy to read look into the world of management "Tom Peters" style. What has now become a trade-mark writing style Peters uses a very personal style to get across some sensational ideas.
Even though it was written pre-dotcom bust AND it is almost 6 years old, a lot of the ideas are still very relevant.
Short, punchy and still very enlightening!
WOW is right!!!
This outstanding book will either inspire you to try and fix your broken company management, or make you mad at the state of affairs at your company (or both). It is filled with examples of how things should be done, and most are applicable to any work environment. Everybody loves the Ritz-Carlton empowered maids story.
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