What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye:
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Joe’s Journal: On Creating a Saintly Society
“There are always a great many ‘unfree’ institutions in a free society, a great many inequalities in an equal society, and a great many sinners among the saints. …
When Less Is More
Here’s some interesting leadership advice for all you go-getters out there: Stop trying to do so much.
Race to the Top?
Is positive discrimination on the basis of race a proper remedy for centuries of negative discrimination on the basis of race?
Bottoms Up
Dov Seidman and Paul Green Jr. discuss how organizations can give their workers a maximum amount of autonomy and, in the process, deliver great results. Bottoms Up
The Morality of Profits
In the frenzy of today’s presidential campaign, a lot of sound bites have made wealth and profits sound like instruments of evil.
A New Kind of Helpful
Fifty years ago, offices had “secretaries,” almost always female, who played certain limited roles such as placing calls, taking dictation, and taking care of paperwork.
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
What Facebook Has to Teach Us About How to Teach
Rick Wartzman writes about the way that Facebook is building a culture of continuous learning throughout the company.
When Your Compensation System Needs a Makeover
Over at Avon Products, Executive Chairwoman Andrea Jung is stepping down earlier than expected, in a move that observers say is more than cosmetic.
A Debatable Appraisal
“All our effective presidents were expert at public relations, untiring propagandists for themselves and their ideas,” wrote Peter Drucker.
Harnessing Good Stress
Why in the world had I agreed to this?
As the altimeter on my wrist reached 12,500 feet, the back of the hollowed-out plane I was sitting in opened up and people started to step out into the abyss.
Should CEOs Be All A-Twitter?
If you’re a CEO, must you greet and tweet?
Evidently, many think not. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that most executives “have generally steered clear of social media even as their companies have embraced it to commune with customers and pursue new business.”
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
If you’re an entrepreneur who notices a demographic shift on the horizon before others do, you can have a market to yourself for a long time, according to Peter Drucker.
Joe’s Journal: Drucker’s Best Book Ever
“Whenever people ask me which of my books I consider the best, I smile and say, ‘The next.’ I do not, however, mean it as a joke. …