It is always exciting to meet a real subversive, especially when he (or she) is old and wise. Henry Ford's business model still influences our thinking unduly Russell Ackoff was in London the other ...

"You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correcting them." “You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already ...

With the House of Commons seeking to oblige the prime minister to present an alternative plan of some sort (January 9), I am reminded of one of the observations of the late, great systems theorist, ...

An evangelist of the big picture, Russell Ackoff was a management theorist who helped U.S. corporations by reimagining their challenges as opportunities to restructure. Mr. Ackoff, who died Oct. 29 at ...

Russell Ackoff, a renowned academician and management guru, said, "The only thing more difficult than starting something new is stopping something old!” This statement is profound as many ...

Last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice. At the time he was having ...

Is it wise to go to university, or is it better to teach? Professor Russell Ackoff is an 88-year-old subversive. He is also a business school professor emeritus, which makes what he has to say about ...

To mark his recent death Peter Day revisits an interview he did 2 years ago with Russell Ackoff Professor Emeritus of the Wharton School in Operations Research and Systems Theory. His f-Laws expose ...

Before he died at the age of 90, business school professor Russell Ackoff gave Peter Day some insights into his unconventional approach to getting things done. Show more Russell Ackoff was a great ...