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I was in Mumbai to hear Tom speak today. He certainly hasn't lost his passion for excellence. So many great take-aways. Well done Tom!

Posted by Peter Nesbitt at October 9, 2009 10:45 AM

I'm sure Tom's talk was fantastic, and I wish I had an opportunity to see it. I did, though, see his slide presentation. Someone had forwarded it to me. At first I thought it was a joke. Could someone this insightful, intelligent, and revolutionary really choose to visually represent his message in this way? I'm sure he must be familiar with Seth Godin, Garr Reynolds, and/or Nancy Duarte. Tom's website says that we can discover "what goes on in Tom's head" by looking at his slides. It seems to me that Tom's head would have much more clarity and much less distraction than his slides would indicate. Tom is a brilliant man. I would love to see that brilliance reflected in his visuals. I'd even be happy to help out in that regard...!!! Please help us see (and hear) Tom's message, so that we can spread the word.

Thanks... Steve

Posted by Steve at October 10, 2009 4:26 PM

Hi,

Tom Peters was awesome!! I wish he had gone on for more time!! It was the first time I heard him and has surely left a mark on how I will be leading my company in the future!!

Posted by Suraj at October 11, 2009 12:22 AM

As an innovator and innovation-driven Change leader based in India, I'm happy that Tom had talked about Innovation’s “Fourteen Imperatives.”

While "innovation" is certainly on every manager's lips, few really practice it. To advance from the "just learn and apply" mentality to introducing new-to-the-world products, services, and processes, companies in India need to develop true Innovation leaders at CXO levels.

I'd specifically highlight the following two items from Tom's Fourteen:

(2) Celebrate failure.
“Whoever makes the most mistakes wins.”
“Fail. Fail again. Fail better.”
“Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.”

(9) Hire and promote 100% innovators.
Innovator’s characteristic = Innovator.
Innovator’s characteristic = Angry. (Anger > Blowback.)
CEO=Innovation “bias.”

These are new in India, and therefore, harder to execute (but important). As for Item 2, I have used Tom's "Punish mediocre successes" principle in my group and hope to share that experience in my "Power of NEW" blog. In the meantime, I'd suggest that Indian companies NOT FORGET to celebrate the BIG SUCCESSES as well!

Posted by Pradeep Henry at October 11, 2009 11:29 PM

Tom Peters was awesome!!

Posted by koko at October 12, 2009 10:11 PM

I hope that this blog will provide some podcasts of Tom Peters in the future as I see that podcasting is the way to desseminating information in the future.I am looking forward to it.

Posted by Chong Beng Lim at October 12, 2009 10:37 PM