Earlier this year I was sent on a 'leadership programme' by my employer - see here for the sort of things we did. Anyway, last night was the annual 'alumni' gathering for the people who'd been on the programme over the years. A good chance to hear a talk by a London Business School professor, catch up with some people who I met on the programme, and drink room temperature white wine whilst eating slightly poncey canapes. Exactly - not really my sort of thing... to be honest, it was fine and there are worse ways to spend a couple of hours.
At one point the LBS lecturer commented that he and his academic partner had recently been listed at number 32 in 'The Thinkers 50 - the world's most important and influential thinkers'. Given the top 10 includes Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Michael Porter, Jack Welch, Tom Peters and Alan Greenspan (all men you notice?? a glass ceiling for women in business anyone??) I think this was supposed to impress us. Well it didn't - especially when he then admitted that number 21 on the list was Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert.
Now, Dilbert, there's a proper management guru - at least he's in the real world.
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