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The Black Swan 44 Plus

Yesterday I decided that my presentation, after all a "business presentation," could not be, given the week that was, "business as usual." Hence, I created and then used "The Black Swan 44: Tactical Rules for Survival (and Success) in Looney Times." I offer it here FYI—alas, not annotated. You'll also find "The Black Swan 44: Tactical Rules for Survival (and Success) in Looney Times. (Plus 'The Basics')"—the 44, which underscores the power of the basics in nutty times, is herein supplemented by a nuts-and-bolts presentation. For good measure, there's "The Basics" as a stand-alone presentation and a "Mini-Master," too—a 303-slide version of the Big Master.

Enjoy!

Tom Peters posted this on 10/03/08.

Comments

Thanks Tom...

Recently, because of the recommendation here at tp.com,
I started reading
"The Black Swan"
after reading
"Fooled by Randomness" -
both worth reading!!

Posted by Salvo at October 3, 2008 3:33 PM

Great slides Tom. These are all the things people chop in thier mad rush to keep afloat in times of crisis. Its an understandable position to take to just cut the marketing, HR, Training budget. But the view that that can fix all the problems is just plain short sightedness. With out the support of all those "no essential" (to smaller businesses especially) departments/thoughts, then the rest of the operation is going to die where it stands. In times like these the ones to survive will not have cut back on these and other "speculative" departments.

Posted by Richard Michie at October 3, 2008 4:19 PM

I like "The BLack Swan" thanks for sharing.

Posted by charles at October 3, 2008 10:21 PM

I am stealing this :-)

Posted by Dennis at October 4, 2008 9:21 PM

"I am stealing this :-)"

Wonderful--makes my Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by tom peters at October 5, 2008 9:16 AM