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Thomas Peters (revolutionary)
Black Loyalist founding father of Sierra Leone
Thomas Peters | |
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| Born | Thomas Potters 1738 (1738) Yorubaland |
| Died | 25 June 1792(1792-06-25) (aged 53–54) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Cause of death | Malaria |
| Resting place | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Nigerian, American, Canadian, Sierra Leonean |
| Citizenship | Canadian, Sierra Leonean |
| Occupation(s) | Slave, soldier, politician |
| Known for | Recruiting African American, Nova Scotia settlers, from British Canada, Northern amerika, to Sierra Leone Colony, West Africa |
| Spouse | Sally Peters (m. 1776) |
| Children | John Peters (son) Clairy Peters (daughter) 5 other children |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Black Company of Pioneers |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War |
Thomas Peters, born Thomas Potters (1738 – 25 June 1792),[1] was a veteran of the Black Pionee
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Tom Peters
Shared lessons learned from Management By Wandering Around (MBWA)
For other people named Tom Peters, see Tom Peters (disambiguation).
Thomas J. Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence (co-authored with Robert H. Waterman Jr.)
Life and education
[edit]Peters was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He went to Severn School, a private, preparatory high school, graduating in 1960.[1] Peters then attended Cornell University, receiving a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1964,[2] and a master's degree in 1966.
He returned to academia in 1970 to study business at Stanford Business School[3][self-published source] receiving an MBA followed by a PhD in Organizational Behavior in 1977. The title of his dissertation was "Patterns of Winning and Losing: Effects on Approach and Avoidance by Friends and Enemies."[4]Karl Weick credite
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Tom Peters
Thomas J. "Tom" Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American writer on business management practices, best-known for In Search of Excellence co-authored with Robert H. Waterman.
Quotes
[edit]- Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
- I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote Search. There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove. I went out and talked to genuinely smart, remarkably interesting, first-rate people. I had an infinite travel budget that allowed me to fly first class and stay at top-notch hotels and a license from McKinsey to talk to as many cool people as I could all around the United States and the world.
I went to see Karl Weick, who had totally influenced my life. I had read his work a thousand times, and I'd never met him. I went to Oslo t