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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Positively Negative
As most of us know, a reputation for the best hotel service in the world can be nearly undone by the demeanor of one sullen porter.
Bill Gates Finds Part-Time Consulting Work
“To do a decent job in an advisory and teaching capacity requires someone who genuinely wants others to get the credit.”
Fit Happens
In nearly every case, hiring requires a face-to-face interview because the things we really want to know are difficult to measure at a distance.
The Customer Wants Something. You Can Supply It. Is That So Hard?
Why do so many businesses fail to pursue the obvious opportunity?
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
What a Mess
“Even the most successful businesses are always reinventing and are never stable for very long.”
The Unlearning of Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning is 37 years old. He has had four surgeries on his neck. And yet now he’s just had arguably the best season ever by a quarterback.
A Possible Motivation For the School in Utah That Confiscated and Threw Away the Lunches of Students Whose Parents Were in Arrears on Meal Payments
“The stick of the traditional approach to managing worker and working was…”
Moving on Up
“In our society social mobility is a prerequisite to proper status.”
Inside Lenovo’s Next Enormous Gambit
Rick Wartzman writes about last week’s move by Lenovo to acquire IBM’s low-end server business for $2.3 billion.
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
In Praise of the Pretzel Bun
Is it better to be a cunning player of many games, or a highly focused one-trick pony?
Looking For Love in All the Wrong Workplaces
“For most of history, earning a living was something you had to do because, after all, you had to eat.”
Archivist’s Pick: Not One of the President’s Men
“I have always, as a matter of principle, been available to the Government of the United States.”