RitaMcGrathnominatedforTheWorld’s50LeadingThinkersList

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At www.iedp.com, Rita McGrath is on the shortlist for World's 50 Leading Thinkers List.

"Another professor shortlisted is Columbia Business School’s Rita McGrath whose book, Discovery Driven Growth (with Ian MacMillan), has earned her a nomination for The Strategy Award. In particular, her thoughts on how to create breakthrough processes to reduce risk and seize opportunities have been commended by the Thinkers 50. McGrath teaches the Leading Strategic Growth and Change program at Columbia, which shows participants how to thrive in a rapidly changing, highly uncertain environment. 'In this program, we insist on driving strategic decision-making from the perspective of deep insight and differentiating,” she says, “rather than going along with the crowd.' "

  • Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Blogpostingthatdiscussesnewleadershiprequirementsforcomplexsystems

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In a very thoughtful blog Forbes commentator Haydn Shaughnessy observes that today's complex environments require rather different leadership skills than were necessary in merely complicated systems. Worth a look!

  • Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011

HowBoardsCanEncourageProductiveFailure

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In a September 19, 2011 AgendaWeek.com article by Tony Chapelle, entitled How Boards Can Encourage Productive Failure, Rita McGrath is quoted.

Corporate boards should expect senior managers to cook up viable strategies for growth and profits. But inevitably, some of those strategies will fail.
Knowing how much failure a company can tolerate, whether it’s a start-up or a mature multinational, is part of directors’ risk management duties. They can also find ways to encourage innovation that will leave the company better off even if the new strategy doesn’t quite pan out. “The best boards understand how to create a climate where people can distinguish between failures that are stupid and failures that are fruitful,” says Rita Gunther McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School who teaches corporate strategy and innovation. To read the entire article, sign up for a free trial subscription here.

  • Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

GovernorsStateBusinessProfessorPublishesHarvardBusinessReviewArticle

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Dr. Gokce Sargut, Assistant Professor of Management at Governors State University, is co-author with Rita McGrath of Learning to Live with Complexity, the cover story in the September-October issue of Harvard Business Review. He was featured recently in an article about the cover story. Click here to read the article.

  • Posted: Monday, September 19, 2011

US1quotesRitaMcGrath

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In an article entitled The Science – & Art – of the Optimization Edge, by Barbara Figge Fox, Rita McGrath is quoted in response to comments by Steve Sashihara in his book The Optimization Edge. "...Rita McGrath demurs, suggesting that, like many business book authors, Sashihara might be giving his specialty too much credit. 'Companies like Google and UPS and others use a LOT of very good practices and employ a LOT of sophisticated techniques across many of their operations, from human resources to product innovation,' says McGrath. To read the entire article and both viewpoints, click here.

  • Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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