The Same Ole Porter

In the seminar organized by Magister Management UI in Jakarta today, Porter spoke about one and half an hour in front of Minister Sri Mulyani and 1,000 participants about the Porter recipes that created when he was 32 years and have lasted 3 decades.

Despite of the idea block and the lack of new publications from the Professor post his prime years, he displayed strong presentation skill and stamina to enliven the seminar - which moderated with a zest by Director of MM-UI Rhenald Khasali.

During majority of the speak, he criticized Indonesian mentality that we are more interested in fighting against each-other rather than collectively solving the problems to improve the country's competitiveness; reason why this vast nation with large population could only have GDP equal to a single state of the United States.

Wait for more of Porter, Porter-ize, his critics, and why the Olympic swimmer Matt Biondi is being linked analogously to the Harvard Professor' theory.