{"id":202,"date":"2009-12-09T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=202"},"modified":"2012-10-23T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:02:13","slug":"the-project-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-project-50\/","title":{"rendered":"The Project 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375407731?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0375407731\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-261\" title=\"The Project 50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/the-project-501.jpg\" alt=\"The Project 50\" width=\"97\" height=\"160\" \/>The Project 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every &#8220;Task&#8221; into a Project That Matters!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0375407731\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Tom Peters<\/p>\n<p>The White Collar Revolution is upon us, and 90% of jobs are in danger of major reconfiguration\u2014or extinction. This ground-breaking new series, Tom Peters Trilogy: The Reinventing Work Series,\u00a0aims at nothing less than a total re-invention of work (how we think about it, undertake it, bring ourselves to it). The books are in the form of &#8220;50 lists&#8221;\u2014<em>The Brand You 50<\/em>, <em>The Project 50<\/em>, and <em>The Professional Service Firm 50<\/em>. Each contains 50 essential ideas for making this revolution an opportunity for dramatic change in our own working lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Project 50<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tasks are things of the past. To win today you must master the art of the project!<\/p>\n<p>Technology has changed all the rules. Rigid hierarchies, departments, and job descriptions are history. Today companies are fluid, transformative, organized around temporary networks focused on the WOW! Project &#8230; a superbly executed, high-impact piece of work with a beginning, an end, a client and specific deliverables, and an outcome you\u2019ll be bragging about\u00a0five years from now!<\/p>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in 2000 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 3.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Project 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every &#8220;Task&#8221; into a Project That Matters! by Tom Peters The White Collar Revolution is upon us, and 90% of jobs are in danger of major reconfiguration\u2014or extinction. 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