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Thomas L. Brown
and his unique books have drawn interest from a diverse and global audience.
His vanguard ideas appeal to a wide variety of readers because he links
his transformative insights to people and events in the corporate, political,
scientific, and artistic worlds. Tom's writings are stimulating, enlightening,
and provocative.
- The
Anatomy Of Fire:
Sparking A New Spirit Of Enterprise
(Foreword by Jim Collins, Good
To Great author)
Tom defines 21st Century leadership in this book. He talks about
the importance of leaders embracing five key traits: discovery, enthusiasm,
resourcefulness, resolve, and contributing to society. The leader's
art, he asserts, is in the leader's heart.
As Jim Collins
(of Built To Last and Good To Great fame) says in his
Foreword to Tom's book: "Above all else, Tom pushes us to not
be a mere placeholder in the world.... He challenges us to make our
lives, our work, our influence, our impact on others a unique contribution
that cannot be duplicated. And the most compelling argument he gives
is his own personal example as exemplified by this work."
[High-speed access is suggested. Please refer,
also, to the anatomyoffire.com
website, where is a free on-screen version is also available.]
THE "FIRE" POEMS
As a change of pace for those reading The Anatomy Of Fire,
Tom started each of the last three chapters of the popular book with
a short, inspirational poem. Many readers have asked for copies of
the poems — so many that this standalone document was created.
Enjoy, now: Tom Brown's
Fire Poems [.pdf].
ALSO: THE QUOTABLE "FIRE"
The most quotable passages from The Anatomy Of Fire are
now provided in The
Quotable "Fire": Memorable Quotations Based On The Book [.pdf].
With 40 quotes, this document is a quick and easy way to reprise
the book — or to preview it! It includes Tom's classic definition
of a leader: "Leaders are society's vessels for progressive ideas;
they are the unrelenting, unyielding, unremitting force for a new
idea with the promise of positive change."
- Fiscal
Fairy Tales:
12 Classics Updated With A Humorous Twist
These are traditional folk tales re-written with a humorous spin
to stimulate discussion about today's work world. The Ugly Cash Cow,
Little Tim Soldier, Cindrella, Snowed White, The Three Little Pugs,
Rumplsheepskin, Piety Piper, Gingerman, and the others from Tom's
short tales are all realistic characters who shed light on the wildly
changing nature of the workplace in today's society. Read about them,
laugh, then ask: What's really going on here?
Says Beverly Goldberg of The
Century Foundation in her Foreword to the set: "There have
always been 'Jacks' fighting mythic 'Giants.' At least, there have
been as long as fairy tales have been told and re-told at home and
at work. Today's 'Giant' is, for many of us, a chaotic world of work
that is simultaneously fascinating and frustrating."
[High-speed access is suggested. Please refer,
also, to the fiscalfairytales.com
website, where is a free on-screen version is also available.]
NEW! INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS / Q&A
Tom's unique set of tales has been translated into Japanese. Soon,
they will appear in a Korean version. In a revealing Question &
Answer PDF, Fairy
Tales — For The Modern Workplace? REALLY?, Tom talks
about the importance of fairy tales throughout history — and
why they are "just right" to capture what's happening in today's hard-to-understand
work world.
- STRETCH!
21 Events That Will Rock The Next Century
(Foreword by Joel Barker, Noted Futurist)
This is an unusual book. Mixing futurism, science fiction, and
leadership, Tom wrote a work that projects the possible kinds of challenges
that society might face 100 years out. That we live in the 21st Century
is a fact, but...
Will the Big Three automakers merge and move to Ireland? When will
the U.S. elect the first woman president? Will all terrorists unite
to form one deadly organization? Will a baby be conceived and born
— in space? Will PolluPlague break out near India? Will ZipTrains
solve our transportation mess? Will people in France and Israel marry,
online, without ever meeting one another?
These are some of the challenges that could confront the leaders of
tomorrow. And Tom wrote these scenarios to give us a head start on
facing the challenges with imagination and courage. Sure, he sees
problems; but he also sees many exciting prospects! Tour the 21st
Century — the next 100 years — now.
[High-speed access is suggested. Please refer,
also, to the stretch21.com
website, where is a free on-screen version is also available.]
- Labor
Saving Devices:
Three 10-Minute Dramas For Reading Or Staging
I Have No Comfort To Give, A Stitch In Time, and Tech Support
— Tom has written three plays that bring today's workplace
to life. Do you like what you see? How would you manage in
these situations? There's a very thin line here between the theater
and the real world. Consider this line from the first play
in the trio:
MS. PHANT [spoken with growing impatience, then
forced respect]: Sir, I do not mean to belabor this issue,
but many will take this as a sign that you don't care the least about
the people who work here... who have worked here... for so long....
[from I Have No Comfort To Give]
[High-speed access is suggested. Please refer,
also, to the laborsavingdevices.us
website, where is a free on-screen version is also available.]
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Tom's
most popular
columns are freely
available. Click
here.
Another
short
writing that's popular
first appeared in
The
Financial Times
Handbook Of
Management.
"Mutiny
On The
Leadership" [.pdf] makes
the case for
leaders who
make society
better.
