Press Mentions

Ketchup tries to keep up with changing tastes

Could Warren Buffett be wrong? Kraft Heinz is Exhibit A for iconic Big Food brands at risk of losing global relevance

How to Compete in a World of Transient Advantage

What Bernie Sanders is asking on behalf of Walmart employees

Innovation’s Changing Mindset: Where Are You?

What happens when a consumer giant like Edgewell buys a niche retailer like Harry’s?

Bubble Bursts on Some Unicorns

Attention, entrepreneurs: Don’t make these 5 mistakes in the pitch room

How to scale up the ICT value chain

Financialisation and the Innovative Capability of Firms: Penrose’s Lessons Loom Large

Business leaders are blinded by industry boundaries

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’

2019

July 3, 2019Ketchup tries to keep up with changing tastes - Marketplace
June 29, 2019Could Warren Buffett be wrong? Kraft Heinz is Exhibit A for iconic Big Food brands at risk of losing global relevance - CNBC
June 25, 2019How to Compete in a World of Transient Advantage - Roland Berger
June 18, 2019What Bernie Sanders is asking on behalf of Walmart employees - MSNBC
June 15, 2019Innovation’s Changing Mindset: Where Are You? - Forbes
June 15, 2019What happens when a consumer giant like Edgewell buys a niche retailer like Harry’s? - Marketplace
May 21, 2019Bubble Bursts on Some Unicorns - Bloomberg Radio
May 18, 2019Attention, entrepreneurs: Don’t make these 5 mistakes in the pitch room - NBC News
May 7, 2019How to scale up the ICT value chain - LMD
April 30, 2019Financialisation and the Innovative Capability of Firms: Penrose’s Lessons Loom Large - SOAS Economics Podcast
April 22, 2019Business leaders are blinded by industry boundaries - Financial Times
April 19, 2019ARHT 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 15, 2019Rita McGrath on How to See Around Corners - Predictable Success
April 7, 2019Trust me: Building a culture of trust in an era of uncertainty - CNBC
April 1, 2019Creating Growth And Competitive Advantage In Consulting - Consulting Success
March 31, 2019Epic Fail - Instore
March 21, 20198 Leadership Lessons From Game of Thrones - Newsweek
March 20, 2019Leadership lessons from a guitar hero - Strategy + Business
March 13, 2019Strategy and innovation: how to thrive in tomorrow’s business world - Influential Executive Podcast
March 7, 2019Digital Transformation and the End of Competitive Advantage: How Can We Survive Disruptive Inflection Points in Business? - Fujitsu
February 26, 2019The case for banning stock buybacks - CNN Business
February 9, 2019Using culture to go beyond hierarchy - HRD Connect
February 9, 2019People are the last competitive advantage - HR Magazine
February 2, 2019Who Is Getting Rich Off You? - Big Think
January 27, 2019How to convert your setbacks into powerful building blocks for growth - Ladders

