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