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JASE Marketing blog lists the soon-to-be-released Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity as a must-read here.

• Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2009

Professor Kenneth E. Homa, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, undertakes a comprehensive explanation of the discovery-driven planning approach at his HomaHelp blog.

• Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2009

At his Bubbling Thoughts blog, business analyst Muktesh Kandpal, in reflecting on the question, "What companies really need to evaluate is that, if their innovation is really disruptive?" refers to reading an article by Rita McGrath where she had pointed out the non-value-addition culture in organizations today. Employees are always busy checking emails, taking phone calls, making some presentations, which if you step back and see do not really add any value to your company's disruptive strategizing. Going forward, companies need to reconsider these non-value chunks. For the entire January 19, 2009 blog, click here.

• Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2009

John Caddell of Caddell Insight Group posted at PennLive.com his list of Overlooked Female Business Gurus, including Rita McGrath. His follow-up post Female Guru Alert of January 8 recounts his anticipation at reading a galley of Discovery-Driven Growth, being published in March 2009.

• Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2009

"Often, when companies add up the savings they will gain by outsourcing, they forget to account for additional expenses that can make outsourcing a pricier option," says Rita Gunther McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School and co-author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset. Also in the article, McGrath recommends engaging the help of an attorney to ensure that important details that can affect costs -- like specifying a fixed exchange rate if the vendor is overseas -- don't get overlooked. The entire article by Darren Dahl can be found at Inc. Magazine.

• Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009