Davos Newbies

Peter Drucker died, aged 95 this morning. He was the first person to write intelligently and about management, and set the framework through which most people look at management. Sadly few of his many followers had his lucidity, writing style or depth of reference across many fields.

As an example to us all, he was awarded with the McKinsey prize for the best article in the Harvard Business Review in 2004, when he was a still-young 94.

John Battelle: “In an age where the knowledge of mankind is increasingly at our fingertips through the services of Internet search, we must teach our children critical thinking. One can never have all the answers, but if prepared, one can always ask the right question, and from that creative act, learn to find his or her own answer.”

By coincidence, I’ve just had a newsletter from the director of my children’s school which makes many of the same points. It makes me feel good about how my kids and their friends are being prepared for the future.