Response from: David Foster    (09/20/05 3:31pm)

You wouldn't want to take flight training from someone who didn't know how to fly, but you might find non-flying people who could help with some aspects of your learning process. An air traffic controller, for example, could provide you with a valuable perspective, and so could a mechanic or an aeronautical engineer.

Similarly, there should be room in the business curriculum for *some* people who have never been practicing businesspeople. The problem is that there are just too many of them, and too few of the other kind.

Response from: Jim Logan    (09/21/05 5:59am)

This is a very interesting comment and observation you made. It suggests there is greater value in having "walked in your shoes."

I agree.