Terminal Disease
How does a high-flying chief executive manage to overlook some of Peter Drucker’s most basic questions? Chief among them: Who is our customer? And what does the customer value?
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What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
A Day For Integrity
“What made them so powerful was not just their intellect, their scholarship and their uncompromising dignity. It was their integrity.”
What Kind of Freedom Matters to You?
Are you economically free?
Creating a Total Experience of Work
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”
Why Ford Is a Lightweight (By Choice)
Whether you like Ford’s new pickup truck or not, the vehicle is a risk Ford had to take. Or at least that’s how Ford sees it.
How Intel Gets Social Responsibility Just Right
Rick Wartzman writes about how Intel is now “manufacturing and shipping only ‘conflict-free’ microprocessors.”
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
Fun and Games at Work
What role, if any, should games have in the workplace?
When “Bosses” Get the Boot
Is the online retailer Zappos brilliant or crazy? Soon, the company will no longer have what people think of as bosses. Zappos “will eliminate traditional managers, do away with the typical corporate hierarchy and get rid of job titles, at least internally.”
Managing the Metropolis
Guests discuss the ways that leaders are responding to the management challenges—and opportunities—facing today’s midsize American city.
Intuition and Interaction: The Two Keys to Winning With Big Data
The perpetual Peter Drucker “insight-lag effect” has occurred again.
Game Theory
Tim Sherwood, the new manager of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team of the English Premier League, thinks tactics are overrated and overused.
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
What Happens When Boeing Threatens to Jet
Boeing won’t be taking off from Washington state after all.