Better than the Rest: Making Europe the Leader in the Next Wave of Innovation and Performance

摘要

'Better than the rest: making Europe the Leader in the next wave of Innovation and Performance' was the title of the Hay Management Consultants Inter- national Client Conference held in Budapest on 12- 14 November (1997). Several prominent academics, authors and practitioners were invited to deliver key- note speeches, including: Alvin Toffler, one of the world's leading writers on social change and author of such books as "Future Shock", "Powershift" and "The Third Wave"; Tony Buzan, the originator of "Mind Maps" and author of 22 books on mental devel- opment; Professor Warren Bennis, founding chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of sou- thern California ad author of more than 20 books; Manfred Kets de vries, Professor of human Resource Management and Clinical Professor of Management And Leadership at INSEAD; and Jean-paul loup, a Board Member of IBM Europe and a visiting lecturer To various universities.