Design (Essentials (DK Publishing))
by Tom Peters
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Author: Tom PetersEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-30
ISBN: 0756610540
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: DK ADULT
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Book Review: Finally, a business book that actually follows it's own recommendations
Summary: 5 Stars
"Design" by Tom Peters proves what the author is preaching...It is possible to redesign your business and everything in it. The book itself, without reading a word, makes the point. Every other business book is much the same in two unfortunate ways. First, most are "one trick" ponies that have a central theme that is repeated in mind numbing variations. Second, business books are just like most other books people don't finish...chapter, text; chapter, text; chapter, text...AHHHHH!
Here, Peters (along with others he properly credits) has redesigned what a business book should be. The reader can open any page, anywhere in the book, read for 2 minutes and actually gain something from the experience. In fact, that might be the proper way to read this book...one bite at a time. Much of what he has to say is made the more compelling when the blandness of the marketplace is viewed critically as called for by Peters.
Yes, the colors make a standard reading approach difficult. This book forces you to peer deeply to read fonts of every size and style. When was the last time you actually leaned into a book to glean some rare fact? You will here. The book forces the reader to consider why he is saying certain things directly, without mincing words from his self-proclaimed RANTS to every other get-out-there-and-stop-being-mediocre command.
By the way, you don't have to be a "designer" to read this book. It is about designing EVERYTHING. Don't want to be challenged? Want to cuddle back into the books you read in your MBA program? Go ahead, but don't be surprised when your business goes the way of Montgomery Wards, Oldsmobile and the buggy whip.
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Tom Peters is back and in his own words?he's "Mad as Hell." Breaking down the message from his bestselling Re-Imagine!, these four pocket-sized books deliver crucial business truths to those who are looking for inspiration on leadership, innovation, design, or women in business.Systems & Planning Books
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