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Management Gurus

Every student of management methods has heard of the blah, blah mainstream gurus like Prahalad, Charan, Christensen, Covey, Collins et al. How many of you have heard of Argyris, Mintzberg, Ackoff, Warfield, Ackoff, Beer, Livingston? You never hear of these dudes because they’re out on the lunatic fringe. They’re heretical, in-your-face realists who tell it like it is; which rubs CEOs and self-important top management teams the wrong way, of course. Thus, their work is ignored.

  1. Ray's avatar
    Ray
    December 22, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    To get off the mainstream management boat requires time, energy and change. The first two are the easy ones its the change that gets in the way. As much as the management pushes change as an axiom to the “DIC”s. They themselves do not want to be subject to change. Its usually a one way stream, you change and I will reap the benefits.

    • December 22, 2009 at 5:39 pm

      “I resist change even as I call for it.” – Mason Cooley

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