IdeaConnection Interview with Bruce Rosenstein, Author of Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life

June 12, 2010

By Vern Burkhardt

"The current era is a challenging, even wrenching time for knowledge workers. We all need a sense of hope, backed by solid strategies of what to do to create a better tomorrow." Living in More Than One World, page 129.

Vern Burkhardt (VB): You have studied Peter Drucker's thinking and writings extensively for over two decades. How did you initially become interested in him?

Bruce Rosenstein (BR): Drucker's 839-page book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices was assigned as the textbook for the management course I was taking at the Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science. I knew about Drucker before that, but only in a fairly tangential way. I had never read his work, and it immediately spoke very deeply to me. I was drawn in by his clear writing and the direct connection he made with the reader. His ability to weave in many disciplines, such as history, philosophy, education and literature, with the study of management, was fascinating to me.

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