Re-imagine!
Author: Tom Peters
List Price: $30.00
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ISBN: 078949647X
Publisher: DK Publishing (October, 2003)
Sales Rank: 1,167
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Why many "book judges" didn't get it...
I feel that all of the negative comments are mostly from people that:
1) Read books to "review"
2) Don't try to "change" based on inputs (new or old)
3) Are confortable with the world as it is
Some books are "reference" books, others are supposed to be "opportunity for change".
I think Tom was going for the second one, and I believe it was a good first try.
DK can definitely do better (see all of their kids books and travel guides) from a design and layout perspective.
The old book layout is a "confort zone" for all of us, but "information" is a web, not a line (it has never been a line for our brains), so the opportunity for books is to evolve...
As many have already noted, many of the concepts are not 100% new, but "repetita juvant" is always valid, and secondly, sometimes messages can only go "under the skin" if they are presented in a different way (not all drugs can be taken as confortable pills...).
If you "already knew" many of these concepts, have not changed a damn thing, and are still capable of complaining, I recommend you seriously consider not wasting ny more of your money on books or similar...
If you "already knew" all of this and "have changed" or helped others change, then you should write a book about it, and support others who are trying to do the same.
For all the MBAs that did not like this or took it personally, I suggest noting the following:
a) many MBAs didn't like it
b) many of your "customers" found something inspirational
Could it be possible that MBAs are on a different wavelength than customers?
Could it be that MBAs have read so many books that they are so "ahead" as to be "not in touch with reality" anymore?
Words are just words until they "change" somebody's life.
(the same phrase is actually valid if you replace "words" with "MBAs")
If Tom's book did this for a few people, then it is a good book.
Most of the "reference" books end up being useless in terms of "change"; just like "quoting" powerful messages from illuminating "leaders" but not "living" the way they did indicate.
I believe that we like the fact that many powerful messages can fit in a book so that it can be closed an put away, so that they can be confortably ignored.
If this book is the start of a new way of discussing and presenting "old" or "obvious" concepts, and a way to remove the "politically correct" envelope that wraps many key concepts in other books, than, in my opinion, it is very welcomed.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Management Masterpiece! Wakeup and Read, World!
I am delighted to write a review on Tom Peters' best-ever book, "Re-Imagine!." I purchased my copy while traveling in Ireland because it held such a prominent position on store shelves and I knew the European version would be different from it's Western counterpart -- and it is but only by the front cover. Tom's picture graces the American edition, whereas it does not on the European.I have been a loyal fan and dedicated reader of nearly all of Tom's books from "In Search of Excellence" to "A Passion for Excellence" to "Thriving on Chaos" and this new work is by far his best. Why? Because when you read it, you feel as if you are right in Tom's mind. It's a work of perfection both from a design and intellectual viewpoint. Where else can you find a magnificent looking book chock-full of Tom's 30 years of wisdom, including his reflections of other equally profound minds such as Jim Collins, Michael Schrage, Gary Hamel, Warren Bennis and Clayton Christensen? He continues to be a management genius and a very, very gutsy guy!
As Tom vividly points out, he welcomes us to a new worldview and if we don't get it -- like how women are going to rule or when a 30-year old reader is Tom's age, Wal*Mart and Dell will be either dead or irrelevant -- well than it's our tough luck. I get it and believe this is a masterpiece of a book.
And, I could not help but notice one reader's review indicating he felt that Tom was presenting the obvious. Don't we all know that true genius is simplifying the complex by presenting it in such a way that it becomes a startling revelation for ordinary souls? Tom has done just that when it comes to the future of management.
I say wholeheartedly, WAKEUP, world and take notice of Tom's ideas or else you will be either dead or irrelevant. He is lighting the way for us. It's now only our choice to make the best of our world and create an awesome destiny in the process. -- Laurel Delaney, Chicago, IL, USA (mailto:ldelaney@globetrade.com)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Great wake up motivator, but the ideas are slowing down
Don't get me wrong. I've been a past admirer of Peters and his delivery technique as a harsh but incisive corporate coach. But the ideas are slowing down, and although you may be dazzled with the puzzling and busy page layouts of the book, drill down further and you realize perhaps Peters has done his best, but ideas aren't as forthcoming as his younger and more active years. This is no crime, but I suspect his reputation now precedes his content. I much prefer the "The Art of Happiness at Work" by HH Dalai Lama, or the new Asia book "Dot ZEN" by a tag team of new authors in the Far East. Quirky but refreshing with lots of real stories out of the East. Similar Products
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