The Tom Peters Weblog: Tom's Slides http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/toms_slides Dispatches from the New World of Work tompeters!company http://www.tompeters.com/images/tplogo.jpg http://www.tompeters.com/ en-us tom@tompeters.com Copyright 2008 Tom Peters Company. 2008-05-08T09:10:47-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Special Presentation: The Customer Comes Second This new PPT titled "The Customer Comes Second" acts as a follow-up to last week's Post.... 10377@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ This new PPT titled "The Customer Comes Second" acts as a follow-up to last week's Post.

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]]> 2008-05-08T09:10:47-05:00 Event: Skillsoft 10362@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom's closer to home in Watertown, Massachusetts, speaking for SkillSoft's Leadership Development Channel. Featuring best-selling business authors, experts, and CEOs—those who can have the biggest impact in motivating and challenging the thinking of learners, Leadership Development Channel is a collection of on-demand programs (videos) in multiple learning formats designed to help organizations develop their managers.
You can download the slides here:
Skillsoft, Watertown, MA

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]]> 2008-04-30T09:23:28-05:00 Event: London Tom Day 10359@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Today, Tom's in London sharing the stage with our Cool Friend Kjell Nordström, with the theme being "Look Beyond Change." Presented by old friends Benchmark in partnership with Tom Peters Company!UK, it should be a great day! As always, the slides are available here:
Excellence. Always. Benchmark/TPC!UK, London

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]]> 2008-04-28T05:16:49-05:00 Keystone Seven In the course of the last few weeks, in addition to "live events" (e.g., Johannesburg, Mexico City), I've been working... 10355@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ In the course of the last few weeks, in addition to "live events" (e.g., Johannesburg, Mexico City), I've been working on a set of "Keystone Presentations," seven to be exact. Fact is, they collectively amount to a significant shift in emphasis. I am focusing on the "practical" "eternal" "human" (oh so human!) basics of GTD/Getting Things Done, or Implementation. We have posted several of these presentations along the way. With this post I want to offer you, in one place, all seven—prior to my taking off for a week-long trek on the Dalmation Coast-Croatia.

[Download links for all seven are below—CM]
The Alternate Master—The 1158-slide set that Tom would choose from if he were presenting a day-long seminar
Real People (PDF)—Also known as "Excellence for the Rest of Us: A Book for Real People, Working in the Real World in 2008"
The Healthcare Master—Ten Years in the Making, a completely annotated slides presentation
The Implementation Master—The case for Implementation as business strategy #1
3 Cases—Implementation—A corollary to the Implementation Master above
Guru Gaffes—Contrasts: Guru-world vs. Real World
Equations—A series of equations stating that "Success is a function of ..."

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]]> 2008-04-22T16:32:21-05:00 Event: HSM in Mexico City Our old friends HSM are hosting Tom today in Mexico City. We'd love to hear from you if you were... 10337@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Our old friends HSM are hosting Tom today in Mexico City. We'd love to hear from you if you were in attendance, and if you'd like to get the slides, you can use this link:
HSM, Mexico City, Mexico

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]]> 2008-04-10T08:55:29-05:00 Event Slides: Kindred Healthcare As Tom says above, he is in Las Vegas, and he's speaking to a group from Kindred Healthcare. You might... 10301@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ As Tom says above, he is in Las Vegas, and he's speaking to a group from Kindred Healthcare. You might recall that healthcare is at the top of Tom's list of reading subjects recently, so I'm sure he has a great deal to say to them. If anyone who attends the event would like to comment, we'd love to hear from you! If you'd like to get the slides, you can download them here: Kindred, Part 1 and Kindred, Part 2

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]]> 2008-03-25T09:54:06-05:00 Event: Global Leaders Tom's in Johannesburg, South Africa, doing a seminar for Global Leaders. If you attended the event, please leave us a... 10279@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom's in Johannesburg, South Africa, doing a seminar for Global Leaders. If you attended the event, please leave us a comment to let everyone know how it went. If you would like to get the slides, you can download the PPT file with this link.

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]]> 2008-03-12T16:23:39-05:00 Event: Flexirent Though he has not been blogging for a month while he is on a break, Tom got an event into... 10259@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Though he has not been blogging for a month while he is on a break, Tom got an event into his schedule while traveling. Yesterday he spoke to Flexirent, a rental company that "gives you the flexibility to keep pace with technology." Tom focused on two subjects: leadership and talent.

