Dr. Richard Straub on Peter Drucker’s Legacy: Management as a Force for Societal Progress

Dr. Richard Straub, Founder & President of the Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna, shares invaluable insights from Peter F. Drucker’s legacy in our podcast episode on Management as a Catalyst for Societal Progress: Lessons from Peter Drucker’s Legacy. About Peter F. Drucker: Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author who shaped modern management theory. He pioneered concepts like management by objectives and ‘managing oneself’ and advocated for management as a liberal art. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. About Global Peter Drucker Forum: The 1st Global Peter Drucker Forum, held in Vienna on Nov 19-20, 2009, marked Drucker’s centenary. Organized by the Drucker Society of Austria, it featured speakers like C.K. Prahalad, Charles Handy, Joseph Maciariello, Rick Warren and Philip Kotler. Doris Drucker (Peter’s widow), then 97, urged building on Peter’s ideals rather than creating a museum of his work. Subsequent favorable coverage from global media - Harvard Business Review, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes and Les Echos, to name a few - turned the autumn forum in Vienna into what Les Echos called the “Davos of Management” - an essential date in the management calendar. The Drucker Forum is committed to quality in all its aspects: speakers and content, organization, facilities, networking, interactivity, personal exchange and internationality. As Charles Handy put it: “The Drucker Forum is a party, but a party with a purpose.” For more information about the event, please visit, www.druckerforum.org About Dr. Richard Straub: After a 32-year career at IBM where Dr. Straub held various executive positions including those of Chief Learning Officer and Deputy General Manager for the European IBM PC business, Dr. Richard Straub jointly with his wife, Ilse founded the Global Peter Drucker Forum in 2009. The inaugural conference was held that year to honor Dr. Peter Drucker on what would have been his 100th birthday. The Forum is now in its 16th year and has become a globally recognized platform and reference for advancing the practice of management. In 2024 Dr. Richard Straub announced a flagship initiative spanning the five years to the 20th Forum in 2028 to reframe and renew management for the 21st century, under the title “The Next Management”. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com. Disclaimer: A. The background music used in this video is the property of its respective developer and is protected by Copyright. Although it is a free version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy and Deepak Bhatt do not hold the rights to this music. B. Dr. Richard Straub generously shared profound insights from Peter F. Drucker’s legacy on Management as a Catalyst for Societal Progress: Lessons from Peter Drucker’s Legacy during his appearance on the Business Talk podcast channel. The uploaded video contains copyrighted material; therefore, any modifications to graphics, music, or the presence of the author or host are strictly prohibited. All content is © 2025. All rights reserved.