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