β Scribed by Jim Collins
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
usiness and social entrepreneur bob buford once observed that Peter drucker contributed as much to the triumph of free society as any other individual. i agree. For free society to function we must have high-performing, self-governed institutions in every sector, not just in business but equally in the social sectors. Without that, the only workable alternative is totalitarian tyranny. Strong institutions, in turn, depend directly on excellent management, and it was drucker who virtually invented and advanced the concept of effective management as the central function in free society.
Louis armstrong. Frank Lloyd Wright. Pablo Picasso. With each of these creators we have a "before" period and everything "after." Jazz would never be the same after armstrong. architecture reeled under the creative onslaught of Wright. the history of painting in the 20th century pivots around Picasso. So, too, we cannot imagine the field of management thinking without drucker.
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eter drucker's groundbreaking contribution to management theory and his impact on thousands of leaders and organizations around the world are unparalleled. this is a personal story about how Peter helped shape my beliefs about leadership and how those beliefs in turn helped build up the companies an