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We Need Both Networks and Communities

Harvard Business Review

Marshall McLuhan wrote famously about the “global village,” created by new information technologies. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. Networks connect; communities care. It sure does.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense. One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Overwhelmed?

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

For instance, midlevel managers may primarily affect their teams, but C-suite leaders can be expected to influence the majority of the organization. First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization. million in severance.

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Gun Manufacturers Need to Lead Change, Not Just Follow the Law

Harvard Business Review

In the three years since December 2012 (the date of the Sandy Hook killings) the U.S.-based When it comes to technological development for safer guns, it is a task assigned to the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security — not to the U.S. ” Good management is an ample supply at the gun manufacturers.

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A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy

Harvard Business Review

Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. For example, one celebrated software company had managed to accumulate 600 vice presidents by the time it reached $4 billion in revenues.

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Income Inequality Is a Sustainability Issue

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker wrote : “One is responsible for one’s impacts, whether they are intended or not. There is no doubt regarding management’s responsibility for the social impacts of its organization.” Between 1976 and 2012 the share of US income earned by the top 1% almost tripled, rising from 9% to 24%. according to Bloomberg.com.