David Weinberger's Weblog: About Tom Peters
Excerpt: "I got to go be in the live audience yesterday of a Tom Peters webinar where for an hour he railed, riffed on great quotes, told stories, and test-i-fied. Hell of a performance. While the rest of us are nattering among ourselves, Tom is out making converts among the heathen. Go, Tom!
Business is about passion. Leadership is about being able to say "I don't know." "Don't rebuild. Reimagine." "Don't hire someone who had a 4.0 GPA. The definition of a 4.0 student is someone who's bought the act." And he tells how the war in Afghanistan was fought much more efficiently because direct, person-to-person communication was enabled — Instant Messaging was way important among stealth soldiers on the ground — rather than mediated through the Last War hierarchy of command.