January 2007
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 41m
English
I am past, present, and future indebted to Peter Ferdinand Drucker for inviting me out to California in April 2004 for what would become the first of our many visits. Peter overlooked my initial ungainly attempts to distill his ideas for the twenty-first-century manager. Instead, he patiently, tactfully, and engagingly answered my questions, while helping to fact-check the manuscript. During the writing of this book, Peter had two pieces of advice, which I attempted to follow: First: “In synthesizing my ideas for the twenty-first century, you must do so as if you were the CEO of Drucker, Inc.—that is, question the whole of my work and let go of what has turned out to be misdirected, is no longer relevant, resultless, or just plain ...