Erin Murphy in her own tribute to Russ Ackoff, “acclaimed systems thinker,” referred to Rita McGrath’s tribute Remembering Russ Ackoff at the Harvard Business Review.
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Rita McGrath spoke to International Society of Professional Innovation Management
On December 7, 2009, Rita McGrath appeared at the invitation of the ISPIM at their New York City meeting. Jack Hipple reporting on the meeting on his blog, wrote: “Dr. Rita Gunther McGrath from the… Read more »
Why Vertical Integration is Making a Comeback
Rita McGrath’s December 2 Harvard Business Review Why Vertical Integration is Making a Comeback was mentioned at Blogging Innovation by Stefan Lindegaard in his post “You Must Innovate Across Silos to Succeed.”
Information Management on WSJ Article Learning from Corporate Flops
At the Information Management blog, author Steve Miller comments on the Wall Street Journal article in which Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan were interviewed about discovery-driven growth. “I like the concept of discovery-driven planning a… Read more »
Discovery Driven Growth Named to Several Best 2009 Business Books lists
Business Week listed Discovery Driven Growth as one of the best Innovation and Design Books of 2009: “Acknowledging that innovation is a tricky beast to implement even at the best of times, McGrath, from Columbia… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in Irish Times
In an Irish Times article Can We Build the Perfect Citizen? discussing the book How Markets fail – the logic of economic calamities by John Cassidy, Rita McGrath is quoted as follows: Getting the balance… Read more »
Kraft and Cadbury—a bittersweet mix
In a post by Professor Ken Homa at The Homa Files discussing Kraft’s hostile bid for Cadbury, discovery-driven planning is cited: A falling Kraft share price makes the deal even less attractive to Cadbury shareholders… Read more »
Win In the Flat World
Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan are cited in this InfoSys article, referring to their Marketbusting Strategies Harvard Business Review article. To read the entire article, click here.
“Ways to Pump up Your Income” Article receives wider coverage
Rita McGrath is quoted in a Money News article — Ways to Pump Up Your Income in the section on generating profit from leisure-time activities. The article was also quoted by CCN Money and at… Read more »
“Ways to Pump up Your Income” Article receives wider coverage
Rita McGrath is quoted in a Money News article — Ways to Pump Up Your Income in the section on generating profit from leisure-time activities. The article was also quoted by CCN Money and at… Read more »
Customer experience innovation at the Disney Stores
A major theme that I’ve been following for a while is that rather than conventional product or service innovation, companies that attend to their customers’ total experience with an offering can craft powerful, sticky, and… Read more »
Rita McGrath post named as one of Best Blog Posts for Women in Business at Harvard Business Review
The Smart Lemming has recommended several Harvard Business Review blog posts on Women in Business by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rita McGrath, and Tamara J. Erickson. The Smart Lemming cites Rita McGrath’s post… Read more »