Why Tom Peters Was Too "Weird" For McKinsey

Tom Peters has gone on to be one of the most successful business authors of all time. Find out why he was too "weird" for McKinsey
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⌛TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:41 Tom's Work
1:20 Lifetime employment was still the norm
2:30 Tom getting excited about studying companies
5:30 Companies were resistant to his ideas & Siemens
7:04 Tom's "Magic Moment" In The McKinsey Office
8:50 Managing by wandering around
10:30 Companies didn't need to compete after WWII
13:14 Why his approach was so different than McKinsey
17:45 Tom's passion and energy
18:45 Why McKinsey fired Tom
20:20 Betting on himself
23:15 Tom's 20th book
24:45 Living in the future
28:20 Eulogy virtues
30:00 Too big to fail

[@StrategyU]

18:45 why his approach was att odds with strategy consulting in the early 1980s

[@rik112]

Really interesting interview. Tom was obviously smart enough to see behind these symbolic management cues to understand how the companies were fundamentally different from others, which gave them a competitive advantage.

[@Davidkiania]

This is really amazing. Grew up professionally reading ‘In search of excellence’, really engaging conversation with a sage.
Also amazing how corporate caring is an alien concept …

[@jasonroberts1100]

Tom is my favorite author by a country mile! Little Big Things and Excellence Dividend permanently changed the trajectory of my career. Great interview!!! Thank you for everything Mr. Peters.

[@nathjones77]

Excellent interview, Tom has always had his finger on the pulse of these companies and is such a brilliant communicator

[@vperazzoli]

Thank you Paul. Great interview!!

[@FilipeLosoft]

Great Interview

[@nev6250]

Do you by any chance have a podcast channel or account? Love your contents

[@carlaserra3438]

Thank God for this interview
I'm a HR technology and Strategy consultant and go crazy with the old structures we sometimes find in old school companies

[@brainwhatwasher]

I'm still looking for a boss that looks at the world in a different way ha

[@anyvoicespeaks]

wanted to like this but a very lightweight interview, not much was actually said and I still cant figure out why he was at odds with Mckinsey? He did work there for 5 years. After he published his book. most of the examples of excellent companies he cited failed spectacularily. Maybe people who are good at business stay in business instead of writing books?