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David Hurst FRSA @davidkhurst

Speaker, Writer and Educator on Management. Hope to change the world with my book The New Ecology of Leadership (Columbia University Press)

Joined January 2012
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Check out my latest article: Don’t Mistake Outputs for Inputs: The Folly of Trying to Plant “Cut Flowers” linkedin.com/pulse/dont-mist… via @LinkedIn

Don’t Mistake Outputs for Inputs: The Folly of Trying to Plant “Cut Flowers”

Why does so much management advice sound reasonable but turn out to be of little value? Most readers will know what I mean. Take the following guidance on how companies can ‘accelerate their agile...

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I just published The Ecology of Organizing: A Management Course for the 21st Century link.medium.com/o0z285SQ6pb #embadegroote

The Ecology of Organizing: A Management Course for the 21st Century

“They will get it straight one day at the Sorbonne.

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Check out my latest article: Social Renewal: The Story of the Quakers and the First Industrial Revolution linkedin.com/pulse/social-re… via @LinkedIn

Social Renewal: The Story of the Quakers and the First Industrial Revolution

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is...

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I just published Walking the Walk: Searching for Renewal in the Footsteps of the Founders link.medium.com/HHV7vq0S6nb

Walking the Walk: Searching for Renewal in the Footsteps of the Founders

[NOTE: This is an extended and enhanced revision of material that first appeared in Chapter 4 of my book, Crisis & Renewal: Meeting the…

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Check out my latest article: Cuttlefish Spurting Out Ink: English and the Projection of Power linkedin.com/pulse/cuttlefis… via @LinkedIn

Cuttlefish Spurting Out Ink: English and the Projection of Power

The Guardian reported today that a massive leak from a whistleblower in the private bank, Credit Suisse, had exposed the hidden wealth of clients who are involved in torture, drug trafficking, money...

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David K Hurst: Lead Like a Gardener – An Ecological Approach to Wicked P... youtu.be/flVGWcsFAYo via @YouTube The ecological perspective based on Holling's adaptive cycle just won't quit!

David K Hurst: Lead Like a Gardener – An Ecological Approach to...

David Hurst is a speaker, writer and management educator. He spent ...

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Leaders vs. Managers: Making Situations, Not Just Meeting Them linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…

Leaders vs. Managers: Making Situations, Not Just Meeting Them | David K. Hurst

#forms of time #making situations# #leadership #management

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The Crash of Two Airplanes and the Crisis at Boeing nytimes.com/2021/12/01/books…

The Crash of Two Airplanes and the Crisis at Boeing (Published 2021)

Peter Robison’s “Flying Blind” tells the full story of two air disasters and Boeing’s role in the crashes.

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Check out my latest article: “Look Out The Window”: Peter Drucker and the Future of Society linkedin.com/pulse/look-out-… via @LinkedIn

“Look Out The Window”: Peter Drucker and the Future of Society

While writing up a report on the 2021 Global Drucker Forum that recently took place both in Vienna and online, I came across my report on a roundtable session held at the 2019 Forum. Here it is...

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I just published Why Management by Objectives Fails (and so may OKR) link.medium.com/x7CVjvYOclb #GPDF21

Why Management by Objectives Fails (and so may OKR)

With the annual Drucker Forum now taking place in Vienna it’s timely to reflect on Management by Objectives (MBO), the most enduring and…

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Check out my latest article: You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat! linkedin.com/pulse/youre-gon… via @LinkedIn

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat!

Steven Spielberg’s 1975 movie, Jaws, tells the story of a seaside town whose shores are terrorized by a killer shark. After several fatal attacks, the town sheriff, played by Roy Scheider, sets out...

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BCG | Going Beyond Budgeting on.bcg.com/2Xq4nMq via @BCG Excellent! It's about time that we realized what we have to STOP doing. See linkedin.com/pulse/true-usel…

Going Beyond Budgeting

CFOs say it’s finally time to slay the three-headed corporate budgeting monster.

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If You Can’t Measure It You’d Better Manage It mintzberg.org/blog/measure-i…
Forces of nature sb.stratbz.to/35gfVBq via @stratandbiz featured in Strategy Business today! May the Fourth be with you....
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#RSACHANGE For a different take on organizational change see: plexusinstitute.org/wp-conte…
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I just published Democracy, Capitalism and Donald Trump: An Ecological Perspective Part I: Midnight Reckoning link.medium.com/b7nTTlb9ddb

Democracy, Capitalism and Donald Trump: An Ecological Perspective Part I: Midnight Reckoning

Back in November 2016 I wrote a blog in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s election. As a Canadian I thought the Americans had had…

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Check out my latest article: Democracy, Capitalism and Donald Trump: An Ecological Perspective Part I: Midnight Reckoning linkedin.com/pulse/democracy… via @LinkedIn

Democracy, Capitalism and Donald Trump: An Ecological Perspective Part I: Midnight Reckoning

Back in November 2016 I wrote a blog in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s election. As a Canadian I thought the Americans had had an awful choice to make but was just as surprised as many...

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Words and Looks: Leadership Lessons from a Christmas Carol - Happy Holidays to All davidkhurst.medium.com/words…

Words and Looks: Leadership Lessons from A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, was first published on December 19, 1843. So it’s close enough to republish this article on…

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Check out my latest article: Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020): Jewish Wisdom and Our Binocular Minds linkedin.com/pulse/jonathan-… via @LinkedIn

Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020): Jewish Wisdom and Our Binocular Minds

“And twofold always..

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Check out my latest article: Milton Friedman’s Philosophy: Invaluable at First but Deadly Afterward linkedin.com/pulse/milton-fr… via @LinkedIn

Milton Friedman’s Philosophy: Invaluable at First but Deadly Afterward

2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Chicago economist Milton Friedman’s famous (or infamous, depending on your point-of-view) claim that the social purpose of business is to increase profits. This...

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