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“Marketing is the distinguishing, the unique function of Business.” – Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management, 1954 The eight books in ‘The Drucker Library,’ the new collection fromHarvard Business Review …
Examining Harvard Business Review Press’ New ‘Drucker Library’ Read More »
One of the few encouraging aspects of the pandemic era has been the steady release of new books. I’ve followed up my April 16 blog post about Deborah Kalb’s author …
32 Recent Quotes on Writing, Research, and Creativity from Deborah Kalb Book Q&As Read More »
Information professionals (including librarians, researchers, knowledge managers, archivists, curators, and more) have a complicated relationship with the related concepts of networking and self-promotion. Many are adept and confident about both …
The ideas and influence of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist/theorist/author who died at 89 in 2006, continue to be relevant long after her death. I wrote about this phenomenon in …
Life after Death: The Staying Power of Jane Jacobs Read More »
2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Declaration of Independents, a compilation of independent label rock music that I co-executive produced with Steve Leeds, who since 2004 has …
The short answer is no: this was not written by artificial intelligence. At last week’s Berrett-Koehler Authors Retreat (which, as in previous years, I will write about in more depth …
Was This Poem Written by Artificial Intelligence? Read More »
August 24 marked 121 years since the birth of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. In most years since 2009, I’ve written about him around the anniversary of his birth. In …
Jorge Luis Borges and the Search for Knowledge in Uncertain Times Read More »
The July 3 death at 78 of Drucker School emeritus professor Joseph A. Maciariello has reverberated around the world, especially among his many years worth of devoted students. Much of …
Taking the “Eternal View”: Remembering Joseph A. Maciariello Read More »
Recently I led The Art of Professional Reinvention, a three-night online workshop for 40Plus of Greater Washington, which followed an in-person version of the workshop I led in February. I …
A Curated Book List For Career/Professional Reinvention Read More »
This is anything but a carefree summer. The term ‘beach reading’ probably takes on a melancholy and wistful connotation during the pandemic, with beaches either closed or holding fewer people. …