New York Times: [Davos 2009 - Day 4 - Dealbook]
Industries facing severe structural change go through a seven-step progression before they manage to deal with it, said Rita McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School.
1. Shock.
2. Denial. "This can't be happening to me."
3. Sadness. 'This is awful."
4. Anger. "I don't deserve this."
5. Bargaining.
6. Acceptance.
7. Renegotiation. It is then that companies find ways to change their business model to survive.
- Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2009
Rita McGrath's Dynamic Strategies blog at Harvard Business Press are available here to read.
- Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2009
Rita McGrath's article Institutional Memory Goes Digital appears at Harvard Business Review (HBR List 2009). "Suppose every utterance and facial expression at a meeting were routinely captured and archived in high-definition digital video recordings -- searchable and available in perpetuity. Would this be a godsend or a nightmare? The answer is probably both, but we're about to find out for sure. Within a few years, a synthesis of technologies from an array of companies will make possible a "total recall system," or TRS, that can produce such recordings." To read the entire article, click here.
- Posted: Saturday, February 07, 2009
Rita McGrath was quoted in an article entitled A New Helm for HR? by Scott Flander.
"It is no longer feasible to simply turn a company around quickly and then put it up for sale," says McGrath. "These companies no longer have the luxury of focusing only on the short term, she says."
To read the entire article, click here.
- Posted: Monday, February 02, 2009
In late January, enroute to the World Economic Forum, Rita McGrath gave a 2-day seminar in Cyprus, hosted by the Papaellinas Group of Companies, as reported in their HR newsletter:
"...Mrs Rita Gunther McGrath led a two day intense seminar session for the Corporate management teams. Mrs Rita Gunther McGrath is among the top academics and highly respected among her peers. Her seminar scrutinised and elaborated past and modern business models boosting the Papaellinas team to new heights." To link to the newsletter, click here.
- Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009
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January 30, 2012:
Complementary webinar tomorrow (January 31) “How the Growth Outliers Do It”
Just back from Davos! Tomorrow, Columbia Executive Education will be hosting a complementary webinar on an article that is in this months' Harvard Business Review …
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December 12, 2011:
Center on Japanese Economy and Business Symposium with Square Enix, February 21, 2012
On February 21, 2012, Professor Rita McGrath will participate in a symposium sponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School. It …
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John Jung, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Alfa Group says...
Rita, I was privileged to be in attendance in Florida to hear your comments on Intelligent Failures. Your style is engaging and the material was presented …
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