Title: The Challenge: To Create More Value in All Negotiations
1New Zealand 2007
2Ho hum 2 weeks in New Zealand
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3It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change. Charles Darwin
4Punchline
5The last word There is no last word.
6Punchline
7The last word There is a last word(s).
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9S.A.V.
10 Tom Peters X25EXCELLENCE.
ALWAYS.ESPN/Chatham/02 May 2007 In Search of
Excellence 1982-2007
11Slides at tompeters.com
12 EXCELL-ENCE????
13I 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
14Dick Kovacevich You dont get better by being
bigger. You get worse.
15It is generally much easier to kill an
organization than change it substantially.
Kevin Kelly, Out of Control
16 EXCELLENCE. CIRCA 1982.
17Excellence1982 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
18 EXCELLENCE. ASPIRATION.
19Why in the World did you go to Siberia?
20The Peters Principles Enthusiasm. Emotion.
Excellence. Energy. Excitement. Service. Growth.
Creativity. Imagination. Vitality. Joy.
Surprise. Independence. Spirit. Community.
Limitless human potential. Diversity. Profit.
Innovation. Design. Quality. Entrepreneurialism.
Wow!
21BUSINESS IS ABOUT POWER. Joanne Lipman, on
Portfolio
22Business that lasts is about experiences
that are concocted and executed by committed,
energetic, nervy Loose screws Many people
Talent and surprise-amaze giggly/insanely
great and stick in other peoples customers
minds. Tom PetersApple, Whole Foods, Cirque
du Soleil, Virgin, ESPN, Apple,Commerce Bank,
Google, Basement Systems Inc., Apple, Ford
(circa 1917), IBM (circa 1970), CNN (circa 1980),
Wannamakers (circa 1880)
23 Basement Systems inc/ seymour ct
24Basement Systems Inc.Larry JaneskyDry
Basement Science (115,000!)1993 0 2003
12M 2006 50,000,000
25 EXCELLENCE. INNOVATE. OR. DIE.
26The Mess Is The Message! Period!
27What makes God laugh?
28People making plans!
29 EXCELLENCE. INNOVATE. OR. DIE.
30More than 1 RD spending, last 25 years?
31GM
32Characteristics of the Also ransMinimize
riskRespect the chain of commandSupport the
bossMake budgetFortune, article on Most
Admired Global Corporations
33 EXCELLENCE. INNOVATE.TACTICS.
34 We become who we hang out with 1
35To grow, companies need to break out of a
vicious cycle of competitive benchmarking and
imitation. W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne,
Think for Yourself Stop Copying a Rival,
Financial Times
36 Why Do I love
Freaks? (1) Because when Anything Interesting
happens it was a freak who did it. (Period.)
(2) Freaks are fun. (Freaks are also a pain.)
(Freaks are never boring.) (3) We need freaks.
Especially in freaky times. (Hint These are
freaky times, for you me the CIA the Army
Avon.) (4) A critical mass of
freaks-in-our-midst automatically make
us-who-are-not-so-freaky at least somewhat more
freaky. (Which is a Good Thing in freaky
timessee immediately above.) (5) Freaks are
the only (ONLY) ones who succeedas in, make it
into the history books. (6) Freaks keep us
from falling into ruts. (If we listen to them.)
(We seldom listen to them.) (Which is why most
organizations are in ruts. Make that chasms.)
37Normal o for 800
38 try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it.
Try it. Try it. Screw it up. Try it. Try it. Try
it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Screw it up.
it. Try it. Try it. try it. Try it. Screw it up.
Try it. Try it. Try it.
39do things.
40We have a strategic plan. Its called doing
things. Herb Kelleher
41 drill.
42 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 youre finding it when youre drawing maps
and studying logs, but you have to drill.
Source The Hunters, by John Masters, Canadian
O G wildcatter
43try things.
44We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were
omissions we didnt 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,
were 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 planfor months. Bloomberg by Bloomberg
45Screw. things.Up.
46Fail . Forward. Fast.High Tech CEO,
Pennsylvania
47Fail faster. Succeed Sooner.David
Kelley/IDEO
48FAIL, FAIL AGAIN. FAIL BETTER. Samuel Beckett
49Sams Secret 1!
50Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre
successes.Phil Daniels, Sydney exec
51try.Miss.try.
52READY.FIRE!AIM.Ross Perot (vs Aim! Aim!
Aim! /EDS vs GM/1985)
53Learn not to be careful. Photographer Diane
Arbus to her students (Careful The sidelines,
fromHarriet Rubin in The Princessa)
54No try. No deal.
55You miss 100 of the shots you never take.
Wayne Gretzky
56Intelligent people can always come up with
intelligent reasons to do nothing. Scott Simon
57Speed/ Tempo/o.o.d.a. loops
58He who has the quickest O.O.D.A. Loops
wins!Observe. Orient. Decide. Act. /Col. John
Boyd
59Blitzkrieg is far more than lightning thrusts
that most people think of when they hear the
term rather it was all about high operational
tempo and the rapid exploitation of opportunity.
Robert Coram, Boyd Re-arrange the mind of the
enemy T.E. Lawrence BOYD The Fighter Pilot
Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
60Concoct a Parallel universe!
61Parallel Universe China!!!!!!!
62NEW MARKETS.
63E-nor-mous Stra-te-gic opp-or-tun-ity
64women.BOOMERS.GEEZERS.
65women.BOOMERS.GEEZERS.
66Forget China, India and the Internet Economic
Growth Is Driven by Women. Headline, Economist,
April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14
67Womens TrifectaBuy WealthLead
ECLIPSE OF MALES (Old/Retire Young/Poorly
educated)
68Women are the majority market Fara
Warner/The Power of the Purse
69Not Just America Boys Falling Seven Years
Behind Girls at GCSE Level headline, Weekly
Telegraph, UK, 10.25.06
70Girls are the new boys.Source The Daily
Mail, 0425.2007, Why todays women want a girl
71The Perfect Answer
Jill and Jack buy slacks in black
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73 1. Men and women are different.2. Very
different.3. VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.4. Women
Men have a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y nothing in
common.5. Women buy lotsa stuff.6. WOMEN BUY
A-L-L THE STUFF.7. Womens Market Opportunity
No. 1.8. Men are (STILL) in charge.9. MEN ARE
TOTALLY, HOPELESSLY CLUELESS ABOUT WOMEN.
7410. Womens Market Opportunity No. 1.
75Cases! Cases! Cases!McDonalds
(mom-centered to majority consumer not via
kids)Home Depot (Do it everything!
Herself)PG (more than house cleaner)
DeBeers (right-hand rings/4B)AXA
FinancialKodak (women emotional centers of
the household)Nike (gt jock endorsements new
def sports majority consumer)AvonBratz (young
girls want friends, not a blond
stereotype)Source Fara Warner/The Power of the
Purse
76 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. Womens 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. Womens
leadership strengths are exceptionally well
aligned with new organizational effectiveness
value-added imperatives. Women are better
salespersons than men. Women buy almost
everythingcommercial as well as consumer
goods. So what exactly is the point of men?
77One thing is certain Womens rise to power,
which is linked to the increase in wealth per
capita, is happening in all domains and at all
levels of society. Women are no longer content to
provide efficient labor or to be consumers with
rising budgets and more autonomy to spend.
This is just the beginning. The phenomenon will
only grow as girls prove to be more successful
than boys in the school system. For a number of
observers, we have already entered the age of
womenomics, the economy as thought out and
practiced by a woman. Aude Zieseniss de Thuin,
Financial Times, 10.03.2006
78women.BOOMERS.GEEZERS.
797/13
80 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People turning 50 today have
more than half of their adult life ahead of
them. Bill Novelli, 50 Igniting a Revolution
to Reinvent America
81Average of cars purchased per household,
lifetime 13Average of cars bought per
household after the head of household reaches
age 50 7Source Marti Barletta, PrimeTime Women
82BOOMERS.GEEZERS.MONEY.ALL.NOW.
83Subject Marketers StupidityIts 18-44,
stupid!
84Subject Marketers StupidityOr is it 18-44
is stupid, stupid!
