The Circle of Innovation

Tom Peters — brilliant, original, and perhaps the most inspiring and listened-to business thinker of our time — has a lot on his mind these days. And he wants to share it in The Circle of Innovation.

The world of business is in a permanent state of flux, he argues, a state of chaos in which constant innovation is the only survival strategy — for the individual and for the organization. And he presents here a lifesaving handbook — both provocative and practical — designed to turn any organization into a perpetual innovation machine.

In 400 seminars in 47 states and 22 countries in the last five years, Peters has reexamined, refined, and reinvented his views on innovation. Now he brings those seminars — and his passion — to the reader in a landmark book. It is meant, he writes, to both "terrify" and "enlighten." These are "times of matchless peril for those who fail to grasp the nettle… and times of matchless opportunity for those who do."

To keep us alert, limber, and ready for action, he provokes and cajoles in chapter after chapter. Among his institutions and revelations:

• We Are All Michelangelos
  He shows how to transform every "jobholder" into a full-fledged businessperson.
• All Value Comes from the Professional Services
  How to convert sluggish staff units into Vital Centers of Intellectual Capital Accumulation.
• The System is the Solution
  How to build great systems — which go far beyond nuts and bolts.
• Create Waves of Lust
  Quality is not the automatic advantage it recently was. There is a pressing need to reverse the rising tide of product and service "commoditization".
• Tommy Hilfiger Knows
  In a crowded marketplace, branding is far more important than ever before.
• It's a Woman's World
  How to capitalize on the fact that women purchase/are purchasing agents for well over half of U.S. commercial and consumer goods.
• We're Here to Live Life Out Loud
  Why transformational leaders of the future must have laser-like focus, tell the truth, and live on the lunatic fringe.

The hallmarks of Tom Peters legend are an insatiable curiosity, an agile intellect, a pragmatic perspective, and an uncanny ability to gauge the global zeitgeist. These qualities are all brought to bear as Peters sets out to engage, enrage, and ultimately empower his readers, amid forces that are reshaping not only business but every aspect of human experience.

This book is energetic… and profound. It aims for the brain, the heart and the soul. It can transform your organisation, your career, yourself.

• Introduction
• Distance is Dead
• Destruction is Cool!
• You can't Live Without an Eraser
• We are all Michelangelos
• Welcome to the White-Collar Revolution
• All Value Comes from the Professional Services
• The Intermediary is Doomed
• The System is the Solution
• Create Waves of Lust
• Tommy Hilfiger Knows
• Become a Connoisseur of Talent
• It's a Woman's World
• Little Things are the Only Things
• Love All, Serve All
• We're Here to Live Life Out Loud

Why do I buy trash like this?