Why Every Writer Should Master The Art Of Languaging

Standout writers are category designers.

And standout category designers are writers.

Peter Drucker is considered one of the greatest management “thinkers” of all time.

He is best known for being a distinguished teacher — first as Professor of Politics and Philosophy at Bennington College, then as Professor of Management at the Graduate Business School of New York University, and Clarke Professor of Social Science at Claremont Graduate School in California. But if there is one overarching concept Drucker is best known for, it’s his belief that every person was responsible for his or her own acquisition of learning.

How Drucker did this himself was through writing.

He is the author of 39 books, including the best-seller (must read), The Effective Executive. He also held a column in the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade — while also frequently contributing work to Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, and The Economist. By the end of his lifetime, his writings had been translated into more than 36 different languages, and been read all over the world.

So why did Drucker write so much, if he was really a teacher and educator first?