“People need leadership. Things need management.It is dangerous to get it the other way round.”– Charles HandyPeter Drucker, whose life spanned the twentieth century, labeled that time as the era of organizations and institutions. Ob-serving the dramatic rise of complex large-scale enterprises, he saw them as the new backbone of society and economy. As a consequence, he recognized the growing role of managers as fundamental to making these new legal, economic, social, and ultimately human constructs work[…]
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Standing on Peter Drucker’s shoulders to shape the future
by Richard Straub
Ten years of the Global Peter Drucker Forum: Richard Straub, founder and president, on visions for a better society –
Continue readingSocially Responsible Business Can Only Succeed If It Becomes a Movement
by Richard Straub
What does it take to cause something big about a community to change — something that no one individually has
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Richard Straub interviewed by Peter Day
Richard Straub worked for IBM for much of his life. He is now director of the Drucker Forum. He tells
Continue readingMeaningful Work Should Not Be a Privilege of the Elite
by Richard Straub & Julia Kirby
It is hard for anyone to be against the idea of inclusive prosperity. Of course the bounty produced by economic
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From Secular Stagnation to Secular Prosperity
by Richard Straub
A defining moment It may be that we are living a defining moment for the future of capitalism and
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by Richard Straub
We are on the threshold of a new and different world. How it will unfold depends on the collective thinking
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by Richard Straub
Short Bio: In his 32 years with IBM Dr. Richard Straub has held key international executive functions such as Deputy
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