Duh....
“Dr. Davenport says the changes show that time-strapped managers are hungry for easily digestible advice wherever they can find it. Today, the most pressing themes include globalization, motivation and innovation. Traditional business gurus writing “weighty tomes” are in decline, he says.”
“Managers say it’s no coincidence they tap a broad range of thinkers. “The demands on all of us for decision-making have grown exponentially,” says Susan Flygare, a sales-strategy executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota who has attended speeches by a Harvard-educated stand-up comic, as well as by Messrs. Gladwell and Hamel. Ms. Flygare says clients ask Blue Cross to help them understand consumer behavior as well as health-plan administration.”Sorry, can’t resist. Powerfeedback has been preaching, and offering clients the exact same advice for 15 years! I guess everything old is indeed new again!