Top 56 Quotes by Tom Peters

About Tom Peters

These are some quotes by American author Tom Peters Businessman, who was born on November 7, 1942.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Tom Peters

'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers. Life at work can be cool - and work that's cool isn't confined to Tiger Woods, Yo-Yo Ma, or Tom Hanks. It's available to all of us and any of us.

Tom Peters

All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.

All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.

Tom Peters

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Tom Peters

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

Tom Peters

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.

Tom Peters

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.

Tom Peters

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.

Tom Peters

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

Tom Peters

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

Tom Peters

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