OUTSMART! YOUR COMPETITION: PODCAST SERIES EXAMINES SUCCESS OF FAST GROWING COMPANIES
03 Juni 2008 - 8:00PM
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Perot Systems Launches OUTSMART! Thought Leadership Series with
James Champy, Noted Author and Chairman of Consulting PLANO, TX,
June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Best-selling author and Perot Systems
Chairman of Consulting James Champy discusses his latest work,
Outsmart!, in a new series of podcasts titled "Talking with Jim
Champy." The series of three initial podcasts begins with Champy
providing an overview of his latest work, Outsmart! The second
highlights how information technology was used to grow several of
the businesses profiled and the last podcast provides real-life
examples of how company culture and brand messaging can help
increase business performance and growth. Following are quotes from
Champy highlighted in the podcasts: Key messages that entrepreneurs
or corporate leaders should take away after reading Outsmart!:
"This is still a time when there's opportunity everywhere and
entrepreneurs and managers just have to look hard for the ideas and
the opportunity. There were companies that just went back to basics
and leveraged the strength of a very strong brand...as well as some
companies that were really very inventive in just creating
businesses that reduce complexity for consumers." How information
technology was used to grow their business: "Technology today is
working to reach consumers and customers broadly, it gives instant
feedback on how your products and services are faring in the
marketplace and it also allows you to be inventive around
communities of interest that really want access to your products
and services." How company culture and brand messaging can help
increase business performance and growth: "Change of the kind that
the CEO of Smith & Wesson was driving is affected by either
fear or vision or a combination of both. And what I believe was
exceptional...was that both were present and he was leveraging
both." What: Outsmart! Your Competition: Talking with Jim Champy A
podcast series presented by Jim Champy, noted author and chairman
of consulting at Perot Systems When: This podcast is available for
immediate download. Where: http://www.perotsystems.com/outsmart
About James Champy Jim Champy is a leading authority on management
issues surrounding business transformation and organizational
change. Jim authored X-Engineering the Corporation: Reinventing
Your Business in the Digital Age, and is co-author of Reengineering
the Corporation, a landmark change management book that sold more
than two million copies. His columns have appeared in
ComputerWorld, Sales & Marketing Management, Fast Company, and
Forbes magazines. Jim has also moderated programs for the PBS
Business Channel and appeared on Wall Street Week. About Outsmart!
Outsmart! explores the success many companies have experienced
either engineering a new business or reengineering their existing
business. The book is a series of short case studies describing
strategies that achieved innovation, growth, and competitive
advantage. The examples include using IT as a valuable asset and a
powerful management tool that helps organizations stay ahead of
changing business dynamics. http://www.perotsystems.com/outsmart/.
About Perot Systems Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of
information technology services and business solutions. Through its
flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates
expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that
enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and
create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas,
Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6 billion. The company
has more than 23,000 associates located in North America, Europe,
MENA and Asia. Additional information on Perot Systems is available
at http://www.perotsystems.com/. This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For
factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to
differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information
regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to
revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future developments, or otherwise.
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