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2 Unit Course
(40 - 50 hours of conference work)
Inside The Workbook
You will work through the implications arising from Tom Peters' treatment of:
Control Alt Delete - The Destruction Imperative
In the Crosshairs - White-Collar Cataclysm
Design: The 'Soul' of New Enterprise
Trends Worth Trillions
You will develop significant understanding of the issues this master enterprise technician raises and progress through a process that will challenge you to practice these and become a super-efficient executive.
Background to this program:
In the wake of September 11, 2001 the US Military finally got the message. For years, they had known that the enemy was changing. Perfectly suited to dealing with the former Soviet Union, they were, as yet, unprepared for the new adversary. Traditonal battle featured a known opponent who generally played by the same rules.
The new threat turned out to be unknown, unhampered by borders, headquarters or rules, and powered by modern communications, weaponry and money: a 'virtual organisation'.
Suddenly, the change process got real. Revolution was not a requirement, it was a passion. Call it change, revolution, renaissance, whatever you will - we are all in it. We have moved from the farm to the factory to the cubicle. With the advance of the technological revolution, we are moving again. And, once again, we have to reinvent ourselves to suit the challenge.
Like the military, any organisation is perfectly suited to the last challenge it faced.
But how will you face the next competitor? And what will your competition be?
In the new world of business, virtual organisations will provide the competition. And to succeed, revolution, not incremental change, is essential.
Yes, the stakes are higher in the military than they are in business, but as General Eric Shineski, Us Army Chief of Staff said: "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less."
In his provocative and inimitable way, Tom Peters paints a bold, technicoloured vision of the future and how to be a part of it. Let his book inspire you. Get off the sidelines and be a player in the momentous events we are privileged to experience.
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