The Projects 50 (Reinventing Work)

Peters, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375407731 ISBN 13: 9780375407734

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999

Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 1999-9-1 Pages: 208 Publisher: Random House The common denominatorbottom line for both the professionalservice firmPSF and the individualBrand You is:. The project Andfor the cool individual in the cool professional service firm thereis only one answer: the cool project.A seminar participant said: Reward excellent failures Punishmediocre successes So. how many of you are at work - right now-- on mediocre successes At work on projects that wont berecalled. let alone recalled with fondness and glee... a year fromnow We dont study professional service firms. (Mistake.) And wedont study WOW Projects. (Worse mistake.) There is. of course. aproject management literature. But its awful. Or. at least. misleading. It focuses almost exclusively on the details ofplanning and tracking progress and totally ignores the importantstuff like: Is it cool ...

About the Author:

Tom Peters continues to be in constant demand for lectures and seminars. In addition to researching and writing his books, he travels more widely than ever to monitor and observe the business environment worldwide. The founder of the Tom Peters Group in Palo Alto, California, he lives mostly on American Airlines, or with his family on a farm in Vermont or an island off the Massachusetts coast.

Synopsis:

The Project 50 is a simple and handy guide that provides 50 easy steps to help the modern business person choose the right project, find the right team, develop strategies for success, and ultimately know when it's time to move on.