Tom Peters Company's Summer Research Project

In the early summer of 2010, we detected a distinct upturn in the tone of conversations with our clients. People seemed more prepared to look ahead and talk to us about their development needs than was the case this time last year. But there was an understandable nervousness about committing resources.

Therefore we focused this year's summer research project on using our Excellence Audit survey to uncover any common traits in what business people see as the most pressing improvement priorities as companies face up to the slow haul out of recession. Tom Peters has been heralding disruptive times like these for many years, and this is our contribution to helping leaders to navigate their way through the latest crisis.

From over 200 people who were interested, 143 people from 34 different countries actually completed the survey. Many thanks to all of them for devoting the time to take part.

This research is aimed at people who are running business teams, departments, or whole businesses. We are interested to discover personal perceptions on future needs rather than formal company positions. All data in the survey is kept strictly private and confidential.

The results are being published in September 2010. Email us if you are interested in receiving a copy of the conclusions from this Research Project.