Interesting: The list of 2005’s TOP 50 minds
One of Represent’s favourite sayings is from the revolutionary thinkers and authors Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell A. Nordstrom –
“Rather be a first rate version of yourself than a second-rate copy of someone else.”
Makes you think – doesn’t it – the fact is that fakes are easily detectable and very short-lived and not very well liked. You know which restaurant we’re talking a…
bout yet? And as for people…
We’re delighted to see that these bright sparks come in in 9th place on this years “Thinkers 50 – the 2005 global ranking of business thinkers ” compiled by Des Dearlove & Stuart Crainer.
The top twenty are as follows (number in brackets represents their move from last year):
1 Michael PORTER (2)
2 Bill GATES (20)
3 CK PRAHALAD (12)
4 Tom PETERS (3)
5 Jack WELCH (8)
6 Jim COLLINS (10)
7 Philip KOTLER (6)
8 Henry MINTZBERG (7)
9 Kjell NORDSTRýM & Jonas RIDDERSTRýLE (21)
10 Charles HANDY (5)
11 Richard BRANSON (34)
12 Scott ADAMS (27)
13 Thomas A. STEWART (37)
14 Gary HAMEL (4)
15 Chan KIM & Renýe MAUBORGNE (31)
16 Kenichi OHMAE (19)
17 Patrick DIXON (46)
18 Stephen COVEY (16)
19 Rosabeth MOSS KANTER (9)
20 Edward DE BONO (35)
So for those of us that enjoy inspiring reads from inspiring thinkers – treat yourself to a few of their books this Christmas and top up your brain ready for 2006.
Here’s the buzz on the The Thinkers 50 book:
“Who is the most influential living management thinker? That was the simple question that inspired the original Thinkers 50 in 2001. A lot of hard work and number-crunching later, the answer became the first global ranking of business gurus.
The Thinkers 50 2005 provides a completely new ranking. Produced by Suntop Media in association with the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), it is the definitive bi-annual guide to which thinkers and ideas are in – and which have been consigned to business history” Click here for more.
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