Tom Peters’ The Age of Radicals ! 22/November/2002

“We are in a brawl with no rules.” Paul Allaire

“There will be more confusion in the business world in the next decade than in any decade in history. And the current pace of change will only accelerate.” Steve Case

“Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer- generated robots will take over the world.” – Stephen Hawking, in the German magazine Focus

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo

“Don’t rebuild. Reimagine.” The New York Times Magazine on the future of the WTC space in Lower Manhattan/

“There’s no use trying,” said Alice. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll

“Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.” Phil Daniels, Sydney exec

“Let’s make a dent in the universe.” Steve Jobs

Joe J. Jones 1942 – 2002 HE WOULDA DONE SOME REALLY COOL STUFF BUT … HIS BOSS WOULDN’T LET HIM!

“Nobody gives you power. You just take it.” — Roseanne

Characteristics of the “Also rans”* “Minimize risk” “Respect the chain of command” “Support the boss” “Make budget” *Fortune, article on “Most Admired Global Corporations”

“You do not merely want to be the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.” Jerry Garcia

Joe J. Jones 1942 – 2002 HE WOULDA DONE SOME REALLY COOL STUFF BUT … HIS BOSS WOULDN’T LET HIM!

WHO WILL GO TO STOCKHOLM? (Damn it.)

If you are not prepared to be fired over your beliefs … you are working on the wrong project - TP

“If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself, you won’t get noticed, and that increasingly means you won’t get paid much either.” Michael Goldhaber, Wired

“I don’t think there’s anything worse than being ordinary.” American Beauty

“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.” Isabel Allende

Bill Parcells’ World/ Brand You World! BLAME NOBODY! EXPECT NOTHING! DO SOMETHING! NY Post (9/99)

“The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others.” Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman, Organizing Genius

“AS LEADERS, WOMEN RULE: New Studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure” Title, Special Report, Business Week,

“Where do good new ideas come from? That’s simple! From differences. Creativity comes from unlikely juxtapositions. The best way to maximize differences is to mix ages, cultures and disciplines.” Nicholas Negroponte

The Cracked Ones Let in the Light “Our business needs a massive transfusion of talent, and talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among non-conformists, dissenters and rebels.” David Ogilvy

Deviants, Inc. “Deviance tells the story of every mass market ever created. What starts out weird and dangerous becomes America’s next big corporate payday. So are you looking for the next mass market idea? It’s out there … way out there.” Source: Ryan Matthews & Watts Wacker, Fast Company (03.02)

Read This! Richard Farson & Ralph Keyes: Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

Ye gads: “Thomas Stanley has not only found no correlation between success in school and an ability to accumulate wealth, he’s actually found a negative correlation. ‘It seems that school- related evaluations are poor predictors of economic success,’ Stanley concluded. What did predict success was a willingness to take risks. Yet the success-failure standards of most schools penalized risk takers. Most educational systems reward those who play it safe. As a result, those who do well in school find it hard to take risks later on.” Richard Farson & Ralph Keyes, He Who Makes the Most Mistakes Wins

“The boys who made the best ‘Grotties’ usually turned out to be nonentities later; boys who hated Groton did much better.” FDR biographer John Gunther (quoted in Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins, Richard Farson & Ralph Keyes)

The Kotler Doctrine: : R.A.F. (Ready.Aim.Fire.) : R.F.A. (Ready.Fire!Aim.) 1995-????: F.F.F. (Fire!Fire!Fire!)

“Fail. Forward. Fast.” High Tech CEO, Pennsylvania

“I’m not comfortable unless I’m uncomfortable.” — Jay Chiat

“If things seem under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti

G.H.: “Create a ‘cause,’ not a ‘business.’ ”

“I never, ever thought of myself as a businessman. I was interested in creating things I would be proud of.” —Richard Branson

I Believe … 1. Change will accelerate. DRAMATICALLY. 2. We will RE-INVENT THE WORLD IN THE NEXT TWO GENERATIONS. (Business … Health Care … Politics … War … Education … Fundamentals of Human Interaction.) 3. OPPORTUNITIES are matchless. 4. You are either … ON THE BUS … or … OFF THE BUS. 5. I WANT TO PLAY! AND YOU?

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo

Thank You !