2018

December 10, 2018Hu-manity.co Announces Data-Focused Magna Carta as a Guide for Corporations to Be on the Right Side of History - Business Wire
November 29, 2018What happens when CEOs have too much power - CNN
October 30, 2018Hasbro’s Struggles Show Why Companies Need A Portfolio Of Business Models - Forbes
October 29, 2018The two questions companies should ask to stay relevant - Quartz
September 20, 2018Companies Go Carbon Neutral - Agenda Week
August 25, 2018Innovation Training Needs A Rethink - BusinessWorld
August 21, 2018Get more, and better, ideas from your finance team - Financial Management
August 14, 2018Tesla’s dramatic recent stock rise and fall shows how sceptical investors are of his go-private plans - Business Insider
August 13, 2018Redefining the entrepreneurial ethos for finance - Financial Management
August 8, 2018Nye forventninger til HR - HR Norge
July 18, 2018Rita Gunther McGrath Joins Hu-manity.co Advisory Board - CityBizList
July 12, 2018Higher education: Why have degrees around necks? - The Economic Times
July 11, 2018Disruptive Innovation Investment - Bloomberg
July 11, 2018(Webinar)Three Levels of Business Models - Engage Innovate
June 15, 2018(Webinar) Discovery Driven Growth: An Idea Whose Time Has Come - Columbia Business School
May 31, 2018Where Will the Ad versus Ad Blocker Arms Race End? - Scientific America
May 26, 2018The end of the strategy world as we know it? - Emerald Insight
May 22, 2018How to Be the No. 1 Reason People Want to Work for Your Company - Inc.
May 9, 2018A 40-Year Debate Over Corporate Strategy Gets Revived by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett - Harvard Business Review
May 2, 2018Keeping abreast of the ‘churn - Investors Chronicle
May 2, 2018An outside-in perspective can trigger growth - Financial Chronicle
April 19, 2018Three Levels of Business Models - Engage Innovate
April 10, 2018Innovation: Catching The Next Wave | Hangout Replay with Rita Gunther McGrath & Michael Sikorsky - Business of Software
April 6, 2018Does Wall Street buy your growth story? - Strategy & Leadership
April 5, 2018The 250 Most Influential Women Leaders - Rise Global
April 3, 2018How Universities Should Manage Innovation - Forbes
March 28, 2018How Small Startups Can Profit From Competitor’s Woes - Entreprenuer
March 16, 2018Clean energy: Tripping the power business - The Economic Times
March 13, 2018The Implications of Innovation for HR Strategies - HRD Leaders
March 9, 2018Creating a business culture for co-creation and innovation - Fujitsu I-CIO
March 9, 2018Big data, IoT or digital media can’t save IT cos but this five-point guide can - The Economic Times
March 5, 2018Democratization of geospatial technology - Geospatial World
March 3, 2018Focus on the overlooked feminine engine of growth - The Economic Times
February 26, 2018Enterprises Aren’t Taking Digital Disruption Lying Down, Study Show - Forbes
February 26, 2018How Numerous Incumbent Firms Are Refusing to Be Disrupted - eWeek
February 22, 2018Eight Simple Ways to Keep More Women in the Executive Pipeline - Wall Street Journal
January 30, 2018Amazon is Transforming the Grocery Sector - Enterra Solutions
January 26, 2018Seven big ideas for leaders in 2018: Reflections from the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum - Financial Times
January 21, 2018Why are some industries hiring the most female CEO’s? - Moneyish
January 20, 2018When The Facts Changed, They Changed Their Minds. What Do You Do? - Forbes
January 1, 2018Bots are about to get better at customer support than human - Wired UK

2017

December 15, 2017MIT SMR Contributors Prominent on 2017 ‘Thinkers50’ List - MIT Sloan Management Review
November 30, 2017The People Problem of Content Strategy - The Content Advisory
November 25, 2017Useful Questions to Ask a Startup - The Startup
November 21, 2017Closer Look: Why Are Women Underrepresented in Some Industries More Than Others - 24/7 Wall St.
November 20, 2017From ‘Built to Last’ to ‘Made for Change’: The Drucker Forum 2017 Meets Agile - Forbes
November 20, 2017Rita named on Thinkers50 2017 Top 10 Strategy Awards List - Thinkers50
November 19, 2017Why we should all feel sorry for corporate leaders - Financial Times
November 15, 2017Managed Cultures Lead the Pack - Work XO
November 14, 2017A Beginners Guide to the Drucker Forum - Financial Times
November 13, 2017What You Need to Know About Bimodal IT - Rimini Street
November 3, 2017Project Management Institute to Host Sixth Annual PMO Symposium in Houston - Sys-Con
October 29, 2017Big data, IoT or digital media can’t save IT cos but this five-point guide can - The Economic Times
October 19, 2017Analysts predict double-digit growth for PayPal - Marketplace
October 15, 2017New Set of Success Factors Based on Co-creation, Innovation Engines and Trailblazing IT Leadership - Fujitsu I-CIO
October 2, 2017Creating a business culture for co-creation and innovation - Fujitsu I-CIO
October 1, 2017The new digital dynamics of competition - Fujitsu I-CIO
September 15, 2017Disruption Isn’t Just a Buzzword. If You Don’t Disrupt Your Own Business, Someone Else Will - The Economic Times
September 12, 2017Will Taxing Robots Like They’re Humans Help Save People’s Jobs? - Moneyish
September 11, 2017Stop Thought Leaders from Turning Useful Ideas into Pap - Financial Times
September 7, 2017Amazon to Add Second Headquarters with Up to 50,000 Jobs in Grab for Talent - USA Today
September 1, 2017Software Strategic Inflection Points - Software Executive Magazine
August 21, 2017The Top 30 Business Thought Leaders to Follow - Clearpoint Strategy
August 12, 2017Alt-right Finds a New Hero: Ex-Googler James Damor - USA Today
August 6, 2017Diversity Debate Divides Silicon Valley - USA TODAY
July 12, 2017How to Set More Realistic Growth Targets - Harvard Business Review
June 13, 2017Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Resigns As Verizon Completes $4.5 Billion Purchase - NPR
June 12, 2017How to Set More Realistic Growth Targets - Harvard Business Review
May 16, 2017How We Chose 2017’s Most Disruptive Innovators - CNBC
May 16, 2017How a Leader Can Build Psychological Safety - Wall Street Journal
April 22, 2017What Happens If Uber Fails? - The Atlantic
April 17, 2017Toshiba Gave Us Flash Memory and Portable PCs – And a Lesson in Risky Nuclear Bet - USA Today
March 22, 2017What Happens If Uber Fails? - The Atlantic
March 10, 2017Kent State’s Spirit of Women in Business Conference attracts about 250 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
February 17, 2017Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vulnerable apology makes him a strong leader - CNBC
February 13, 2017A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning - Harvard Business Review
February 1, 2017Can a 30-Hour Work Week Increase Productivity and Decrease Workplace Stress? - BOSS Magazine
January 20, 2017These businesses are hoping to profit from Trump’s inauguration - MarketWatch
January 10, 2017There are Better Ways to Fail - Columbia Business School
January 10, 2017Is Marissa Mayer a failure? - USA Today

