Rita McGrath is a bestselling author and sought-after speaker.

 A longtime professor at Columbia Business School, Rita is an expert in business strategy, inflection points and competitive advantage. She is often featured in premier publications, and popular podcasts and news outlets. If you’d like to connect with Rita, please reach out.

Gen Z In Fear Of Layoffs

Newsweek
July 6, 2025

Armstrong World Industries Targets Stability, Achieves Growth

Industry Week
June 30, 2025

Trump Enters Fraught Two-Week Run as Tax, Trade Deadlines Loom

Bloomberg
June 25, 2025

GHOSTED: Employers confused by Gen Z job applicants’ disappearing acts

The Washington Times
June 25, 2025

Professor: ICE impact on economy will be ‘dire’ | NewsNation Now

News Nation
June 19, 2025

M & A Fashion

Vogue Business
June 11, 2025

Some Women Say Tariffs Led to Unexpectedly High Costs on Clothes

Inside Edition
May 30, 2025

Tariffs Could Affect Your Groceries

US News & World Report
May 19, 2025

Tariffs and fashion

FOX5 Washington DC
May 15, 2025

Inflection Points and the Future of Strategic Advantage

Remarkable People
April 30, 2025

Shoppers could find shelves empty by summer as China imports plunge amid Trump trade war

New York Post
April 21, 2025

What will become more expensive as tariffs take effect?

News Nation
April 20, 2025

Global Business: Global Reaction to Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs

CGTN
April 8, 2025

How to prepare for a possible recession

NBC News
April 7, 2025

Trump Executive Orders 2025: Energy Stock Winners and Losers

US News & World Report
April 4, 2025

Vogue In The Fashion Industry

Vogue Business
April 3, 2025

Trump to announce new tariffs amid recession fears, inflation concerns

FOX5 New York
March 31, 2025

‘They’re tearing their hair out’ – Business leaders, consumers uneasy as trade war escalates

Gray TV
March 23, 2025

25% Tariff On Steel & Aluminum

NBC 10 Rochester
March 12, 2025

Tariffs Against Canada, Mexico, and China

CBSNY
March 4, 2025

Government Layoffs Intensify, Creating Uncertainty For Businesses And Markets

National Enquirer
March 1, 2025

Gen Z Work Promotions

Newsweek
February 26, 2025

How DOGE May Impact Tech

Information Week
February 25, 2025

Trump Cancels Education Research Contracts

Washington Times
February 14, 2025

The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums | Return-to-office Mandates

Bronx TV
February 10, 2025

NJ businesses brace for possible TikTok ban

NBC4 New York
January 13, 2025

Tick-Tock For Tiktok

Mix 93.3 KC
January 13, 2025

What’s next for TikTok? App left with few options after skeptical Supreme Court reception

NBC News
January 10, 2025

Tiktok

Yahoo
January 10, 2025

Business Trends in 2025

ABC 10 San Diego
January 3, 2025

Management Theory of Stephen Covey

Business.com
January 2, 2025

Management Theory of Joseph Juran

Business.com
December 10, 2024

The Management Theory of Peter Drucker

Business.com
December 10, 2024

Classical and Scientific Management Theory

Business.com
December 10, 2024

Contingency Management Theory Explained

Business.com
December 9, 2024

Establishing An AI Governance Plan

Reworked
November 27, 2024

Cultivating a Culture of Innovation with Rita McGrath

TruthWorks Podcast with Jessica Neal and Patty McCord
August 6, 2024

Cómo mejorar el trabajo para la salud mental de todos

Executive Excellence
July 1, 2024

The End of Competitive Advantage with Rita McGrath

Strategic Accounts Management Association Podcast
June 18, 2024

Perspectives on the Future with Esther Dyson, Rita McGrath, and Gary Shteyngart

BCG Henderson Institute Thinkers & Ideas Podcast
June 11, 2024

How Nike and Adobe revolutionized their business models

Big Think via MSN
June 10, 2024

Strategy in Action: Mastering Execution for Success with Rita McGrath

The Leaders Who Care Podcast
May 30, 2024

The great internet ad scam: Trusting the efficacy of online ad spend is irrational — it’s a bubble waiting to pop

Economic Times of India
May 17, 2024

Innovate100 Celebration Honors High-Tech Talent & Collaboration

New Jersey Business Magazine
May 16, 2024

Author Rita McGrath Discusses her Latest Book, “Seeing Around Corners”- A Look at Strategic Inflection Points in Business

WTNH
May 13, 2024

Rita McGrath: Author of the Best-Selling book, “The End of Competitive Advantage”

Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee
May 6, 2024

4 Must-Watch LinkedIn Live Panels On Workplace Mental Health

Forbes
May 5, 2024

48 unconventional strategies that catalysed the success of world-class leaders

Xquadrant
May 2, 2024

Disruptive Innovation in the Era of Big Tech

HBR on Strategy
April 17, 2024

Unlocking Continuous Innovation with Rita McGrath

The Innovation Show with Aidan McCullen
April 13, 2024

Here’s why the Kraft Heinz merger failed

CNBC
April 11, 2024

Heat on U.S. Pharma Firms

The Hindu Business Line
April 11, 2024

Our Most Impactful Business Books of All-Time [Special Episode] (422)

This Old Marketing Podcast
April 5, 2024

How business services companies are helping their clients become more efficient

Fast Company
April 4, 2024

Beyond the Obvious: Insights on Strategy and Ethical Leadership | Prof. Rita McGrath | TBCY

The Brand Called You Podcast
April 3, 2024

WGBT #3: Lessons in Business Strategy and Innovation (with Rita McGrath)

World's Greatest Business Thinkers Podcast
April 3, 2024

April Fools’ Day: Corporate larks can become no laughing matter. Ask Google and Volkswagen

