Comments on: Peter F. Drucker Dies at 95 http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/ Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Gordon R. Vaughan http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-438 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:08:36 +0000 http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-438 Speaking of knowledge work, I <a href="http://4lightside.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6030B10D45660AB4!844.entry" rel="nofollow">wrote</a> some about the importance of letting the mind work on a problem its own way, and how with knowledge work, a straight line often isn't the shortest distance between two points. Speaking of knowledge work, I wrote some about the importance of letting the mind work on a problem its own way, and how with knowledge work, a straight line often isn’t the shortest distance between two points.

]]> by: Gordon R. Vaughan http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-17 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:09:37 +0000 http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-17 Inc. magazine (Sept. 2002) had a good <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20020901/24536.html" rel="nofollow">article</a> on Drucker as "The Uber Mentor". It discusses his focus on people and the need to <a href="http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/15/managers-must-compensate-for-weaknesses/" rel="nofollow">capitalize on strengths and minimize weaknesses</a>. There's also a good quote from Bob Buford that perhaps sums up Drucker well: "[Drucker] has the most comprehensive, 50,000-foot view of how the world works, on one extreme. On the other extreme, he's incredibly personal in his mentoring. He joins those two points of view. He describes himself as a social ecologist, and as such, he's always thinking about how things fit together." Inc. magazine (Sept. 2002) had a good article on Drucker as “The Uber Mentor”. It discusses his focus on people and the need to capitalize on strengths and minimize weaknesses.

There’s also a good quote from Bob Buford that perhaps sums up Drucker well: “[Drucker] has the most comprehensive, 50,000-foot view of how the world works, on one extreme. On the other extreme, he’s incredibly personal in his mentoring. He joins those two points of view. He describes himself as a social ecologist, and as such, he’s always thinking about how things fit together.”

]]> by: Gordon R. Vaughan http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-14 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:54:04 +0000 http://allthings.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/peter-f-drucker-dies-at-95/#comment-14 Bloomberg has published an excellent <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;sid=ai8kHtXL8u.Q&amp;refer=europe" rel="nofollow">obituary</a> focussing more on Drucker's personal life, especially his early and strong opposition to Naziism and his dismay over the timidity of the Germans and the indifference of the British. Bloomberg has published an excellent obituary focussing more on Drucker’s personal life, especially his early and strong opposition to Naziism and his dismay over the timidity of the Germans and the indifference of the British.

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