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In this issue:
TheDutch Vietnam ManagementSupporter  
This magazine was firstpublished in March 2007. It isdigitally distributed amongmy Vietnamese and Dutchbusiness & private associates.Purpose: to keep theminformed about my activitiesoverseas and in Vietnam.This amazingly attractive andenergetic country has rapidlyconquered my soul, andbecome my home awayfrom home.Loek Hopstaken
Prof. Loek HopstakenEmail:loek@hopstaken.comMobile:090 888 9450
November 15, 20115th year, no. 5
 
A Need for ChangeDear Reader 12Prof. Dave UlrichTeam Building in VNBusiness Schools345Fellow TravellersGoing public @RoyalGolden Alliance678Career Competen-ces; Wittenborg UAS910Standing Offer Contact information1112
It don’t mean athing if it ain’t gotthat swing!
“It can’t happen here”
That you cannot predict the future is not the properrebuff to the person who tells you to get off the tracksbecause a train is coming.
Slim Fairview
 
The world is shaking:
the USA goes from one near-bankruptcy to the next, the Euro-zone is in big trouble, inthe Arab world people are fighting their dictators. Mean-while, Mother Nature keeps torturing our planet withtsunamis, floodings and earthquakes, and criminals de-stroy our planet: from heartless entrepreneurs to hunterswho don’t mind killing the last surviving Java Rhinocerosin Vietnam. Just for its horn, to make money out of otherpeople’s crazy superstition.
 Yes—a gloomy start
of an otherwise light-hearted news-letter. More & more people are becoming aware of theneed for change. On many levels, in many areas. Thereare two attitudes: 1. I’m powerless, so I do nothing; 2.Let’s see if I can do anything, even the smallest thing.Change is rarely the result of one major decision. Usuallyit is a gradual process, with many steps. The world is inneed of change, though many prefer to deny the need.
Next to the AmsterdamStock Mar-ket: a pro-test againstbanks &capitalism
 
 
Dear Reader,
Some encounters you rather forget. Too embarrassing! Butnow he is gone, I might as well confess. In October 1976, 3months before he founded Apple, I was introduced to SteveJobs in Berkeley, California. He was accompanied by a fewfriends, including Steve Wozniak. They looked very
hippy
.
LH: “Hi, I’m Loek Hopstaken, from Amsterdam.” SJ: “SteveJobs.” LH: “No, I’m not looking for a job.” SJ: “???” 
Despite this embarassing start, we had a polite, yet brief exchange about what he was doing (which I didn’t under-stand) & what I was doing (which didn’t interest him).When I recognized Jobs & Wozniak a few years later on tvI wondered what would have happened if I had been lessclumsy with my reply. It’s true: life & careers are not theresult of major decisions, but of chance meetings & medio-cre events. All you can do is to say Yes or No, without timeto think.Loek Hopstaken
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The Dutch Vietnam ManagementSupporter 
 A one month visit to Amster-dam
was well-filled with meet-ing business associates, friends,family, and teaching at Witten-borg University. The financialcrisis and its aftermath, the Eu-ro-crisis, have hit Holland hard.The media don’t help. They seemto repeat the same message:doom is coming. Most companiesrespond by cutting costs, stop-ping investments, adopting a no-risk attitude, and hope to sur-vive. Still, Amsterdam continuesto reinvent itself, with lots of construction works underway.1.
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one whoasked why.
Bernard Baruch
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The construction of the North-South subway line & the renovationof Amsterdam Central Station are close to completion.
Jobs, a few months after ourencounter
 
 
The Dutch Vietnam ManagementSupporter 
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The World’s No. 1 Guru: Dave Ulrich
Gurus Michael Porter and Philip Kotler
have become
old school
. Their works are rap-idly becoming outdated. Porter’s strategiesprove to be unworkable during this financialcrisis. Kotler hasn’t caught up with the mod-ern times of social media & changing custom-er behaviours. Being Americans, both don’treally get what’s going on in Asia. Meanwhile,one guru is still going strong: Dave Ulrich. Heis considered to be the no. 1 managementteacher. His major works deal with humanresource management, and leadership. Orga-nized by PACE, September 29 he lectured fora day in Saigon for a sold-out conference hallin Sheraton Hotel. Mr. Ulrich shared his enlightening views on topics like Talent Manage-ment, Organizational Culture, and Leadership. Now it’s up to us to apply!
It was also a perfect introduction for my HRM class with group 2 of the Institute of Potential Leaders(IPL). The students all attended, and Mr. Ulrich & Mr. Gian Tu Trung joined our photo session.
“The underlyingcause of many(most?) problems inthe workplace is a‘deficit’ of bothmeaning andpurpose.”
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