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Monthly Archives: May 2013

Trends in Executive Education from the Baltic Management Development Association

Posted on May 28, 2013 by David

One of the most pleasant events on my recent trip to Lithuania was catching up with Dr. Peter Lorange, who I last met in Toronto over twenty years ago. He has been a pioneer in the field of management and … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, General | Tagged axiom, Babson College, BMDA, change, executive education, Executive MBA, Fachhochschule, IMD, Kaunas, Lithuania, Lorange Institute of Business, Peter Lorange, Piaget, shipping, teaching, Wilhelm von Humboldt | 1 Comment

HBR Blog: The Mongrel Discipline of Management

Posted on May 21, 2013 by David

A few days ago this blog of mine got published on the HBR Blog Network where it is attracting a good deal of comment. You can read it in situ as well as the comments here (as well as see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, General | Tagged change, discipline, ecological rationality, logic, management, means and ends, mongrel, participant, rationality, spectator | 1 Comment

Return to Canada: the Baltic Management Development Association Part I

Posted on May 14, 2013 by David

I returned to Canada over the weekend from Lithuania via London, where I “perched” over night before taking the afternoon Air Canada flight from Heathrow to Toronto. The highlight of the past week was my trip to Kaunas, Lithuania to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Baltic Management Development Association, BMDA, Drucker Society, Garrick Club, Lithuania, Michael O'Leary, Puritan Gift, Ryanair, Will Hopper | 1 Comment

In and Around London: A Trip to the Theatre

Posted on May 7, 2013 by David

It’s been a great middle week of my trip to the UK and Europe. I had an excellent reception for the ecological perspectives from The New Ecology of Leadership in all the places I visited. In Nottingham about 50 people … Continue reading →