Mintzberg 2004

[Nickie Koskinen]

I'm a human being, not a human resource". Is something I have heard my colleague Henry Mintzberg say a number of times. It really seems to resonate with people. Recently Henry published on his website an e-pamphlet called Rebalancing Society. In it he argues that society rests on three key pillars: government, business and what he calls plural society. Henry believes that business today in the West has too much power and we need more of the plural society.

He presented his ideas at a recent event here at McGill University. Not everyone loved the ideas, but the considerable majority did. So today I talk to Henry about his new e-pamphlet (which you can download for free from his website, mintzberg.org). You decide for yourself if what Henry is thinking about today makes sense to you. To watch the video please click on the picture below:

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