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Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age Hardcover – October 6, 2003

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The business management guru and author of In Search of Excellence presents a thought-provoking, inspirational look at the changing world of twenty-first-century business that introduces innovative strategies for overcoming outdated company values and procesures to create an aggressive environment that empowers talented individuals.

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October 6, 2003
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After decades with Knopf, influential management guru Peters switches to DK in an effort to "reinvent the business book," and while the results don't quite live up to the hyperbole, the new publisher allows for a looser design strategy that complements the author's increasingly stream-of-consciousness writing. Gray dotted lines lead from the main text to sidebars topped with category-identifying icons, and words' size, color and even typeface refuse to stay stable within a single sentence. (Design is clearly on his mind; one of the book's best passages is a rant against the poor ergonomics of the desk chairs in hotel suites.) The book's themes are mostly the same ones Peters has been developing since 1997's The Circle of Innovation and its follow-ups: small professional service firms are the wave of the future, successful companies sell dreams instead of products, and so on. Some of his ideas, like the unlimited potential of the Internet, have begun to wear a bit thin, while others need overhauling thanks to the recession. There are strong chapters on the spending power of women and the need to restructure the American education system, but not all the new twists are as satisfying. He takes on the 9/11 attacks in two business analogies: while the first interpretation of 9/11-small improvisational teams succeed against bloated infrastructures-rings true, many readers may find the second conclusion ("the Age of Large Numbers of Human Beings Crammed into Tall Towers is over") a bit tactless. But give Peters credit for being willing to stick his neck out, and expect loyal readers to follow him down this path once again.
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In Tom's world, it's always better to try a swan dive and deliver a colossal belly flop than to step timidly off the board while holding your nose. -- Fast Company, October 2003

No matter how his message is transmitted, what's wonderful about Peters is his restless mind and love of learning. -- USA TODAY, November 13, 2003

Peters is passionate, egotistical, evangelical, outrageous and often maddeningly simplistic- but always provocative and fun. -- Washington Post, October 26, 2003

Peters is the Michel Foucault of the management world: a scourge of the rationalist tradition and a celebrant of the creative necessity of chaos and craziness. -- Financial Times, September 23,2003

Tom Peters is the most provocative and engaging(as well as annoying and threatening) management guru running loose in America Today. -- CBS MarketWatch, October 28, 2003

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK Publishing; 1st edition (October 6, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 078949647X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789496478
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.95 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1 x 10 inches

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Tom Peters is co-author of In Search of Excellence--the book that changed the way the world does business, and often tagged as the best business book ever. Nineteen books and almost forty years later, he's still at the forefront of the "management guru industry." What's new? A lot. As CNN said, "While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all its worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself." His most recent effort, released in March 2021: Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism. Tom’s tireless focus is on putting people first and developing leaders who stay in intimate touch with the front-liners who do the real work. In November 2017, Tom received the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award. Effectively, all of Tom’s written and speech material covering the last 20+ years is available—free to download—at tompeters.com and excellencenow.com.

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Customers find the book inspiring and well-written. They say it paves the way for thought and is the best management book they've read. However, opinions differ on its readability - some find it captivating and worth looking through, while others feel it's difficult to take the book seriously due to its fragmented format.

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Customers find the book inspiring with good content. They say it plants a thought and is the best management book they've read. It's an often-referenced book for them.

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TANADI SANTOSO

Still Very Tom Peters

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2003

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I have been Tom fans for such a long time already, and i can verify that this book is "very Tom Peters". Giant books heavy papers with lots lots lots of drawings and photos and (yes) !!!!!!! all the way.
This is a very uplifting books making us feel better, and a very low price comparing with the materials you get. One day of Tom's seminar (frequently held, always full) will cost you 400 USD and he will speak probably only a small portion of what you can learn from this book.
The content is very diverse with a lot of materials stuck inside ranging from salesmanship to woman to brand you to design, which you can pick and enjoy from any page with great fun.
DK, which is famous with the illustration and graphic heavy books, is a very suitable publisher for Tom's book. So here is a good match and a big resource of business enjoyable book.
I am glad that the books get back to the tone of Circle of Innovation and bringing a lot of enthusiatic design and words.
I agree that Tom's approach is not very quant like the one we learn from the MBA program (I am in University of Chicago program myself) but we should consider that quantitave and basic analysis is not the only way to approach success and life. Tom comes from Stanford and he has left behind his "numbers" approach and in some way become the guru of the new age. Always relentless and goes against the tide.
I have bought 5 copies for myself and my friends!
Cheers and congratulation to Tom! HE IS A PLAYER.

