If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. (Tom Peters)
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments. (Tom Peters)
Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune. (Tom Peters)
Now that we have this opportunity, we need to get with the program. (We've) no idea how long it will last, (Tom Peters)
South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge. (Tom Peters)
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. (Tom Peters)
It seems hard to believe in May that my wife and two kids will go to a game until 1030 p.m., ... and then try to make the 7 a.m. school bus the next day. (Tom Peters)
We'll be paying the same amount of money for tickets, (Tom Peters)
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. (Tom Peters)
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. (Tom Peters)
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. (Tom Peters)
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. (Tom Peters)
Communication is everyone's panacea for everything. (Tom Peters)
I started out with the Big Brothers program and then went to the American Cancer Society, where I was eventually the national vice president. I'm a mission kind of guy. The Red Cross was an easy mission to embrace, like Chevrolet and apple pie. (Tom Peters)