Discussions of the effects of Covid-19 on work, organization and leadership often come down to “home office” and “digitization”. But do these buzzwords capture the multifaceted reality of organizations and how they function?[…]
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Watch out: The “new normal” is more
Making Management Great Again by Janka Krings-Klebe and Jörg Schreiner
Following the business news in the weeks after this year’s Drucker Forum, it became clear that management, as taught at business schools, is headed for irrelevance. Today it no longer solves problems. It creates them. So-called “best practices” of management have caused a multitude of problems that only became apparent after a delay of decades, but are now making themselves felt with force[…]
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Telling tales to usher in a “century of Drucker”
by Jyoti Guptara
As technologies mature and converge, our choices will determine whether the result is extreme centralisation and surveillance, or a humane future envisioned by Peter Drucker.[…]
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Must there be a human imperative at the core of organizations?
by Annika Steiber
Is there a need to change the current management model, which normally is not bult up around a human imperative? […]
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Peter Drucker: Insights of the Ultimate Knowledge Worker
by Bruce Rosenstein
Nearly sixteen years after his death at 95, Peter Drucker’s influence and impact on individuals and organizations is as strong as ever. The availability of his books, articles, and videos is wider than it was during his lifetime, and there are several institutions worldwide dedicated to preserving, curating, extending, and building upon his legacy.[…]
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The gig mindset: A compass for navigating uncertainty
by Jane McConnell
In the distant past, explorers used local landmarks and stars to navigate. This made it difficult to go to unknown places. Today, many organizations are using best practices, benchmarking, and past successes to guide their way. These are local landmarks. Local to the past[…]
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Leading for “the human moment”
by Amy Bradley
Whether you live in Dubai, Dubrovnik, Delhi or Dakar, the global pandemic continues to be a shared human experience. We all face restrictions to our movement; we all carry anxieties about the health of our loved ones; and many of us continue to fear an uncertain future. […]
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Some thoughts on – do managers have to be educated? (English edition)
By Peter Paschek
Do managers need educating? If so, how?
For most managers, the problem is not that education is lacking but that it is one-sided, i.e. exclusively for the one area of professional activity. Of course, Peter Drucker argued[…]
Müssen Manager gebildet sein? – Gedankenanstöße (German edition)
By Peter Paschek
An die Frage – Müssen Manager gebildet sein? – schließt sich logischerweise die Frage an – Wenn ja, wie?[…]
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