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Craig L. Howe

The Tom Paine of the Coming Revolution

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2004

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This book models chaos. The material, if you are a Tom Peters fan, is not new. The book's design and lay-out, however, models today's business environment. It is unpredictable and chaotic.
Each page bombards the reader with visual stimuli. Multiple type faces, italics, cap strings, colors, type sizes, sidebars, background images. The first few chapters drove me crazy. I may talk a great line on the subject of chaos, but this was not what a dedicated, old-fashioned book reader had grown comfortable with.
That is the point and Tom Peters is to be complimented for it. With Re-imagine! he challenges the art of book design. It underscores his message. I believe we are on the threshold of an economic revolution. My only hope is that that I will have the energy to participate when it finally erupts.
In the meantime, Tom Peters will remain the Tom Paine pamphleteer of it. Unlike Tom Paine, he employs all the tools at his command to preach his message.

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Milton Friesen

An inspiring book

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2010

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I first picked up a copy of this some years ago in Victoria, BC. It is well-worn and a source of inspiration. I've never read Peters as a "Here's what you do - ABC" but do read him to get fired up, to remember that there is so much at stake in our work and organizations. The decision to go with DK on this was fantastic. I have no idea if it was a financial success but for me, the design and angry content are just so much better than the pin-strip-boring business fare that you typically encounter. You can read this book, flip through it, read it out of order, quote it, the design lends itself to all of that, as does the content.

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Glen hoppner

Compelling content

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015

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The book is exceptional:Tom is able to express the complexity of business in a simplistic form. His rants and rules are compelling

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Bryan S

Classic, straight to the point from Tom...

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2011

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As usual, Tom gets right to point in this classic..! All the tools a "out of the box" marketing or product, innovation driven leader would need to drive their business. Only the most creative will soak and be liquified by Toms words. For the who do not, they will appreciate the straight from the gut persona Tom brings. For me, this is a critical injection that keeps the creative juices flowing..! Thanks for continuing with straight shooter injections of marketing and product prowess we need..!

Bryan Smeltzer
"Product Innovation & Marketing Success Blog"

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Michael L Irvin

Tom Peters at his finest

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013

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Tom Peters is a visionary of business no question. In Re-imagine! even the design of the book is different. He offers more ideas that will revolutionize business per page than any other book on business you can fine. Tom advocates the restructure of the corporate world. You just have to read it (maybe even several times) to drink in all the wonderful ideas Tom has to improve and push forward business in today's world.

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saturngirl

The Audible audio version is not an audiobook

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2014

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The audio 'version' of this book is not the book at all. It is 45 minutes of edited excerpts from a lecture (or cuts from several lectures cobbled together). The book is hard to read so got the audio version; very disappointed.

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Robert Williger

One of my favorite books ever

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015

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This is one of my all time favorite books. I have both the hardcover and audiobook, and it is one of the only hardcover books I have kept in my collection. Tom Peters shares his knowledge and experience and most importantly he wakes you up to think for yourself. This is a book I revisit regularly and have listened to the audio version many times.

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Paul Dunn

The best book on business ahead of his time

Reviewed in Australia on July 31, 2021

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I love this book, it was the inspiration to starting a company and the foundational ideas of the concept and reason for being, Tom Peters is a genius, for some reason this book is not easy to get anymore.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in India on February 16, 2017

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DynamikeB

Great business book - very creative in all forms and very motivational for me

Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2016

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Very creative and motivating book. It's originally written and the layout out of the ordinary, which is the main purpose and subject of this book.

Tom Peters challenges us to do better, be more creative and shine. It's a bit like Seth Godin's Linchpin, but with way more real life examples and stories and details. Both are great books that can really help you and motivate you if you want to be more than the norm.

It was a fast read for me and it's a must for anyone interested in the way business is moving these years (2000 and up approx.), but also a great read to learn stuff about a lot of business and ideas, always in a fun and entertaining way.

María

Perfect!

Reviewed in Spain on September 9, 2013

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Even it was used, it was in good condition. And the book is whorty because it was published some years ago but the advices still are useful. It is a pleasure to take a look inside.

Steven Unwin

A colourful introduction to Peter's Ideas but with little new.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2009

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This is not quite a coffee table book, but it is probably more at home there than sandwiched on the shelf between other business titles.
It's clear that Tom Peters wants the book to stand out from the crowd.

If you have small children you've probably encountered the publisher Dorling Kindersley through their children's books packed with high gloss colour pictures and eye catching page layouts. These are the hallmarks of this book, and in the main it is certainly pleasing to the eye. The result is a book to browse rather than read, to dip into rather than work through. This is no bad thing at all.

If you've seen Tom Peters speak or have read any of his other books I suggest that in the thrust of this book there is little new. That's not to say that the pictures, quotations and side stories won't add to your understanding of Peter's message; the core of which is a campaign that a new world demands new re-imagined approach to business.

If you're not familiar with his work then this book is a rich introduction to his rants and his passions. I suspect that his style will not suit everyone. He states that he writes motivated by anger, and sometimes this can obscure some of the points he makes, but there is little doubting his passion. As you leaf through its pages you'll probably find yourself agreeing or disagreeing, but strongly, and this is precisely his aim.

In summary a book whose style is in marked contrast to most of the business titles around and as a result may spend less time trapped on the shelf. If you've not met Peter's work, this is your Technicolor opportunity to catch up.

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