If you were there, let us know your reaction in the comments under this blog entry. If you would like to get the slides presentations, you can use these links:
Flexirent, Leadership, Sydney
Flexirent, Talent, Sydney

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]]> 2008-02-18T08:49:13-05:00 Tinkering! More substantial modifications to the "Implementation" presentation.... 10223@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ More substantial modifications to the "Implementation" presentation.

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]]> 2008-01-21T04:31:31-05:00 Ditto! More major changes to "Implementation." (Including significant annotation.) Please steal from this presentation!!!... 10220@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ More major changes to "Implementation." (Including significant annotation.)

Please steal from this presentation!!!

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]]> 2008-01-18T10:37:31-05:00 Not Leaving Well Enough Alone,Because I Can't Still playing with the "implementation stuff." Herewith, an expanded-edited version.... 10219@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Still playing with the "implementation stuff." Herewith, an expanded-edited version.

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]]> 2008-01-17T11:37:34-05:00 Implementation Fixation! For some reason, Implementation has been constantly on my mind. Maybe it started with the "Have You ..." list in... 10209@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ For some reason, Implementation has been constantly on my mind. Maybe it started with the "Have You ..." list in early December. At any rate, you'll find attached a Special Presentation ("Tom Peters on Implementation") that I've been working on. It's lightly annotated—hope you find it of use.

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]]> 2008-01-15T09:27:51-05:00 Tom's Notes in PPTs You can see in the post above that Tom mentions adding notes to his slides presentations. We'd like to preempt... 10211@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ You can see in the post above that Tom mentions adding notes to his slides presentations. We'd like to preempt the inevitable comments that he doesn't have to insert blank slides to do so and provide an up-front explanation. Tom makes new top-level PPT slides for his notes instead of putting them in the Notes section under the slides because that would negate the whole effect he's trying to create. He says, "The text slides are collectively a 'book,' a more or less continuous and coherent narrative that must be 'in front of' the reader." (He thinks of slide show watchers as readers.) He wants people to read the slides and to read them in context as a story with a plot. Again, he tells us, "I want my message about design or talent or implementation to build almost like a book." Moreover, he guesses the odds of someone's reading slide text is about 10 times higher than the possibility of their reading the notes section. Finally, Tom says this: "My text slides are Slides, not Notes about slides. (In my mind.) More grandly, in a parallel to Re-imagine, I am sort of trying to invent a new medium. (I could be wrong about all this, and have it ass-backwards, of course.)"

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]]> 2008-01-15T09:15:36-05:00 Event Slides: Freescale Tom's starting the New Year right with a trip to Florida in January. He's in Palm Beach speaking to the... 10201@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom's starting the New Year right with a trip to Florida in January. He's in Palm Beach speaking to the Freescale Leadership Forum. You can get the slides here, and if you attended, we welcome your comments under this post. Happy New Year, everybody!

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]]> 2008-01-13T15:15:56-05:00 Event Slides: Dubai As Tom said yesterday, he's in Dubai, where he spoke to the Institute for Human Resource Development. Quite an exciting... 10128@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ As Tom said yesterday, he's in Dubai, where he spoke to the Institute for Human Resource Development. Quite an exciting end to the year's events. If you would like to get the slides presentation, the link is here:
Dubai Institute for HR

The Last Event of the Year! This slides entry puts to rest nine years of such postings (they pre-date the blog). And Tom's first PowerPoint file—from the day he made the transition from actual slides to electronic—is still available in the slides section of our website. See 1999 here. (Okay, maybe it's been eight years and a couple of months.) It could be fun to see how Tom's PPTs have evolved from the earliest days.

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]]> 2007-12-12T09:48:42-05:00 PowerPoints Last week I offered two lists of 50 items each. You'll find them below in PPT format. Also, above,... 10120@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Vermont country road with snow on the trees alongside

Last week I offered two lists of 50 items each. You'll find them below in PPT format. Also, above, Vermont, 10°F
(-12°C), 1209.07.

