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The Inclusive Organization and the Reachability Factor
by Jane McConnell

Posted on July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 guest2 CommentsPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

What is reachability for an organization? It means people anywhere in the organization can be contacted directly and individually. People can communicate and interact with others beyond their physical workplace. It means ideas and initiatives that originate in one place can reach across the organization, to all interested people. When there is a problem to solve, a challenge to confront, all people in the organization can contribute ideas. From a small company with a few teleworkers to a large, global organization with thousands of people around the world, reachability is a pre-requisite for inclusiveness. Most organizations do not have sufficient reachability and are therefore limited in their ability to be truly inclusive. This is a […]

“Global rights and wrongs”
Allyson Stewart Allen interviewed by Peter Day

Posted on July 25, 2017July 17, 2017 jasLeave a commentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Allyson Stewart-Allen is a Californian who now lives and works in London where she is the founder and chief executive of a consultancy called International Marketing Partners. She a specialist in globalisation and its impacts, and author of the book Working with Americans. She tells Peter Day about the snags and possibilities companies may encounter in the global world.

A Lifetime Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
by Janka Krings-Klebe, Joachim Heinz and Jörg Schreiner

Posted on July 19, 2017July 18, 2017 guestLeave a commentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

What did Jeff Bezos do in 2002 to turn Amazon into the business ecosystem that it is today? He discovered how to scale his operations very fast, across multiple markets, and how to follow up on business opportunities and customer needs across industries with blinding speed. Today, companies worldwide scramble to copy Amazons explosive growth and diversified business. In the following, we will outline how to do it, and do it in such a way that it leads to broader prosperity and innovation for society: A lifetime opportunity for entrepreneurs. Digitalization today increasingly dissolves the borders between industries and markets. The accelerating market dynamic means that businesses can no longer afford to bet their income […]

“In at the start”
Richard Straub interviewed by Peter Day

Posted on July 18, 2017July 16, 2017 guestLeave a commentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Richard Straub worked for IBM for much of his life. He is now director of the Drucker Forum. He tells Peter Day how the Forum began, and how Professor Drucker’s ideas maintain their relevance in a much-changed business world.

Enhancing your social performance through the Circular Economy and the Internet of Things
by Mark Esposito

Posted on July 12, 2017July 10, 2017 guest1 CommentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Whilst the need for growth is accepted as a way of reducing social inequality and improving the chances of a dignified and socially inclusive society, we cannot continue to do that in a way driven by the need for ever more acquisitions of goods. That method is an inherently wasteful use of resources, and skewed towards over consumption in more developed countries. There has to be better, more inclusive ways of growing, and I suggest that one could be through the Circular Economy, which involves resources and capital goods reentering the system for reuse instead of being discarded, thus saving on production costs, promotes recycling, decreases waste, and enhances social performance. When CE models are […]

“Thirty years on the business”
Andrew Hill interviewed by Peter Day

Posted on July 11, 2017July 10, 2017 adminLeave a commentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Andrew Hill is management editor and associate editor of the Financial Times, where his weekly column has a wide following. He tells Peter Day about some of the notable things that have changed in his nearly three decades of reporting for the paper on business, companies and management..and the things that haven’t.

Transforming Management Theory and Practice to Focus Business and Capitalism on Value Creation
by Paul Barnett

Posted on July 5, 2017July 3, 2017 guest2 CommentsPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

“Growth and Inclusive Prosperity”, requires nothing less than a transformation in management theory and practice, and the next evolution of capitalism, which I call Valueism – “business and capitalism focused on value creation”. It stands in contrast to the current model which is focused more on value extraction. A well-functioning system will recognise the link between good governance and leadership, employee engagement, productivity, growth and prosperity. And value, which does not only mean monetary value, is the golden thread that connects them all. It is the product of them all, and the means of measuring performance of each element and of the whole system. Today, in many nations, prosperity is not inclusive. It is not […]

Management for Inclusive Prosperity: How Do You Know?
by Lukas Michel

Posted on May 1, 2017April 25, 2017 guestLeave a commentPosted in 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum

In their inaugural article, Richard Straub and Julia Kirby concluded that managers must ‘make the most of human potential, and manage to make prosperity inclusive’. This sounds like what good management is all about. David Hurst’s article, then positioned management as a means to cultivate prosperity. He ends by quoting Clay Christensen ‘Management is the most noble of professions if practiced well’ suggesting management as an occupation that helps others learn, grow, take responsibility and contribute to team success. This is more about good management. And the scientific evidence is overwhelming: good management matters! But how do we know? As a manager, I would be interested in finding my own response or at least have […]