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You are always welcome in Britain and don't forget Britain extends well beyond our wonderful capital London :-) hope to see you in Birmingham!

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 27, 2006 7:19 PM

Just researching the "bloggosphere", "Bloggaging" if you will,foraging or scavenging others blogs for ideas on how to create my own blog. Seasons Greetings from an admirer in Baltimore Mr. Peters. Looks like you've been on the go quite a bit. Stay healthy. Thank you for sticking.(Not goegraphically, obviously, but acedemically.)

Posted by John Barone at December 28, 2006 3:22 AM

At this time of goodwill to all, I was interested to see today’s report from the TUC here in the UK that top executive salaries at FTSE 100 firms have risen SEVENTEEN times faster than their workers' pay.

More details can be seen at this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6212911.stm

The staff whose salaries have risen SEVENTEEN times slower than their bosses will once again read the Annual Report of their company as it says each year; ‘We owe everything to our staff’

Mmmmmm … Bah Humbug!!

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 28, 2006 9:15 AM

I miss Germany on the list!

As Trevor brought in the CEO pay issue, which was already discussed on Dec 22nd, I thought that perhaps a citation helps to explain, to a certain extent, the large gap between top- and average-worker pay:

‘Did We Say “Talent Matters”? “The top software developers are more productive than average software developers not by a factor of 10X or 100X, or even 1,000X, but 10,000X.” —Nathan Myhrvold, former Chief Scientist, Microsoft’ – Tom Peters, Interlaken011105.

We are still far away from a ratio like the above one, which would be, in terms of pay, 10,000:1.

Posted by Horst Schueberl at December 28, 2006 11:40 AM

And Tom - the smarter the career - the luckier one gets - and you've got a fabulous one going.

Trevor - USA Today had an Opinion piece [CEO pay] ..."can be fully attributed to the sixfold increase in market capitalization of large U.S. companies during that period."

"CEOs get paid more because they run bigger, more valuable companies.

With 5% of the world's population, the USA is home to half the world's largest companies. Our system of compensating CEOs has served the nation well. Let's not let politicians mangle it."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-12-25-oppose_x.htm

Posted by sean_luck at December 28, 2006 12:05 PM

My simple point is ….

If top managers salaries rise SEVENTEEN times faster than their workers' pay then please don’t let us see silly and untrue written statements in annual reports about how much the company values front line staff. Let us be honest and say things like;

‘This company believes we have managers at the top who are worthy of far more frequent and significant pay increases than people working at the front line because the top people bring more and more millions of dollars or pounds into our company profits so that we can continue to widen the gap between top people and everyone else in this organisation.’

It would be more honest and less patronising. Sorry folks I find it obscene however we try to justify it.

Now come on Trevor just wake up and get real I hear you say….

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 28, 2006 5:22 PM

I forgot to mention "Happy New Year". Whether you'll be raising a toast with Dom Perignon or Boones Farm. The joys and pleasures of life are felt equally in the heart and soul regardless of one's social/financial standing. Lighten-up for a while you's guys. Try debating nothingness for a while. Meanwhile, Tom, Mr. Peters, it seems you're a lucky fella, but so are the likes of us "miniscules" simply for being able to engage in this dialogue. So let's all raise a glass "to the blogs, may it long last" This is cool. That is the pay.

Posted by john at December 28, 2006 11:19 PM

I remember someone (probably a teacher in my old school St. Vincents in Pune, India) said Luck is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.

Yup Tom, you are one incredibly lucky fellow

Oh, and I borrowed the Dutch translation of the book "Tom Peters Essentials Design" and showed it to my girlfriend and her Dad. They love it ~ because the writing was incredibly refreshing, direct and to the point.

Thanks!

Posted by Arun Sadhashivan at December 29, 2006 4:03 AM

As a fellow road warrior, although to less exalted events, I understand the love-hate relationship with a work life on the move. I would be interested to hear from you, Tom (and others) how you balance this with your home life and relationships. I love what I do, but I also love being home with my wife.

Posted by Mike at January 2, 2007 11:01 AM