USA Today
March 31, 2024

SXSW Edu: Rita McGrath shares how “Strategic Inflection Points” can shape the world

CBS Austin
March 14, 2024

A pharma inflection point is around the corner

Khaleej Times
March 11, 2024

Business Minds Coffee Chat with Rita McGrath | Ep. 201

Business Minds Coffee Chat
February 29, 2024

The ozone-hole solution

Dialogue Review
February 20, 2024

Tips for lasting impact on strategy and growth in business

KRON 4 San Francisco
February 19, 2024

Spotting Signals of Important Changes Before They Happen – with Rita Gunther McGrath

Growth Igniters Radio
February 14, 2024

How to see what’s around that corner

Think:Act Magazine
January 22, 2024

Why Retailers Are Rethinking Self-Checkout

Marketplace
January 5, 2024

Matt Damon, Fran Drescher and an Indian Soybean Farmer on 2024

The New York Times
December 27, 2023

Startups must take a closer look at their business models

Khaleej Times
December 17, 2023

Investing In Quality Companies For A Disruptive Age

Financial Advisor
December 6, 2023

The Radical Reshaping of Global Trade

Harvard Business Review
November 1, 2023

Late Samsung Chairman Lee’s New Management into spotlight

The Korea Economic Daily
October 18, 2023

Inculcating innovativeness in employees – a Key to success of MSMEs

The Times of India
October 11, 2023

The Flaw Behind Coding Bootcamps’ Attempt To Disrupt Higher Ed

Forbes
October 3, 2023

Rita McGrath, Award Winning Management Expert, Sheds Light on the Rise and Fall of the Direct-to-Consumer Model

KRON 4
September 27, 2023

A guide for managing innovation: 4 big mistakes technologists wish their business leaders would stop making

Fast Company
September 25, 2023

How The Top 20% Reinvented Management For The Digital Age

Forbes
September 13, 2023

Ep. 63: Subscription Models and Innovation with Columbia’s Rita McGrath

Robbie Kellman Baxter Podcast
September 8, 2023

Defining a Growth Strategy in Uncertain Times

HBR on Strategy
July 12, 2023

Rita McGrath On The Future Of Capitalism In A Digital Revolution

Forbes
July 10, 2023

Equipping Leaders for the Future of Work

Forbes
May 18, 2023

A UK regulator has blocked the Microsoft-Activision merger. But don’t blame it on Brexit.

Marketplace Morning Report
April 26, 2023

Move from command and control to discovery: Rita McGrath

Forbes India
April 12, 2023

Five Key Lessons from the 2008 “Moonshots for Management”

Forbes
April 2, 2023

8 Levels for Self-Assessment of Your Business Innovation Proficiency

Inc.
March 10, 2023

Rita McGrath | Social Justice | Femina Vox Forum

Global Peace Education Network
March 7, 2023

Management Thinkers: Why Rosabeth Moss Kanter still matters

Management Today
February 2, 2023

How to Navigate Inflection Points for Career and Personal Growth, According to Best-selling Author Rita McGrath

LinkedIn Learning - Great Leadership!
January 17, 2023

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Discussion Series ‘System Overload’ Debuts Today

AdAge
November 9, 2022

The Path of Developing a Book Into a Business Model

Thought Leadership Leverage
October 27, 2022

Creativity & Innovation In Corporate Venture With Rita McGrath

Idea Collider Podcast
October 26, 2022

How Indsutrial-Era Management Kills the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Forbes
October 23, 2022

Microsoft layoffs may signal a broader tech downturn

Marketplace
October 18, 2022

4 Business Ideas that Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation

HBR IdeaCast
October 13, 2022

What Will Management Look Like In The Next 100 Years?

Harvard Business Review
September 19, 2022

#87 Innovation Salon: Rita McGrath + Fred Durst

A Few Things With Jim Barrood
September 12, 2022

Strategy with the World’s #1 Strategy Thinker Rita McGrath

Ledertips med Alexander Haneng
September 4, 2022

15 Innovation Experts to Follow in 2022

Braineet
September 1, 2022

The Disruptive Minds Podcast features Rita’s memories of Clayton Christensen

Harvard Business School Forum for Growth and Innovation
August 16, 2022

2022 Watch List : Women in Innovation

Inside Outside
July 13, 2022

Does Your Strategy Have a Spine?

Harvard Business Review
July 11, 2022

Will Women Leaders Change the Future of Management?

The Financial Times
May 5, 2022

Rita McGrath Explains Why Your Future is Digital

Forbes
May 4, 2022

GE and the Belief in Management Magic

The Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2021

Five Questions to Build Your Company’s Capacity for Innovation

Harvard Business Review
October 15, 2021

How Should We Assess Value?

Financial Times
January 3, 2021

Top 20 Innovation Books for 2020

Inside Outside
October 26, 2020

Everyone Needs to Work Less

Slate.com
October 7, 2020

It Was Business, It Was Personal: The Redstones’ Father-Daughter Feud

New York Times
August 15, 2020

Banks set aside billions, expecting big consumer loan defaults

Marketplace
July 24, 2020

The Jobs America Needs to Support Workers and the Economy

MPR News
July 16, 2020

Rita McGrath on Strategic Inflection Points that Change Everything

A Faster Horse Podcast
July 16, 2020

ARHT Media Beams A Live Hologram Of Strategy Expert Prof. Rita Gunther McGrath of Columbia University From NYC To HK For A Discussion On Harnessing The ‘Power Of Purpose’

ARHT Media
April 19, 2019

A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business Review
February 13, 2017

AT&T and Time Warner hope to break the cycle of failed mergers

LA Times
October 28, 2016