. Bell telephone magazine . Our present methods of planning by existing momentum are taking us to unwanted destinations. At stake may be the survival and enhancement of real 11 To be intelligentmeans to be able toperceive and adaptto changing is the primevalcondition ■ ^Tlr ^ 9k J 12 modern managerial needs will havetwo attributes: (1) It will not un-derestimate the intelligence of itsparticipants, and (2) It will notoverestimate their of the barren controversy weobserve today flows from attitudesthe reverse of these. To be intelligent


. Bell telephone magazine . Our present methods of planning by existing momentum are taking us to unwanted destinations. At stake may be the survival and enhancement of real 11 To be intelligentmeans to be able toperceive and adaptto changing is the primevalcondition ■ ^Tlr ^ 9k J 12 modern managerial needs will havetwo attributes: (1) It will not un-derestimate the intelligence of itsparticipants, and (2) It will notoverestimate their of the barren controversy weobserve today flows from attitudesthe reverse of these. To be intelligent means to beable to perceive and adapt to chang-ing conditions. It is the primevalcondition of survival. Specialknowledge, techniques, and infor-mation have much to contribute,but without the nexus of a planningprocess on which to home they arenow consigned to arid journals,where barriers of language andreadership make them ciphers indecision. Drucker contends thatmaking proper use of the knowl-edge worker is one of the unsolvedriddles of our age. We can do bet-ter, but old antagonisms first mustwither, and the joy of battle withlong-standing adversaries must beforsworn. A temporary guide dur-ing our passage toward the Post-Industrial Society might well bethat of experienced diplomats:Treat every e


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