Bridging the Gap: Academics & Business
Academics mean well when they tell businesses what they should do, but unfortunately, they’re not sufficiently tied to reality to give meaningful advice.
For instance, they think of organizations as monolithic entities devoted to a single mission. But that is just not how companies actually operate. Companies are large, complex, messy things and frankly it’s a miracle any of them actually work.
Academics can provide a lot of great advice to businesses, but first, they need to understand the nature of the organizations to which they are seeking to provide counsel.