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His 400+ articles
and other writings have appeared in many influential publications, including
The Drucker Foundation's Leader
To Leader, Harvard's Management
Update, and The
Wall Street Journal. He was also a founding columnist for Marketplace
on Public Radio. In June 2004, Tom was chosen to generate the first
weblog on 21st Century leadership. In short, Thomas Brown has distinguished
himself in both the print and e-publishing worlds.
- Member,
Advisory Board; Best Practice Editor; and Author
of Keynote Essay [.pdf] for Business:
The Ultimate Resource (Perseus Publishing [U.S.]
/ Bloomsbury Publishing [U.K.])
Tom spent over two years as part of the team that created the largest
handbook on management and leadership — ever! Bruce Rosenstein
of USAToday says Business "might be the closest we have
to a business bible." The book is 2,200 pages, with a growing online
database to keep it current.
Moreover, along with thought leaders Warren Bennis, James Champy,
Daniel Goleman, and others, Tom serves as a member of the international
Business Editorial Advisory Board.
SPECIAL: You may read or download Management
In The 21st Century [.p, Tom's keynote essay from Business — now! — courtesy of Perseus and Bloomsbury Publishers.
- Editor, Management
General - The New Ideas Webzine, online between 1997-2000
For years, MG was the premier website for managerial leadership. It
featured hundreds of leading-edge thinkers and served readers in 109
countries. The site is now being converted into a specialized service
for research on major social and business policy issues.
- Co-Editor, Business
Minds (Financial Times/Prentice Hall)
Tom helped bring to life stimulating interviews with Sumantra Ghoshal,
Charles Handy, John Kotter, Edward Lawler, Geoffrey Moore, Kenichi
Ohmae, C. K. Prahalad, Jonas Ridderstråle, Peter Senge, Adrian
Slywotzky, Don Tapscott, Meg Wheatley, Danah Zohar... and more!
- Publisher
and co-founder, BrownHerron
Publishing
Founded in 2001, BrownHerron is owned by Tom and eight other veteran
authors and journalists. It has rapidly grown to become the e-publisher
for 50+ authors and is pioneering the business model for publishing
in the 21st Century. BH publishes electronic documents, or e-Docs,
that are sold in 190 countries, exclusively by Amazon.com.
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Business:
The
Ultimate Resource
begins
with a
keynote essay.
Tom wrote it [.pdf].
Read
it now,
courtesy
of Perseus and
and Bloomsbury
Publishers.
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As a public
voice, Tom Brown is spontaneous and entertaining. His style is both
candid and collaborative. He challenges everyone to act on their new
ideas, to strive for higher levels of leadership. He believes that learning
can also be exciting. Hearing Tom speak, one member of the audience
said, "Tom provided insightful and valuable information about corporations
in America and hit upon the problems pervasive in today's businesses."
Another called his presentation "thought provoking." Yet another
said that Tom gave an "innovative view of corporations in the present
versus the future." Tom's presentations focus on:
- New
Thinking For A New Century
The appetite for new leadership is enormous. But how do we lead in new ways?How do we help ordinary people perform in extraordinary
ways?
Are you a 21st Century leader?
Watch Tom's
short video now:
- Vision,
Values, Action!
Maybe it's your corporate vision? Or your division's mission statement?
Or the strategic plan for your business? Too many lofty goals never
turn into concrete actions. It's important to know why. It's more
important to start making things happen!
- Leading
Change
Every executive knows how organizations are supposed to operate.
Yet too many leadership plans are afflicted by disconnects and roadblocks,
usually traced to people embracing a comfortable but losing status
quo. It's time to lead change.
- In
every area on which Tom presents, he has captured precisely the kinds
of issues that contemporary leaders need to address. You can find
all of Tom's shorter writings in the library on the licensetolead.com
website.
- Over
three decades he has presented briefings and seminars to thousands
of managers, orchestrated team buildings, and consulted with top executives
in scores of organizations including:
- ADP
- Baxter
Healthcare
- Blue
Cross Blue Shield
- General
Dynamics
- General
Motors
- GTE
- IDS
/ American Express
- KPMG
- Kraft
- General Foods
- McKesson
- Pfizer
- Pitney-Bowes
- Sears
- Schneider
North America/Square D
- Texas
Instruments
- 3M
- U.
S. Steel
- Tom
has also presented special programs at numerous universities, such
as Vanderbilt and Boston University. Tom is a member of the advisory
board for the doctoral programs in organizational leadership and change
at Pepperdine
University in Los Angeles.
- Tom
is also a principal in Global
Coaching. For some time, and only by
special arrangement, Tom has worked with top executives on their approach,
attitude, and performance as a leader. Learn more about Tom's background
and point-of-view as an executive coach by reading The
Case For Coaching — What A Coach Can Do For You [.pdf].
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"Modern
Management
Hits Oz —
Hard!" [.pdf]
is one of
Tom's most
asked-for
writings!
ARE YOU...
interested in
21st Century
Leadership?
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Who else would go to Yellowstone Park and leave with a new way to
look at leadership? A compelling and cogent author, Tom writes books
that are imaginative, bold, and perceptive.
