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Title: The Circle of Innovation by Tom Peters, Tom Peters ISBN: 0-679-75765-1 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 25 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (48 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Plenty of P. T. Barum pizazz, breaking all book 'rules'.
Comment: Peters zeros in on innovation as the touchstone for success, along with a passionate presentation of fifteen other related ideas such as: distance is dead; destruction is cool; we are all Michelangelos; welcome to the white - collar revolution; the intermediary is doomed; and the system is the solution. The book's visual layout model's its theme which is - It is the end of the world as we know it, so whatever made you successful in the past won't in the future. What, then, can you do? The answer is...innovation! This is another WOW book, exuding the excitement and novelty that makes Tom Peters, himself, a living example of what he passionately and entertainingly writes about. Peters delivers content in a form that breaks all book 'rules,' using a plethora of P. T. Barnum pizazz. Among business books, that's innovative! I don't think Peters expects or wants you to read this book, but to experience it. It is a bit more like a roller-coaster than a book, with zigs and zag! s and lots of zip. Still, for all its flare, this is not a ground-breaking work, falling short of Peters' Liberation Management.
Rating: 5
Summary: READ THE HOTTEST SEMINAR IN THE WORLD TO INNOVATE
Comment: THE CIRCLE OF INNOVATION is written in slide book form. This is the form that consultants use for seminars. Each exhibit that the seminar attendees will see is included, along with a page of script that covers the content of the exhibit. The result is highly enjoyable, as you vicariously imagine being in the room with Tom Peters, the world's most sought-after business speaker. The exhibits are wonderfully funny and evocative, and use all kinds of visual tricks to get and keep your attention. I had people all over the plane looking over my shoulder to see them, as I read the book on a recent flight. Tom Peters also walks his talk, and really lives with passion -- which strongly comes through in this book. His interpretations of the world are almost always tied to quotes from important thinkers and business leaders, which gives the book a relevance and immediacy that a more cerebral book would have lacked. I found this book to be very satisfying to read. It affected me at a very fundamental level, so I could tell that I was "getting" the message. The result is a most impressive example of a way to communicate through books. The principles seem to be sound in most cases (although not all markets are dominated by women purchasers -- such as boxing gloves -- but many are such as cars), and they should stimulate your thinking to expand the scope of the innovations you think about. The book could have been improved with a consideration of processes that work better than others for getting the innovation work done. For that assistance, you will have to look elsewhere. In the meantime, do read, think about, enjoy, and apply the lessons of THE CIRCLE OF INNOVATION.
Rating: 4
Summary: Decent reading
Comment: Don't be overwhelmed by the size of this book. You can go through it rather quickly since most of the pages have graphical text - big fonts and just like PPT presentations. If you are not used to or don't like graphics and presentations, you may have a hard time with this book (as you can see from other reviews). But it is kind of a breakthough book in terms of the style.
Most of the ideas are very useful, most of the examples are very genuine in how it relates to the theory.
For those who may be annoyed with the style of this book, my only request is, look beyond the style for the content or the gist.
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Title: The Pursuit of Wow! by Tom Peters ISBN: 0679755551 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 22 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster by Bill Jensen, Bill Jensen ISBN: 0738204307 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
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Title: The Brand You 50 : Or : Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an 'Employee' into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! by Tom Peters ISBN: 0375407723 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 21 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Project 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters! by Tom Peters ISBN: 0375407731 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 21 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life by Gary Hamel ISBN: 0452283248 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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