NOV 10

DIGITAL

WORKSHOP DAY

PROGRAM

NOV 17

DIGITAL

FORUM DAY

PROGRAM

NOV 18 + 19

IN PERSON

DRUCKER FORUM

PROGRAM

Management is about
human beings

Peter F. Drucker, The New Realities

Introduction to the Drucker Forum 2021

by Richard Straub & Julia Kirby

THE HUMAN IMPERATIVE

NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

As exponentially advancing digital technology transforms so much of work and the world, questions inevitably arise about the place of the human being. Some say human roles will be diminished; others insist that the growing possibilities of “data-driven” decisions and actions will call even more for people who can combine science with common sense. The past years’ experience of global pandemic has thrown such questions into high relief, whether in organizations choosing to invest more heavily in automation or among policymakers implored to simply “follow the science.”

We can expect economic, fiscal, cultural, and political crises to escalate in the wake of Covid, and the tension between the technocratic and the humanistic forces to reach a breaking point. The former see a time of upheaval as an opportune moment to force a large-scale “reset” to a system currently flawed in many ways. The latter reject revolutionary redesign as counter to human nature – which craves, as Peter Drucker put it, a balance between “change and continuity.” Which is the best way forward, and how can we ensure that it prevails?

Leading thinkers at our 2021 Forum will grapple with important questions including but not limited to the following:

Must there be a human imperative at the core of organizations? How would we define it? What threatens it most today? How could good management serve it better?
Forced to make decisions under highly dynamic conditions, should organizations rely more heavily on data and analytics? What are the risks of moving away from human judgment?
Do we need better ways of discovering truth and thinking through the complex issues of our time? What insights should we take from philosophy, psychology, and other realms to prepare our minds for the age of AI?
What should we hope for—and fear—in the aftermath of a year of remote working? Will less in-person contact become the norm? How might human beings as social animals and community builders respond?
What lessons can we take from the Covid-19 crisis about the clashing perspectives of scientific experts, policymakers, business leaders, and ordinary citizens and workers—and how they should be prioritized or integrated to best serve the needs of humanity?
As in every time of upheaval, some today say we should not let “a serious crisis go to waste.” But is seizing the chance to enact sweeping change a humane impulse? What can we learn from the history of sudden revolutions, whether political, cultural, or organizational?
Central to the human condition is the ability to learn from evidence and experience—both our own and others’. How is it, then, that human organizations prove so resistant to collective learning? How do we stop making the same mistakes?
What changes to management education would better equip managers with the knowledge and competences they need today? Are there useful models to be found in how other professions are mastered?
Peter Drucker insisted that to be a change leader, an organization must also “establish continuity internally and externally.” But that human-friendly balance he advised means nothing to a computer. Is it still valid as a principle for management?
So much of recent human achievement has resulted from growing capabilities in administration and leadership that the past hundred years have been called “the management century.” How can we extend that run and make even greater progress in the future?

Note to the reader: In case you would want to provide your input and comments to the abstract please visit our Blog pages where an extended version of the abstract is posted.

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SPEAKERS AND CHAIRS 2021 INCLUDE

Alex

Adamopoulos

CEO, Emergn

Beatriz

Arantes

Senior researcher, Steelcase's WorkSpace Futures group

Olivier

Babeau

President, Institut Sapiens

Ashwini

Bakshi

Managing Director, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, PMI

Eduardo P.

Braun

Leadership expert, consultant and author

Laurent

Choain

Chief People, Education & Culture Officer, Mazars

Claudia

Crummenerl

VP People & Organization practice, Capgemini Invent

Juan

Enríquez

Author, academic, life sciences venture capitalist; Research affiliate at MIT’s synthetic neurobiology lab; Co-Founder Excel Venture Management;

Tamara J.

Erickson

Leadership Advisor; top ranked management thinker, T50

Claudio

Fernández Aráoz

Executive Fellow for Executive Education, Harvard Business School

Liz

Grennan

Associate Partner, Global Co-Leader of Digital Trust at McKinsey & Company

Alice

Guilhon

Dean & Executive President, SKEMA Business School

Rita

Gunther McGrath

Professor of strategy, Columbia Business School

Ping

Guo

Huawei rotating chairman

Gary

Hamel

Director, Management Lab; Visiting professor, London Business School;

Margaret

Heffernan

Entrepreneur; Professor, University of Bath School of Management England

Andrew

Hill

Management Editor, Financial Times

Michael

Jacobides

Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, London Business School

Luc

Julia

Chief Scientific Officer, Renault Group

John

Kay

Economist; Editorial contributor to FT; former Chair at LSE, LBS and Oxford; Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to economics

Peter G.

Kirchschläger

Professor of theological ethics, University of Lucerne, director, Institute of Social Ethics ISE

Maurice

Lévy

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Publicis Groupe

Mickael

Locoh

VP Southern Europe & Africa, Steelcase

Laura

Morgan Roberts

Professor of Practice, Darden School of Business

Julian

Nida-Rümelin

Professor for Philosophy and Political Theory, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Helga

Nowotny

Former President, European Research Council; Professor emerita of Science &Tech Studies, ETH Zurich

Alexander

Osterwalder

Entrepreneur and Business Model Innovator, Co-Founder Strategyzer

Patricia

Pomies

Chief Operating Officer, Globant

Helmut

Reisinger

CEO Orange Business Services

Takahito

Tokita

CEO and CDXO Fujitsu Limited

Don

Tapscott

Digital theorist and author; Exec. Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, INSEAD; Chancellor Emeritus,, Trent University

Johnny C.

Taylor Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management

Amy

Webb

Founder, Future Today Institute

Falco

Weidemeyer

Partner, Head of EYParthenon EMEIA

Avivah

Wittenberg-Cox

Founder and CEO, 20-first

Adrian

Wooldridge

Political editor and 'Bagehot' columnist, The Economist

Michele

Zanini

Co-founder, Management Lab

Ruimin

Zhang

The Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors, Haier Group

Donald

Allan

President & Chief Financial Officer, Stanley Black & Decker

Gabriela

Allmi

Director Europe, Higher Education Harvard Business School Publishing France SAS

SPEAKERS LIST

Don’t expect to get simple answers.
But expect to be inspired.

Richard Straub
Opening and Welcome at the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum 2017