dean ira a. jackson peter f. drucker and masatoshi ito graduate school of management

Dean Ira A. JacksonPeter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of ManagementClaremont Graduate University

CLOSING THE RESPONSIBILITY CLOSING THE RESPONSIBILITY GAP IN A COMPLEX WORLDGAP IN A COMPLEX WORLD

FIRST DRUCKER GLOBAL FORUMFIRST DRUCKER GLOBAL FORUMVIENNA, AUSTRIAVIENNA, AUSTRIA

20 November, 2009 20 November, 2009

CLOSING THE RESPONSIBILITY CLOSING THE RESPONSIBILITY GAP IN A COMPLEX WORLDGAP IN A COMPLEX WORLD

FIRST DRUCKER GLOBAL FORUMFIRST DRUCKER GLOBAL FORUMVIENNA, AUSTRIAVIENNA, AUSTRIA

20 November, 2009 20 November, 2009

•Need to channel Drucker to address

the Accelerating Pace of Change

and The Urgent Need to close the

gap between What We Find

Acceptable and What is Possible…

•The undeniable reality of

complexity, speed and technological

change around us as seen through

the eyes of a YouTube video called

‘Did You Know?”

This accelerating pace of change also exists in terms of societal challengesTerrorismTerrorism Global WarmingGlobal Warming

PovertyPoverty Failed StatesFailed States

Drucker was concerned about these issues

•Much more than a management guru, he was a Social Ecologist

•What would he say about the health of our society?

$50 trillion

50 millionSources: Asian Development Bank; International Labor

Organization; United Nations

The financial cost of the global economic meltdown

The human loss in jobs lost

•Every global and social issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise

Purpose Purpose

PartnershipPartnership

ResponsibilitResponsibilityy

Drucker’s Functioning or Responsible Society

Business:

Efficiency

Innovation

Civil Society:

Legitimacy

Participation

Government:

Equity

Fairness

Government as a Conductor

Orchestrating,coordinating

Steering… but not rowing.

“The best way to predict the future is to create it…”

- Peter F Drucker