Earl: Tom Peters' books lack actionable strategy compared to Peter Drucker's
Colin Earl · 954 Launched in 1991 How is Agiloft Closing $1.8m Deals? · Mar 5, 2018 · at 19:50
Agiloft founder and CEO Colin Earl compares influential management authors during a rapid-fire interview with Nathan Latka.
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“The Tom Peters books, for example, are inspiring. But the folks who have tried to put those books into practice have struggled. Because they're not actionable, and they're more to do with getting you pumped up and enthused and the rest of it than in actually executing a business strategy. Peter Drucker is superb for the latter.”
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