Hundreds of students and young executives from all over the world take part in the annual Drucker Challenge essay contest, and the winners are heralded at the Drucker Forum. This years' theme was Human Prosperity in a Changing World.  Four of the winners talk to Peter Day about their experiences, and their ideas. They are Anne Twombly from the USA; Ali Rushden Tariq, born in Pakistan but now living in Canada;  Amina Mendez Acosta from The Phillipines, and Chris Maclay, born in the UK, now living and working in Kenya.

"Rising to the Challenge", 4 Drucker Challenge winners ITWed by Peter Day

Nilofer Merchant was born in India, but grew up in Silicon Valley, Calfornia where she pursued a very successful career. She gives Peter Day some insights into the "wild ideas" she spoke about at the Drucker Forum..including her distrust of the "Bro" culture that she thinks permeates American high tech.

"A Contrary View from Silicon Valley", Nilofer Merchant ITWed by Peter Day

Don Tapscott has spent 40 years charting the rising of the digital world in a series of best-selling books such as "The Digital Economy", "Wikinomic"s and "The Naked Corporation". He tells Peter Day why Blockchain is another revolution in progress.

"Blockchain to the rescue", Don Tapscott ITWed by Peter Day

Rita Gunther McGrath is professor of management at Colombia Business School in New York and a widely published author. She tells Peter Day how maturing companies can use what she calls the "imagination factor" to grow and prosper.

" Use Your Imagination" Rita McGrath ITWed by Peter Day

One year ago, the ambitious Chinese household goods company Haier paid $5.4 billion to buy General Electric's huge American domestic appliance unit, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Bill Fischer follows Haier closely. He's professor  of innovation management at IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, and he tells Peter Day what's happening now in this extraordinary Chinese business.

"Haier on the March" Bill Fischer ITWed by Peter Day

Sydney Finkelstein is professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He tells Peter Day why finding talent--other people's talent--is a vital attribute of a great leader.

"How to be a Superboss" Sydney Finkelstein ITWed by Peter Day

Hal Gregersen is Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He says that leaders have to learn how to ask the right questions..and so do the organisations they lead. He tells Peter Day why this is so important..and how people at the top of organisations need to avoid getting “super isolated”.

"Question Master" Hal Gregersen ITWed by Peter Day

People born between 1980 and 2000--called Millennials--make up the largest living generation.  Even so, they are still not being taken seriously by businesses. That’s the view of Joan Kuhl, founder of the New York-based consultancy  Why Millennials Matter. She tells Peter Day why they matter..and what to do about it.

"Power Generation" Joan Kuhl ITWed by Peter Day

Martin Reeves is a corporate strategy specialist at BCG Boston Consulting Group, and director of the Group’s think tank the BCG Bruce Henderson Institute. He talks about applying ideas from biology to corporate thinking, and using artificial intelligence to explore the way companies really work.  The Institute is pioneering ways of measuring the “vitality” of corporations, and predicting their potential..but it also uses the ideas of ancient Greek philosophers (and science fiction) to devise business strategy.

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