852000-2010 Stats18-44 -155 21(55-64
47)
86Boomers-Geezers-Womens TrifectaBuy/all
Wealth/all time left/ lots
Eclipse of males/retire-die
87We are the Aussies Kiwis canadians
americans. 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 worldand we will be the Center of
your universe for the next twenty-five years.
We have arrived!
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89See me. Watch me. respect me. Suck up to
me. Serve me. Love me. Love my longevity. Love
my m-o-n-e-y.
90Elizabeth Cady Stanton (more or less) (circa
0331.2007)
91See her. Watch her. respect her. Be
obsequious to her. Serve her. Love her. Love her
long longevity. Love her m-o-n-e-y. (which is
damn near a-l-l the mon-.)
92women.BOOMERS.GEEZERS.
93Median Household Net Worthlt35 7K35-44
44K45-54 83K55-64 112K65-69 114K70-74
120Kgt74 100KSource U.S. Census
94BoomerBucks!Boomer turns 50 every 7 seconds.
2009 majority of U.S. households headed by
someone over 50. 2006-2016 U.S. population up
22.9 million 22.1 million in over-50 group.
2006 1 in 5 adults is F, over 50. Women
between 50-70 who are single 35. Age 45-54
highest average income, 59, 021 (national
average is 42,209). FASTEST GROWING INCOME
CATEGORY WOMEN, 55-64 (4X men in same category).
Women, age 60-64 50 still in workforce.
Highest net worth families, 55-64 (182,000).
People over 50 70 to 79 of all financial
assets 80 of all savings accounts 62 of all
large Wall Street asset accounts 66 of
invested in the stock market. Age 50 29 of
population, 40 of total consumer spending, 50
of discretionary spending. Next 2 decades
BOOMERS WILL INHERIT 14 TRILLION-25 TRILLION
(largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in
history). Marti Barletta, PrimeTime Women
9555-64 vs 25-34 E.g. New cars trucks 20
more spending. Meals at full-service restaurants
29. Airfare 38. Sports equipment 58.
Motorized recreational vehicles 103. Wine
113. Maintenance, repairs and home insurance
127. Vacation homes 258. Housekeeping yard
services 250 to 500. Source Marti
Barletta, PrimeTime Women
96Subject Marketers StupidityOr is it 18-44
is stupid, stupid!
97Fifty-four years of age has been the highest
cutoff point for any marketing initiative Ive
ever been involved in. Which is pretty weird when
you consider age 50 is right about when people
who have worked all their lives start to have
some money to spend. Marti Barletta, PrimeTime
Women
98Beer National Boh to Bud to Anchor Steam to
ZilchCar Chevrolet (1942-1962) to misc to
SubaruBiz Clothes Various warehouses to Brooks
to Nordstrom to MilanBiz Big (U.S. Navy,
McKinsey) to Small (de facto self-employed)Sports
clothes Misc-cheap to NorthfaceSpouse Sexy
broad (wife 1) to Best friend/Brainy
(sexy)School Cornell to Stanford to RISD (Go
Nads!)Pens Cross to BicFood Safeway to Whole
FoodsMusic Beatles to QueenHome Furnishings
With-it to ComfortableHome SF Bay Area to West
Tinmouth VTFavorite sport Lacrosse-Crew to
Speed Walking-Trekking-RowingFavorite MLB, NFL
Orioles-Baltimore Colts to As-Raiders
(Warriors!)Favorite magazine Life to
WiredFavorite media Print-Radio to
Web-RadioFavorite airline TWA to American to
LufthansaHome East to WestVacations USA to
New Zealand Price Cheap to Varied (WalMart to
Milan)Hotel Ramada/Holiday Inns to Four
Seasons/Leading HotelsRestaurants McDonalds to
Hole in the wall Stores Misc/Big to Little
shopsLoyalty Serial monogamy (just as loyal now
as then love em, then leave em)
99While Foxs overall ratings are down about 6
from last year, the network has moved from fourth
place into first among viewers from ages 18 to
49, which all the networks other than CBS define
as the only competition that counts.
