PowerPoint Slides from Tom Peters

PowerPoint Slides from Tom and the Tom Peters Company Around 6-7 years ago my thinking was heavily influenced by Tom Peters. At a time of many thick and heavy business books, his offerings were relatively short, easy to digest (lots of big words and pictures - see The Circle of Innovation for example) and generally more fun. Despite this, his books required a lot more interaction and thought from the reader. Tom Peters offers ALL his slide presentations for free download on his website. You can pay a small amount for short documents and slides that include his original speaking notes. I'm not even a quarter of the way through the first Master Slides 2004 file (containing all his slides from this year - a whopping 867 slides, and it's the first of two files!). Already, I have found a lot to think about. It's a bit jumbled up, but the content will get you thinking about the value of work and how to compete in the global economy. Possibly the most useful advice? Forget about competing with China on cost. On another note, I love the fact that more and more authors are giving away their ideas in order for you to come back for more. More and more high-value, practical content is becoming available. Probably the best example of this is the MIT OpenCourseWare project, which plans to give away all teaching materials for their graduate and undergraduate courses. Already there is a wealth of reading lists, slides, and even videos available.