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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Yet, Peters and Waterman pointed out that there were bright spots in the economy. It became required reading in business school classes. Feel familiar? Perhaps not.

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Leading Views: Good Poker Players Know When to Fold

Leading Blog

In Adhocracy , Robert Waterman notes that “Bureaucracy gets us through the day; it deals efficiently with everyday problems. Waterman explains: Stud poker is a good metaphor for this process. But as each card is dealt, just as a project proceeds through each phase, you buy more information on the probable success of the outcome.

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The 20% Doctrine: How Tinkering, Goofing Off, and Breaking the Rules at Work Drive Success in Business

Kevin Eikenberry

By Ryan Tate This book’s title is a tip of the hat to Google’s famous 20% of time given to work on personal projects of interest. This isn’t really a new idea – Peters and Waterman made the idea of “skunkworks” famous in their book In Search of Excellence back in 1983. Yet the concept […].

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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

In the fall of 1983, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman published “ In Search of Excellence.” PI was a custom house that lived project to project for the better part of 25 years. Then things changed — in a hurry! It was really the first book on management, leadership and organizational culture that was universally embraced.

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10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011.

Rich Gee Group

And this employee/object will remain at rest (no movement – no raises, no promotions, no new projects, no GROWTH) until “a sum of physical forces” are acted upon it. Peters and Waterman — “In Search of Excellence”. As long as they have a job, they won’t take any risks, butt any heads, or raise their hand at a meeting.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. Todd Waterman, GE’s corporate Lean leader, is leveraging GE Appliance’s insights with other GE units. GE also launched more than 100 FastWorks projects globally.

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