NYT/11.01.04 Translation
dumb/ignorant/stupid/all three
100EXCELLENCE. BEDROCK.LEADERSHIP.12 Ps. Tom
Peters/04.18.2007
10121st-century Leadership Bunkum
102PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
103PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
104Management has a lot to do with answers.
Leadership is a function of questions. And the
first question for a leader always is Who do we
intend to be? Not What are we going to do? but
Who do we intend to be? Max De Pree,
Herman Miller
105Leader Job OnePaint Portraits of Excellence!
106PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
107Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
108PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
109The role of the Director is to create a space
where the actors and actresses can become more
than theyve ever been before, more than theyve
dreamed of being. Robert Altman, Oscar
acceptance speech
110PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Potent.Positive.
11125
112PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
113You must be the change you wish to see in the
world.Gandhi
114Courtesies of a small and trivial character are
the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and
appreciating heart. Henry Clay
115Questions What do others think of you? Are you
sure? What do you think of you? Are you
sure? What is your impact on others? Are you
sure? What is your impact on others? Are you
sure? What is your impact on others? Are you
sure? What are the little things you
(perhaps unconsciously) do that cause people to
shrivelor blossom? Are you sure? What do you
want? Are you sure? Are you aware of your
changing moods? Are you sure? How fragile is
your ego? Are you sure? Do you have a true
confidant? Are you sure? Do you perform brief
or not-so-brief self-assessments? Do you talk
too much? Are you sure? Do you know how to
listen? Are you sure? Do you listen? Are you
sure? What is your style of hashing things
out? Are you perceived as (a) arrogant, (b)
abrasive (c) attentive, (d) genuinely interested
in people, (e) etc? Are you sure? Are you
flexible? Have you changed your mind about
anything important in a while? Are you
comfortable-uncomfortable with folks on the front
line? Do you think youre in touch with the
pulse of things around here? Are You Sure?
Are you too emotional/intuitive? Are you too
unemotional/rational? Do you spend much time
with people who are new to you? Do you think
questions like this are so much BS?
116PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
117Pissed Off As in Im pissed off and Im
not gonna take it any more Innovation Stems
from Irritation (Re-imagining Results from
Rage)
118PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
119You cant be a serious innovator unless and
until you are ready, willing and able to
seriously play. Serious play is not an
oxymoron it is the essence of innovation.
Michael Schrage, Serious Play
120READY.FIRE!AIM.Ross Perot (vs Aim! Aim!
Aim! /EDS vs GM/1985)
121PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
122Relentless One of my superstitions had always
been when I started to go anywhere or to do
anything, not to turn back , or stop, until the
thing intended was accomplished. Grant
123PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
124Leaders do people. Period. Anon.
125Leaders SERVE people. Period. Anon.
126PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
127Normal o for 800
128The Hang Out Axiom At its core, every (!!!)
relationship-partnership decision (employee,
vendor, customer, etc) is a strategic decision
about Innovate, Yes or No
129PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
130 Kevin Roberts Credo1.
Ready. Fire! Aim.2. If it aint broke ... Break
it!3. Hire crazies.4. Ask dumb questions.5.
Pursue failure.6. Lead, follow ... or get out of
the way!7. Spread confusion.8. Ditch your
office.9. Read odd stuff.10. Avoid moderation!
131Never doubt that a small group of committed
people can change the world. Indeed it is the
only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
132eliot 7
133The greatest dangerfor most of usis not that
our aim istoo highand we miss it,but that it
istoo lowand we reach it.Michelangelo
134PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
135 On NELSON other admirals more frightened of
losing than anxious to win
136PURPOSE.PASSION.Potential.Presence.Personal.
pissed off. Playful.PERSISTENCE.PEOPLE.
Peculiar.Potent.Positive.
137Excellence 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 _at_ tompeters.com
by K.Sriram, November 27, 2006 117 AM)
138"Life is not a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in one pretty and
well preserved piece, but to skid across the line
broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking
oil, shouting GERONIMO! Bill McKenna,
professional motorcycle racer (Cycle magazine
02.1982)
139Ger-on-i-mo!