Title: Interesting Management Articles on the Web: Articles from the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter Drucker Institute)
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Making It Up and Making It Happen, by David Allen. Leader to Leader, No. 30 Fall 2003
http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/fall2003/allen.html
David Allen, the Getting Things Done guru, has written an article on leadership and vision and how to determine and implement your vision.
Sustaining the Ecology of Knowledge, by John Seely Brown. Leader to Leader, No. 12 Spring 1999
http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/spring99/brown.html
John Seely Brown is the chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and director of its Palo Alto Research Center. In this article he describes the shifts in the economy which pose strategic challenges for leaders. These are: From conglomeration to demassification (the division of markets and products into smaller and smaller groups); From simply making products and services to making sense (leaders as sensemakers); and From established rules of engagement to self-determined rules (the growth of new opportunities and new business models).
Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself, by Peter F. Drucker. Leader to Leader, No. 16 Spring 2000.
http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/spring2000/drucker.html
Peter Drucker is a well-known management expert and guide. With the lengthening life span people have an abundance of choices with what to do with themselves during this life span. With knowledge comes possibilities, but, Drucker says, we "will have to learn, first, who we are. Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, Do you know what you're good at? Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths? Few have even asked themselves these questions."
The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Leader to Leader, No. 13 Summer 1999.
http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/summer99/kanter.html
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is "a former editor of the Harvard Business Review, a consultant to major corporations around the world, and author of 13 books, including World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy and, most recently, Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the Frontiers of Management."
The Practice of Innovation, by Peter M. Senge. Leader to Leader, No. 9 Summer 1998.
http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/summer98/senge.html
Peter Senge is the author of the widely acclaimed The Fifth Discipline. In this article he builds on Peter Drucker's discussion of the three ingredients of the discipline of innovation: focus on mission, define significant results, and do rigorous assessment. Then he asks "why is it so difficult for institutions to innovate" and then describes why and how to overcome the problem of businesses failing to innovate.
Other articles can be found by using the index: <http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/complete-text.html>.