Leaders do damage to their organizations if they don’t do development of themselves. Their own capabilities to lead effectively are never perfect, and any investment they make in honing their skills has immediate payoff. How should leaders approach this responsibility in a disciplined way? How can they know if they’re improving?[…]
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Incubating Entrepreneurialism
by Piero Formica & Nick Hixson
Defining the new entrepreneurship: how it’s different from the current one A gap between entrepreneurship and art has arisen over
Continue readingThe Death of the Manager: The Rise of the Enabler
by Nick Hixson
Management is about controlling, administering, and planning. It is a centuries old discipline derived from the need to control a
Continue readingWant to scale? Don’t copy the big companies
by Nick Hixson
Why does it seem that the big corporations always get away with it? How do they sleep at night, given
Continue readingWhat do we mean by entrepreneur? Broadening the term.
by Nick Hixson
The word is overused and misused. I’ve already commented after the last Forum that a session used entrepreneurs and their
Continue readingEntrepreneurs are self-centred
by Nick Hixson
A reflection on some aspects of the Global Drucker Forum 2015, with thoughts pertaining to the 2016 Forum theme: The
Continue readingMANAGING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
by Nick Hixson, Drucker blog moderator
IN AN AGE OF INCREASING DIGITALISATION AND AUTOMATION WHERE DO MANAGERS FIT INTO THE WORKFORCE, AND HOW WILL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Continue readingOpportunity missed? People should be valued for their own sake, not just as assets
by Nick Hixson
I listened and spoke to a lot of the leading management thinkers in the world at the Drucker Forum. Everybody
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