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Tom Peters in Bahrain

Tom Peters in Bahrain

Uber Guru Tom Peters presented on Personal Excellence in Bahrain on 10 Jun 2014 at the Gulf Hotel Convention Centre. Read more at http://jose.do/Ein

Jose Paul Martin

June 10, 2014
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  1. • -1/+1 = Number of companies related every 2 weeks

    on S&P aka - the world we’re living in is fragile • Silicon Vally = #1 (in business failures) • “The essence of capitalism is encouraging failure not rewarding success” - N. Taleb (FROM ANTI-FRAGILE) • “Be the BEST, it’s the only market NOT CROWDED”! • Don’t throw away a majority of your hours! • “OBSCENE PROFITS will allow you to hire OBSCENELY talented PEOPLE” Takeaways from Tom Peters
  2. • 1,000,000 = no of Foxconn robots n/year • TECHNOLOGIES

    are running ahead, SKILLS are lagging! • ALGO on the board of a VC company, to make decisions. IT is the sixth board member! • Age of ROBOTS = NEVER WANTS vacation, works overtime, never late. • With #4B working, something is definitely going to happen. Takeaways from Tom Peters
  3. • CEOs DON’T READ ENOUGH = BIGGEST PROBLEM TODAY.! •

    “If you want staff to give great service, give great service to staff” • “You have to treat your employees like customers” • OATH of OFFICE / Manager/ Servant Leader • Peter Drucker = Humanist = Believed in PEOPLE Takeaways from Tom Peters
  4. • TRAINING AS INVESTMENT #1 (even for a 6 member

    company) • “We send NOTSO-GREAT staff to training and we get bad results, and we conclude TRAINING is BAD! • Randomly stop an employee - can he describe his development program for the next 12 months??? Takeaways from Tom Peters
  5. • I cannot promise you… • Life Time Job •

    12 Month Job • 6 Month Job • But I can promise you the best 6 months of your professional life! Takeaways from Tom Peters
  6. • For a LEADER, it is always SHOWTIME! • BIAS

    FOR ACTION (my view, bias for MASSIVE ACTION!) • PLANNING Vs. ACTING • What makes God laugh…?! • People making PLANS! Takeaways from Tom Peters
  7. • WHOEVER TRIES THE MOST STUFF = WINS • FAIL.

    FORWARD. FAST! • “Reward EXCELLENT FAILURES, punish MEDIOCRE SUCCESS” - Phil Daniels • Can your business FAIL FAST ENOUGH to succeed? Welcome to the idea economy. WTTMS ASTMSUTFW • The secret of fast progress is INEFFICIENCY. Takeaways from Tom Peters
  8. • “You will become like the five people you associate

    with” - Bill Cox. • This can be a BLESSING or a CURSE. • Q: Who is the most interesting person you met, in the last 6 months, and tell me how I can meet them. Takeaways from Tom Peters
  9. • The BOTTLENECK is at the TOP of the BOTTLE!!!!!

    • LBT = Little BIG things + TGR = Things Gone Right • ART OF LISTENING…. MUST ******* MUST **** MUST *** • + RESPONSIVENESS • “People get in trouble for responses, not for what they DID”! • legal suing - is an American favorite sport! (haha!) • MAKE-THE-THREE-MINUTE-CALL: Save disaster… Takeaways from Tom Peters