Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 10, 2013
Peter Drucker, who was considered to be the “father of modern management,” did not mince words when he advised managers and leaders about the dangers of complacency and putting off the future. In regards to the future, Drucker advocated using this with kaizen, or continuous, ongoing improvement.
Coaching Tip
APRIL 14, 2012
It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. Drucker (1909-2005), had a huge impact in establishing management as a discipline and built the foundation for coaching as a leadership skill and practice. "He It's all about the people.
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The Practical Leader
JANUARY 8, 2019
” Technology is a major driving of change and is changing very unpredictably as we see in these forecasts: Lee DeForest, the “father of radio,” said in 1926 “While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.”
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Peter Drucker said : “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2012
When IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo in 2005, many people questioned the wisdom of divesting a successful business, especially one that IBM had worked so hard to create. Peter Drucker reportedly once said that the biggest curse for any business was twenty years of success.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
A technology company without strong internal innovation capabilities is a company on the verge of disappearing. The PC division was sold in 2005. and smooth succession to a new CEO in 2002, while continuing an innovation thrust that included grid technologies, cloud computing, and supercomputing.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2016
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. It’s worth remembering Peter Drucker’s famous distinction: “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”
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