Links to PPTs:
Cross-functional Excellence—The "XF 50"
Mapping Competitive Position—"Top 50" "Have Yous"

The PDF versions are available now, also:
Cross-functional Excellence—The "XF 50"
Mapping Competitive Position—"Top 50" "Have Yous"

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]]> 2007-12-11T09:38:50-05:00 Event: Barcelona Tom is in Barcelona for his old friends HSM, appearing at the World Marketing and Innovation Forum. Among others,... 10076@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Venice, reflection of a bridge in the canal


Tom is in Barcelona for his old friends HSM, appearing at the World Marketing and Innovation Forum. Among others, our friend Tom Kelley from IDEO is there as well. On the photo front, Tom sends a last Venice effort, above, and a bit of Gaudi from Barcelona, below.

If you would like to get the slides from Tom's presentation, they are available here.


Barcelona building with ornate scrollwork

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]]> 2007-11-14T12:44:53-05:00 Event Slides: Antwerp Tom is staying in Brussels, but speaking in Antwerp, to the Flanders District of Creativity. Wikipedia says that Flanders DC... 10074@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom is staying in Brussels, but speaking in Antwerp, to the Flanders District of Creativity. Wikipedia says that Flanders DC is a non-profit organization founded by the Flemish government to make the Flemish economy more competitive through creativity, entrepreneurship, and further internationalization. Cool.

The slides can be downloaded with the link below:
Flanders District of Creativity, Antwerp, Belgium

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]]> 2007-11-12T12:45:10-05:00 Event Slides 10059@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ As he says above, Tom is speaking all day to ZfU—Zurich International Business School. You'll find the event PowerPoint at this link; additionally Tom has created an "Alternate Master," 461 slides, based on a new approach he's used in recent presentations.

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]]> 2007-11-05T01:20:38-05:00 ExpoManagement Tom is in Buenos Aires today speaking at ExpoManagement. For those fluent in Spanish, you can read about it here.... 10051@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom is in Buenos Aires today speaking at ExpoManagement. For those fluent in Spanish, you can read about it here. ExpoManagement is presented by HSM, a spectacular group of event planners that Tom loves. The links for his presentations are below:

HSM Keynote, Buenos Aires
HSM In-company Presentation, Buenos Aires

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]]> 2007-11-01T16:06:32-05:00 London Business Forum The PowerPoint slides that Tom prepared for the London Business Forum are linked below. He provided us with the final... 10043@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ The PowerPoint slides that Tom prepared for the London Business Forum are linked below. He provided us with the final version—the one he used in his presentation—and a long version for those of you who want to see more.

Day 1:
Excellence. Always. London Business Forum, Final, 29 Oct
London Business Forum, Long Version, 29 Oct
Day 2:
Excellence. Always. London Business Forum, Final, 30 Oct
London Business Forum, Long Version, 30 Oct

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]]> 2007-10-29T17:36:12-05:00 New Master: Now 3,500 (or so) Slides Tom continues to tweak his master set of PowerPoint slides. As he uses it, he finds subjects that need more... 10023@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom continues to tweak his master set of PowerPoint slides. As he uses it, he finds subjects that need more explanation, finds places that need resequencing, etc. There is a lot of duplication in the master set, but that gives you insight into how Tom does what he does. He can get to a particular section of the Master and copy a series of slides to serve his purpose when his topic is Innovation, or Talent, or Execution, or any of his other important themes.

The links for downloading are always in the right-hand column of this page, but I duplicated them below for your convenience. These take a while to download!
Part One: Context, Excellence
Part Two: Innovation
Part Three: PSF, the Value-added Ladder, Solutions, Dreams
Part Four: "New" Markets, Women, Boomers & Geezers
Part Five: People, i.e., Talent
Part Six: Leadership
Part Seven: Key Lists (Irreducibles, Sales, and more)

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]]> 2007-10-23T08:58:25-05:00 Event Slides: Seoul You can get the PowerPoint presentation from the 4th Annual World Knowledge Forum in Seoul here, and the presentation to... 10019@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ You can get the PowerPoint presentation from the 4th Annual World Knowledge Forum in Seoul here, and the presentation to the Students here.

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]]> 2007-10-17T08:06:32-05:00 Event Slides Tom is in Minneapolis, where, he reports, the temperature has gone from the 90s to the 30s in the space... 10010@http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/main/ Tom is in Minneapolis, where, he reports, the temperature has gone from the 90s to the 30s in the space of a week. He is speaking to the gurus of packaging, AICC, the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters, "an association of independents for independents" in the corrugated industry, providing services to help its members strengthen their bottom line. If you were there, let us hear from you. If you want the slides, you can get them here.

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