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Tom Peters on the real world of business

2002; Academy of Management; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5465/ame.2002.6640147

1943-4529

William C. Bogner,

Leadership and Management in Organizations

Executive Overview Tom Peters describes himself as a prince of disorder, champion of bold failures, maestro of zest, professional loudmouth (as a speaker he's “a spitter”…according to the cartoon strip Dilbert), corporate cheerleader, lover of markets, capitalist pig…and card-carrying member of the ACLU. The Economist tags him the Uber-guru. And his unconventional views led Business Week to describe him as business's “best friend and worst nightmare.” Tom followed up on the success of In Search of Excellence with four more best-selling hardback books: A Passion for Excellence (1985, with Nancy Austin), Thriving on Chaos (1987), Liberation Management (1992), and The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness (1937). He has also authored hundreds of articles for various newspapers and popular and academic journals, including California Management Review, The Academy of Management Executive (three times!), and Harvard Business Review. Tom is a graduate of Cornell (B.C.E., M.C.E.) and Stanford (M.B.A., Ph.D.). He served on active duty in the U.S, Navy in Vietnam (as a Navy Seabee), was a senior White House drug-abuse advisor in 1973-74, and worked at McKinsey & Co. from 1974 to 1981, becoming a partner in 1977. He is currently the chairman and founder of a global training and consulting company, Tom Peters Company (tompeterscompany). When Tom is not in an airplane, he spends his time in Vermont, where he and his wife Susan Sargent (and Max and Ben) co-habit a 1,500-acre working farm in Tinmouth…along with alpacas, chickens, goats, dogs (Hummer and Rosie and Wally…they all sleep on the bed), horses, barn cats, sheep, and geese.