2016

December 22, 2016Google Is Still A Smart Buy: Here’s Why - ValueWalk
December 9, 2016Beware of linearity: The shortest distance to your future may not be a straight line - The Globe and Mail Inc.
November 17, 2016Tip: Reassess ‘Fading Advantages’ to Uncover New Opportunities - MDM
November 10, 201612 Business Speakers to See in 2017 - Huffington Post
October 28, 2016AT&T and Time Warner hope to break the cycle of failed mergers - LA Times
October 25, 2016Who’s next to ‘eat or be eaten’? - Advanced Television
October 18, 2016Marissa Mayer’s diminishing legacy at Yahoo - USA Today
October 14, 2016The 11 Bad Habits Killing Innovation in Your Company - Huffington Post
September 20, 20163 Reasons Why Competitive Advantage is Dead - Inc. Magazine
September 9, 2016Does a 30-hour work week make sense for your business? Lessons from Amazon - Tech Republic
August 26, 2016Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek - The Washington Post
August 18, 2016Helping boards tackle new markets and business models - IR Magazine
July 26, 2016Great Additions to Your Summer Reading List: 25 Marketing Books to Educate & Inspire - LinkedIn
July 25, 2016How Yahoo Lost Its Way - Slate
July 25, 2016Marissa Mayer weighs in on the sale of Yahoo - The Washington Post
July 14, 2016Tips for Small-Business Financing - The Wall Street Journal
June 30, 2016What would you do without your Yahoo? Avid users fret as decision looms - USA Today
June 8, 2016A new paradigm is needed to understand competitive advantage - The Australian
June 5, 2016Report: Twitter considered deal with Yahoo - USA Today
June 5, 2016Why entrepreneurs fail - Yahoo Finance
May 3, 20166 ways to advance gender equality in the C-Suite - The Economist
April 14, 2016Boycott over LGBT ‘bathroom law’ may gaining traction as economic fallout grows - ABC 11
March 29, 2016Who’ll Run the World? - The Low Down
March 23, 2016Would You Pay 25 Cents To Read An Article? Blendle Certainly Thinks So - Wired
February 27, 2016The Rise of The Nomad Consultant - Forbes
February 24, 2016Here’s What Marissa Mayer Should Do After Yahoo - Inc. Magazine
February 23, 2016If Yahoo had a dating profile, this would be it - Mashable
February 17, 20163 Strategies For Making Innovative Thinking Routine - Fast Company
January 29, 2016Looking for Startup Funding? Sell Before You Build - The Wall Street Journal
January 25, 2016The End of Competitive Advantage – Book Review - LinkedIn
January 24, 2016This Is How True Unicorn Startups Identify What Consumers Want - Fortune
January 8, 2016Alphabet in 2016: Should You Buy GOOG Stock - U.S. News
January 4, 2016What Is the Greatest Collaboration of All Time? - The Atlantic
January 4, 2016The Top 50 Management Thinkers - Poets & Quants

