"Shocked, Shocked" says my dear friend Tom Stewart of a recent report in the New York Times that Telecommunications operators felt "out of touch" with their customers. What do you mean? That call to a robot in… Read more »
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Talent flows – Silicon Valley Style
This neat article offers a snapshot of who is winning and losing the talent wars in Silicon Valley among the big players (Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.). It offers a great graphic to spark interest… Read more »
European Financial Review publishes McGrath—Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation
The European Financial Review, June-July 2011 has published Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation by Rita McGrath. To visit the site and read the article, click here.
European Financial Review publishes McGrath—Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation
The European Financial Review, June-July 2011 has published Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation by Rita McGrath. To visit the site and read the article, click here.
Forget college and change the world?
PayPal founder Peter Thiel thinks he has found a new way to change the world. A recent article describes how his foundation has created $100,000 grants for young superstars to put their college plans on… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in Modern Contractor Solutions
Ted Garrison interviewed Rita McGrath for his Seize Opportunities through Discovery-Driven Growth article: “One of the things we are seeing very strongly is that companies that are successful in these truly turbulent environments have a… Read more »
More women in top management = more success as a company
Experts and observers have long argued that there is a benefit to firms of having more women in senior decision-making roles. The reasons are many, including the importance of diversity, the fact that senior women… Read more »
The Booth Company cites Discovery-Driven Growth
At The Booth Company: Smart companies may incur huge losses when they enter unknown territory–new alliances, markets, products, technologies. Failures could be prevented or their cost contained if managers approached innovative ventures with the right… Read more »
CorporateRain.com praises Failing by Design blog
Tim Askew in a MakingRain post praises the Harvard Business Review April magazine’s theme on Failure, and cites Rita McGrath’s Failing By Design blog: “I in no way mean to say that failure, per se,… Read more »
Back to the Boneyard
Rita McGrath’s blog at Harvard Business Review is entitled Back to the Boneyard — Palm, Flip…and now RIM?. “Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit… Read more »
Say It Ain’t So: The Shortening Half Life of the Business School Case Study
We in business school just love to use examples. It’s examples, stories and personal insights that make what we teach accessible, inspiring and sometimes game-changing. Along the way, many of these great stories get written… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted on Legal Technology Today blog
At Legal Technology Today, Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review Failing by Design principles are cited as an approach to testing compliance systems. “[Rita McGrath] cites to the term of intelligent failure which she believes can… Read more »