Sometimes I think I am teaching in Latin and my students are listening for a modern language.<\/p>\n
\u00a0I shared with my students the other day a list of major corporations that I follow.\u00a0 That list includes all the major North American railways along with Caterpillar, Boeing, John Deere, Chevron, Wal-Mart and McDonald\u2019s.\u00a0 When I asked them which companies they follow I hear, in order, Apple, Google, Facebook, Disney, Target and McDonald\u2019s.\u00a0 Clearly we look at business through different lenses.\u00a0 I think heavy duty, long run, industrial leaders and my students see light, nimble, creative new firms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Now there is nothing wrong with either of our frameworks.\u00a0 However, here is the subtle, and I believe, tremendous opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0The processes of closing this gap involves movement on both sides, During this summer my colleague, Janet O\u2019Tousa, and I took our\u00a0accounting students and some fellow faculty to a tour of a national steel processing firm with its headquarters in South Bend.\u00a0 At Steel Warehouse <\/a>we were surrounded by tons of steel formed to the highest tolerance by massive equipment.\u00a0 Students understand the prof a bit better.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0By starting this little blog I am experiencing communication of information in a format that I am unfamiliar.\u00a0 Hey, it is not that bad.\u00a0 Prof understands his students a bit better.<\/p>\n \u00a0The moving toward each other is a quiet and slow process.\u00a0 But, my friends, it is fun and I believe a worthwhile effort.<\/p>\n \u00a0Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes I think I am teaching in Latin and my students are listening for a modern language. \u00a0I shared with my students the other day a list of major corporations that I follow.\u00a0 That list includes all the major North … Continue reading