Tom Peters

A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

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.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence.

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

Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

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

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.