今天在 TICC 舉辦了一場由天下雜誌所辦的一場年度盛會--國際管理大師的演講.
這是一個持續性的活動. The speakers included
1995 --- Peter Senge
(我在2003有聽過他的演講, 題目是 Knowledge Management, 但我覺得還好, 我想他大概認為這不是一個好題目. 當企業界還在研究如何KM時, 學術界已經在談別的topics了)
1999 --- Michael Porter
2000 --- Kenichi Ohmae (大前研一)
2003 --- Donald Sull
2004 --- Clayton Christenson
2005 --- Tom Peters (This day)
活動網址: http://ad.cw.com.tw/cw/2005master/
開場時請到水蓮姊(呂秀蓮副總統)致詞. 今天她表現很好. 她提到台灣以人口不到全球1%, 可以達到外匯存底全球第五名.
並且提到今年 5 月 BusinessWeek 的 Why Taiwan Matters
同時她還做了一個不錯的比喻, 台灣以科技製造聞名於世界, 就好像中東以石油能源有名一樣. Taiwan is the power house in the world.
可見水蓮姊平常還有讀點書. 而且她從頭聽到尾. 值得為她的形象加分. 我想她也知道這是一個難得的學習機會.
(請到大師來講可是字字千金, 一場演講超過15萬美元的超級價碼)
Tom Peters 被譽為管理大師中的大師. 他的著作《追求卓越》,這本書迄今被公認為管理學界的經典之作.
今天的主題是 "Re-imagine, 想像, 比知識更重要" English Title: Re-Image:Toward BrandTaiwan
(我想這靈感摘自 Albert Einstein --- Imagination is more important than knowledge.)
他講得非常多, 表現非常好, 其中我分享他的幾個數字:
在中國大陸, 一年產出600000個Engineers, 相對於印度350000, 美國70000. (Which implies the nation strength and potential)
One Singaporean worker costs as much as 3 in Malaysia, 8 in Thailand, 13 in China, and 18 in India.
Business #1 mantra of the '00: Don't try to compete with WalMart on price or China on cost.
他對目前的Merge and Acquisition 提出不一樣的看法:
"Acquisitions are about buying market share. Our challenge is to create marketz. There is a big different."
他提到Value Added: 以洗衣機為例, Whirpool 在賣 Washing machine 把它定位為 Fabric care system.
"The Ferrai of washing machines"
"machines as aesthetic showpiece"
"laundry room" to "family studio" --> "designer laundry room"
You may feel funny but it works. -- quoted by Tom.
因此當別人還在賣$400~$600一台, Whirpool可以賣到$1,300.
他因此談到價格: (台灣人最會的事)
"Cheap vs Cool": The options
Cheap: Nowhere to go except "more cheap"
Cool: From Cool (with reasonable costs) to Stay Cool/Better.
他提到Brand; 有多少人願意為他喜愛的Brand Tattoos在身體上? 以及都是那些Brand? Top 10 Brands are:
Harley 18.9%, Disney 14.8%, Coke 7.7%.... Nintendo 1.5%(當然這是美國的survey)
他提到Women: Men and women are different, very different, very very different.
Women and men have absolutely nothing in common.
Women buy lots of stuff. Women buy A-L-L the stuff. Men are .. Totally, Hopelessly, Clueless about women.
並且得出線索: Women's market = Opportunity No. 1.
他並且提到的一本書, (正好我看過)-- Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
最後他也提到一個我認為很重要的數據:
2000~2010年的人口年齡數字:
18~44: -1%. 55+: +21%, 55~64: +47%
因此得出線索: 44~65: "New Customer Majority"
而且這群人的特徵是: We do not own money. We do have a lot of wealth.
以上只是其中的一小部份.
聽完後, 果然覺得真的是大師. 漂亮的是聽完還有 Bouns: 你可以 Download his slides on his web. 很少大師願意提供這樣的服務:
http://www.tompeters.com/
極度推荐各位上去看一下. 並且也要看一下別人都給他什麼樣的 comments.