The Characteristic of Controls 1. Controls can be neither objective nor neutral… [Mesaurement] is subjective and of necessity biased. It changes both the event and… Read More »Peter Drucker on controls in business (1)
I’ve just discovered this. The library contains a load of readings and videos on: Boards Customer-Centered Design Innovation Leadership Mission Planned Abandonment Results Strategy Definitely… Read More »Resource: Drucker Foundation Resource Library (for non-profit management)
There’s an old saying that good intentions don’t move mountains, bulldozers too. In nonprofit management, the mission and the plan – if that is all… Read More »Peter Drucker on nonprofit strategy
I am for the free market. Even though it doesn’t work too well, nothing else works at all. But I have serious reservations about capitalism… Read More »Peter Drucker on free markets
This post is another go at mission statements – mixing Peter Drucker’s description of a mission statement as “a concise statement of purpose” (it should… Read More »The Toolkit – Part 1: Foundations (8) – a shorter mission statement
In this post I explained the difference between vision and mission statements like this: If a vision statement is a statement about ends (the world… Read More »The Toolkit – Part 1: Foundations (7) – mission statements revisited
If a manager does not take care of the next hundred days, there will be no next hundred years. Whatever the manager does should be… Read More »Peter Drucker on balancing short and long term goals
Business, like any other institution, has important results that are incapable of being measured. Any experienced executive will know companies or industries that are bound… Read More »Peter Drucker on metrics as misdirection
I’ve read and appreciated this suggestion from Peter Drucker enough times that I’m finally going to apply it. Here’s the idea: You can learn to… Read More »Peter Drucker on improving decision making with feedback analysis
What is the biggest contribution that I can make to this team or organisation? What does it mean for me to be good at my… Read More »Questions of the day (leverage)