Only when we realize the realities in Africa, Europe will be able to deal with migration and the interconnected global society.
Migration from Africa to Europe
Europe takes Africa more seriously – Juncker’s State of the Union speech
Junker’s State of the Union speech: Africa is taken more seriously. Europe has learned what it means to be part of the interconnected global society. And has again real interests in Africa.
China-Africa Summit – Why China is leading the global world of ideas
The recent China-Africa summit has been another proof of how China is leading the global world of ideas. The Chinese economic success story, an authoritarian model and a “5-no policy” has made China the role model for many African countries.
Asylum in Europe – Another reason to organize Learning Journeys to Africa
Learning Journeys to modern Africa make us recognize that solutions for the current asylum issues can only be found outside the asylum system
Africa and Europe at a crossroad?
Africa and Europe at a crossroad? – “Yes, they are”, I argued in a panel discussion in Hamburg on December 2, 2015. “And Europe should better watch out not to drift apart. In its own interests.” Five forces are describing the current situation: Starting with the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, followed by the banking …
It’s the Operating System, stupid! – A quest for a European Humanistic Management Movement
by Hans Stoisser (with contributions from Lukas Michel) THIS BLOGPOST WAS FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE DRUCKERFORUM’S BLOG “Enough! Enough of the imbalances that is destroying our democracies, our planet, and ourselves,” writes the Canadian management thinker Henry Mintzberg.“ A society out of balance, with power concentrated in a privileged elite, can be ripe for …
A different Global Society
“Enough! Enough of the imbalances that is destroying our democracies, our planet, and ourselves,” that is the first sentence the Canadian management thinker Henry Mintzberg wrote in his new book “Rebalancing Society”. He refers to our “unbalanced society”, where the relationship between public and private sector has become distorted. An overall dominating private sector has …
A Marshall Plan for Ukraine
“We are on your side”, Lord Risby, member of the British House of Lords, said to the delegation from Ukraine. It was quite a gathering on March 3rd, 2015, in Vienna. Bernard-Henry Lévi, philosopher and one of the founders of the Nouveaux Philosophes in France, F.W. de Klerk, peace Nobel prize winner and Ex-president of South Africa, …
The economy an organ of society? – The European Economic Model as an answer
Society consists of different spheres, each of it with its own logic and “culture”. During the last decades the economic structure started to dominate all other spheres until it almost completely disconnected from society. This might be seen as the root cause for our ongoing, long-lasting (economic) crisis. The economic structure has to change and adapt again. …
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Hidden Champions – Europe’s hidden contribution to the globalized world
The (Central) European model of hidden champions is one of the most promising alternatives for continued global economic development. Contrary to the authoritarian Asian model of state capitalism it is able to tackle the complexities of our newly globalized world; contrary to the US shareholder value capitalism it is based on value creation in the …
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