Letter from Claremont: May-June 2013
Dear Friend, Over the past few weeks, volunteers at our affiliate, the Drucker Society of Europe, have been busy making plans for the fifth Global Peter Drucker Forum, set to take place in Vienna in November. They’ve announced an exciting media partnership with Harvard Business Review. They’ve lined up a number of prominent speakers. They’ve arranged impressive ...
Call for Applications for Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
Today, we announced a call for applications for the 2013 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The prize is $100,000, thanks to a generous grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation. The award application is now available on the Drucker Institute website. The submission deadline is July 1. If you have questions about the application or award process, please ...
2013 Drucker Challenge Launches With a New Video Category
The Peter Drucker Society Europe has announced the official launch of the 2013 Drucker Challenge, noting that the competition has added an exciting new element this year: a video category. As in previous years, the 2013 Drucker Challenge will provide an opportunity for students and younger professionals to win prizes and gain free access to the annual Global ...
Brand Velocity Selected as One of the Consulting Industry’s “Up-and-Comers”
Brand Velocity, a consulting firm that has a special relationship with the Drucker Institute, was named by Consulting magazine as one of the industry’s “up-and-comers.” In its March issue, Consulting selected “seven small jewels,” which it called “the hidden gems of the consulting profession.” In addition, it picked Atlanta-based BV and six other firms as ...
HBR Partners with Fifth Global Peter Drucker Forum
The Global Peter Drucker Forum announced today that Harvard Business Review has joined as a media partner and will support the event through various editorial, marketing and social media initiatives. The fifth annual Forum will be held on November 14 and 15, 2013, at the Federation of Austrian Industry in Vienna, the birthplace of the ...
Letter from Claremont: March-April 2013
Dear Friend, As we always do after one of our Drucker Institute Forums, we recently called the 17 executives who’d joined us in Claremont to ask a simple question: “What did you do on Monday that was different?” More than ever before, the results floored us. During this follow-up, we typically hear from a handful of ...
“Drucker on the Dial” Now Available as a Podcast on KPCC.org
We’re proud to announce today that our monthly radio show, “Drucker on the Dial,” is now available as a podcast at KPCC.org, the online home of the biggest public radio station in Southern California and the third biggest in the United States. “KPCC is one of the premier public radio stations in the country, and it’s ...
Letter from Claremont: January-February 2013
Dear Friend, The trouble with New Year’s resolutions is that to make one, you have to actually know what it is you want to accomplish. At the Drucker Institute, we’ve been aware for a year now that we need a new strategy for harnessing technology to better serve our customers. The temptation, of course, is ...
Read All About It: Three Major Publications Cite the Drucker Institute
The Drucker Institute has been cited by major publications three times in the past few weeks. On Nov. 19, Financial Times columnist Andrew Hill pointed to the Institute’s Drucker for Future Leaders program in a piece headlined “Business Education is Ripe for Reinvention.” In its Schumpeter column on Nov. 24, The Economist reported that Drucker Institute Executive Director Rick Wartzman believes the backlash ...
Letter from Claremont: November-December 2012
Dear Friend, One of the joys of working with Peter Drucker’s vast body of writing is that he plumbed such a broad array of subjects. But at this moment, two topics in particular—government and politics—can be terribly treacherous to explore. Our basic challenge is this: How can we write about politics on our daily blog, the ...
Winners Chosen for the 2012 Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
Today the Drucker Institute announced the winners of the 2012 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The American Refugee Committee, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that has engaged the global Somali community to help shape and lead ARC’s humanitarian response in their native country, is the recipient of the $100,000 first-place prize—an award made possible in large ...
The Marcus Buckingham Company and the Drucker Institute Align to Foster New Generations of Leadership
The history and future of management thinking have converged in a partnership between The Marcus Buckingham Company and the Drucker Institute. The Marcus Buckingham Company’s cloud-based productivity tool StandOutM will give Peter Drucker’s legendary management principles new applications through modern technology, strengthening a shared vision for bettering society by stimulating…
Joseph Lumarda Joins Drucker Institute Board
The Drucker Institute announced today that Joseph Lumarda, a senior vice president and investment counselor for Capital Group Private Client Services and a vice president of Capital Guardian Trust Co., has joined its Board of Advisors. Prior to joining Capital, Lumarda spent 16 years at the California Community Foundation as a program officer, vice president ...
Letter from Claremont: September-October 2012
Dear Friend, If ever there were a thinker whose insights would seem a natural to feature in multiple languages, it’s Peter Drucker. After all, his books have been translated into more than 40 languages. All-volunteer organizations that draw on Drucker’s vast body of work as they seek to effect positive change in their local communities ...
Jack Bergstrand Joins Drucker Institute Board
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University announced today that Jack Bergstrand, the chief executive of the consulting firm Brand Velocity, has joined its Board of Advisors. Bergstrand, the former chief information officer for The Coca-Cola Co., founded Brand Velocity in 2001. The Atlanta-based firm specializes in helping corporate clients successfully design, implement and run ...
StandOut for Individuals
“My connection with Peter Drucker is personal as well as professional. I was mentored by strengths visionary Don Clifton, a Drucker protégé. Together, the Drucker Institute and The Marcus Buckingham Company are seeking to give tomorrow’s leaders the knowledge and tools they need to succeed.” — Marcus Buckingham Why You Need StandOut StandOut is an action-oriented strengths ...
Drucker Nonprofit Innovation Award Finalists
The Drucker Institute has named the 10 finalists for the 2012 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The three winners will be announced in September. The first-place prize is $100,000, thanks to a generous grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000. The finalists are: American ...
Unilever CEO to Speak at 2012 Drucker Forum
Paul Polman, the chief executive of Unilever, has been added to the roster of speakers at this year’s Global Peter Drucker Forum, to be held in Vienna on Nov. 15 and 16. The theme of the 2012 Forum is “Capitalism 2.0: New Horizons for Managers,” and it’s in this context that Polman will speak on ...
Letter from Claremont: July-August 2012
Dear Friend, Peter Drucker once observed that “when we speak of communication . . . the most important limitations on perception are usually cultural and emotional.” This great insight, we’ve come to realize, is one to which we ourselves have paid far too little attention. Our fumbles and foibles in this area became obvious a ...
Richard Straub Wins Heinz von Foerster Prize
Richard Straub, the president of the Peter Drucker Society Europe, has been awarded the prestigious Heinz von Foerster Prize, which recognizes “outstanding achievements” in the fields of business management and consultancy “on the basis of cybernetic thinking.” Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary approach for exploring the structure, constraints and possibilities of regulatory systems, including social systems. ...
