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"Programme" and "honour" and "Sir" - and dealing with "Trevour" ... excuse me while I hullucinate for 2 minutes :>] ...

Posted by sean_sir at November 1, 2006 1:55 PM

From the BBC link: "Tom ... no longer has ... any formulas for change ..." - Are they talking about the same Tom? Or have I missed the point?

Posted by Mike L at November 1, 2006 7:26 PM

Mike,

CONVICTION…CREDENCE…CHANGE…CONSTANT…CONFIDENCE…COOL…PEOPLE…PROFITS!

From the above, can u figure out what I’m trying to say? If not, here I go…

I believe one (individuals in organizations) should have CONVICTION and CREDENCE (belief) in pursuing (or championing!) CHANGE (which is the only thing that is CONSTANT) with total CONFIDENCE inorder to perform COOL (WOW!) tasks that ultimately have impact on PEOPLE & PROFITS!

Therefore, I believe, there can be no "sure-shot" forumla for change...one has to live through change and experience change inorder to benefit from change.

Posted by K.Sriram at November 1, 2006 9:19 PM

…and btw, I don’t know why Prof. Handy hasn’t mentioned about the following gurus (to name a few):-

a/ CK Prahalad
b/ Henry Mintzberg
c/ Philip Kotler
d/ Clayton Christensen
e/ Ram Charan
f/ Vijay Govindarajan
g/ Edward De Bono
h/ Kjell NORDSTRÖM & Jonas RIDDERSTRÅLE
i/ Peter Senge
j/ Robert Kaplan & David Norton

I believe all of the above have created “considerable IMPACT” on BOTH people & organizations.

Posted by K.Sriram at November 1, 2006 9:35 PM

"Tom ... no longer has ... any formulas for change ..." --tragic, eh? I think I shall nap the winter through; it snowed in Vermont today; see y'all in May when it starts to warm. having no relevance sure takes the pressure off.

Maybe I'll spend the winter reading Drucker, since I haven't yet done that. On the other hand, I think I'll stick with Le Carre; his newish The Mission Song, may be his best yet.

BTW, just finished perhaps the best recorded book I've listened to: Tim Robbins reading The Great Gatsby. In the "Age of Skilling," Gatsby is as relevant as ever--and, good gawd, FSF can write!!

Posted by tom peters at November 2, 2006 8:36 AM

That ‘trailer’ is rather unfortunate because actually when we listen to the programme itself Professor Handy speaks in glowing terms about Tom and his work and he is clearly a great fan of Tom and the impact he has had. Like in all publicity we sometimes have to get behind the headlines and trailers to discover the truth.

Posted by Trevor Gay at November 2, 2006 12:58 PM

I'd like to first thank the reader (from UK?) for sharing this link to Charles Handy's "programme". And Tom for reposting this.

I have been a fan of Charles and was spellbound by his writings for many years since I read him in a b-school magazine.

Great program on Tom and the other gurus.

Posted by kempton at November 2, 2006 3:31 PM

Thank you Kempton - 'twas I who shared the link with TP group and I fully agree with your remarks about Professor Handy. His writings are inspirational due largely in my opinion to their simplicity. I am delighted you think the programmes were great. Again I agree. Unfortunately, as I said in my earlier comment, we need to get behind headlines. In my experience, reading a book from front to back cover is often a different experience (plus and minus) than reading just the headlines.

Thanks again.

Posted by Trevor Gay at November 3, 2006 7:01 AM

No formula for change....oh crap, what the heck have I been selling?? Actually, it is no small honor to be on that list...nice!

Posted by Mike Neiss at November 3, 2006 3:58 PM

I only wish it was available (as are some other BBC programs) as a podcast.

Posted by Wally Bock at November 4, 2006 9:35 AM