On my way searching for a leadership quote I wanted to use in another context, I came back upon the following Peter Drucker comment that applies to the Palestinian and Iraqi elections as well as the the business and societal challenges we face today:
"In a few hundred years, when the history of our time is written from a long term perspective, it is likely that the most important event those historians will see is not technology, not the internet, not e-commerce.
It is an unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time -literally- substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves.
And society is totally unprepared for it."
Thus sayeth Dr. Drucker. (Sorry I don't have a link, it was in my scribbling, the reference is:
Drucker, Peter F., "Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself," Leader to Leader, 16 (Spring 2000), pp.8-10.
I don't agree that society is totally unprepared for it but some parts are surely a lot more ready than others.
This certainly applies to present day political events as well as management theory and problem solving through and with other people.
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