Tom Peters’ X25* Enthusiasm. Energy. Empathy. Execution. Excellence.

1. Tom Peters’ X25*Enthusiasm.Energy.Empathy.Execution.Excellence. Always.XAlways.ROCHE.ATHENS.11 January 2007*In Search of Excellence 1982-2007

2. FLOWERPOWER

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

4. Where Are Your “2-cent Candies”?Beltramo’s checkout.Carpetinstaller booties.Singaporecandies @ Immigration

5. The …Jim Jeffords oversight!

6. Slides* at …tompeters.com*also “long”

7. EXCELLENCE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

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9. MBWA, Grameen Style!“Conventional banks ask their clients to come to their office. It’s a terrifying place for the poor and illiterate. … The entire Grameen Bank system runs on the principle that people should not come to the bank, the bank should go to the people. … If any staff member is seen in the office, it should be taken as a violation of the rules of the Grameen Bank. … It is essential that [those setting up a new village Branch] have no office and no place to stay. The reason is to make us as different as possible from government officials.” Source: Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor

10. EXCELLENCE. THE MANDATE.

11. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”—Charles Darwin

12. “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 very large one and just wait.”—Paul Ormerod, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics

13. “Forbes100” from 1917 to 1987:39members of the Class of ’17 were alive in ’87; 18 in ’87 F100; 18 F100 “survivors” significantly underperformed the market; just 2 (2%), GE & Kodak, outperformed the market from 1917 to 1987.S&P 500 from 1957 to 1997:74 members of the Class of ’57 were alive in ’97; 12(2.4%) of 500 outperformed the market from 1957 to 1997.Source: Dick Foster & Sarah Kaplan, Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last Underperform the Market

14. Welcome to the “Club of Shattered Dreams”: Of Korea’s Top 100 companies in 1955, only 7 were still on the list in 2004. The 1997 crisis “destroyed halfof Korea’s 30 largest conglomerates.”Source: “KET Issue Report,” Kim Jong Nyun (14.05.2005)

15. S&P Stability Ratings*19852006Low Risk 41% 13%Average Risk 24% 14%High Risk35% 73%*Likelihood of stable long-term earnings growthSource: Fortune (2 October 2006)

16. Flat as a Pancake (Or Worse)Wal*Mart … Dell … Intel … Home Depot … Microsoft … GE

17. The last word: There is no last word.

18. EXCELLENCE. THE WORD.

19. SynonymsPurityTranscendenceVirtueEleganceMajestyAntonymsMediocritySynonymsPurityTranscendenceVirtueEleganceMajestyAntonymsMediocrity

20. EXCELLENCE. GAMECHANGER.

21. 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”

22. ExIn*: 1982-2002/Forbes.comDJIA: $10,000 yields$85,000EI: $10,000 yields$140,050*Forbes/Excellence Index/Basket of 32 publicly traded stocks

23. EXCELLENCE. ASPIRATION.

24. “Why in the world did you go to Siberia?”

25. Business* (*at its “excellent” best) can be:An emotional, vital, audacious, innovative, joyful, frightening, risky, creative, entrepreneurial endeavor that breathes life & fire into our work & life & elicits maximum concerted human potential in the wholehearted effort to help others **[**employees, clients, suppliers, communities, owners, temporary partners]succeed & profit & imagine & reach places they’d never dreamed they could go.

26. “In-sane-ly-great”

27. EXCELLENCE.ASPIRATION. YOU & ME.

28. “The Firststep in a ‘dramatic’ ‘organizational change program’ is obvious—dramaticpersonal change!”—RG

29. “Work on me first.”—Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler/Crucial Conversations

30. “Every time we come to a comfort zone, we will find a way out.” “No Cloning.” “‘Reinvent the brand’ with each new show.” “A typical day at the office for me begins by asking, ‘What is impossible that I am going to do today?’”—Daniel Lamarre, president, Cirque du Soleil

31. EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS.

32. “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. (Posted @ tompeters.com by K.Sriram, November 27, 2006 1:17 AM)

33. EXCELLENCE. INNOVATE. OR. DIE.

34. “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 very large one and just wait.”—Paul Ormerod, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics

35. “I don’t believe in economies of scale.You don’t get better by being bigger. You get worse.”—Dick Kovacevich/Wells Fargo

36. “Not a single company that qualified as having made a sustained transformation ignited its leap with a big acquisition or merger.Moreover, comparison companies—those that failed to make a leap or, if they did, failed to sustain it—often tried to make themselves great with a big acquisition or merger. They failed to grasp the simple truth that while you can buy your way to growth, you cannot buy your way to greatness.”—Jim Collins/Time/2004

37. EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT INNOVATION IS WRONG

38. The Mess Is the Message! Period!

39. The Mess Is the Message! Period!An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States —Charles Beard (1913)The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger—Marc LevinsonTube: The Invention of Television—David & Marshall FisherEmpires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World—Jill JonnesThe Soul of a New Machine—Tracy KidderRosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA—Brenda MaddoxThe Blitzkrieg Myth—John Mosier

40. InnoTacs

41. We become who we hang out with!

42. Measure “Strangeness”/Portfolio QualityStaffConsultantsVendorsOut-sourcing Partners (#, Quality)Innovation Alliance PartnersCustomersCompetitors (who we “benchmark” against)Strategic Initiatives Product Portfolio (LineEx v. Leap)IS/IT ProjectsHQ LocationLunch MatesLanguageBoard

43. “The Bottleneck Is at the Top of the Bottle”“Where are you likely to find people with the least diversity of experience, the largest investment in the past, and the greatest reverence for industry dogma:Atthetop!”— Gary Hamel/Harvard Business Review

44. send people on quests!

45. Organizing Genius / Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman“Groups become great only when everyone in them, leaders and members alike, is free to do his or her absolute best.”“The best thing a leader can do for a Great Group is to allow its members to discover their greatness.”

46. Leadership’s Mt Everest/Mt Excellence“free to do his or her absolute best” … “allow its members to discover their greatness.”

47. try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. try it. Try it. Try it. try it. Try it.Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it.

48. drill.

49. “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

50. try things.