2015

December 10, 2015Learn from Rita Gunther McGrath: Build Your Brand with Innovation and Strategy - Mobe
October 12, 2015Andy Cohen on the Fine Art of Leveraging Assumptions - CKGSB Knowledge
October 1, 2015Rita Gunther is a business insider on strategy and innovation - In the Black
September 22, 2015Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Lymphoma Diagnosis: When A CEO I Sick, Should The Company Always Disclose The Illness? - International Business Times
August 24, 2015Jet Lag ‘Cures’ Aplenty, but None That Work for All - The New York Times
July 19, 2015Time is running out for your competitive advantage - LinkedIn
July 18, 2015Last chapter arrives for New York toy store FAO Schwarz - The Telegraph
July 17, 2015How to Think Like an Entrepreneur - Huffington Post
July 2, 2015The Most Influential Business Book Ever Written (According to 15 Thought Leaders) - Echo Junction
June 25, 2015Stop Using Your Grandma’s Strategy Tools – Evolve with Your Customer - Vennli
June 25, 2015The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur - Harvard Business Review
June 16, 2015Goldman to improve its consumer Sachs appeal - Market Place
June 16, 2015Should Managers Read Academic Articles - Forbes
June 15, 2015Your Pet Cats Must Go - PublishThis
June 9, 2015Is Content a Sustainable Competitive Advantage - EContent Magazine
May 29, 2015FAO Schwarz: Too Priceless for words, and for customers - The Washington Post
April 25, 2015Twilight of the gurus - The Economist
April 9, 2015Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship And The End Of Competitive Advantage - Forbes
March 31, 2015Corporate America comes out swinging against ‘religious freedom’ laws - Fortune
March 24, 2015Still missing: Female business leaders - CNN Business
March 16, 2015Dolce & Gabbana is the latest brand to discover the perils of the marriage equality debate - Fortune
March 13, 2015How the ‘Uber effect’ is changing work - CNBC
March 8, 2015Use Buyer Personas To Align Marketing With Business Growth Strategies - Business2Community
March 4, 2015Zombie Projects: How to Find Them and Kill Them - Harvard Business Review
March 3, 2015Tinder gets serious about dating - Market Place
February 7, 2015Digital Transformation Review – Strategies for the Age of Digital Disruption - CapGemini
January 27, 20153 Lessons About Successful Business Growth - Profit Path
January 8, 2015Challenges To Michael Porter And Clayton Christensen Raise New Questions - Forbes

2014

December 10, 2014ITU Telecom 2014 Databases Explore Potential Scenarios - Gulf Times
December 1, 2014Finding Opportunities Others Don’t See - Inc. Magazine
December 1, 2014ITU Telecom 2014 Databases Explore Potential Scenarios - Gulf Times
November 20, 2014Pack Up Your Porter – Make Room for Entrepreneurial Thinking - Fuchsia Blue
November 20, 2014Two Ways to Deal With Innovation Uncertainty More Effectively - Tim Kastelle
November 10, 2014Think You’re Adept at Multi-tasking? Probably Not - Inc. Magazine
October 30, 2014Rita Gunther McGrath’s 5 Essential Books On Entrepreneurial Strategy - Box of Crayons
October 29, 2014When Companies Harm Workers in the Name of Productivity - The Wall Street Journal
October 21, 2014Profits and ‘Social Responsibility’ Are Not Incompatible - The Wall Street Journal
October 20, 2014How Google Has Changed Management, 10 Years After its IPO - Harvard Business Review
October 20, 2014How to Succeed At Endings - Leadership Freak
October 8, 2014Stop Believing That You Have to Be Perfect - Harvard Business Review
October 7, 2014World Business Forum: The Enterprise’s New Playbook For Strategy - CMO.com
October 7, 2014Heard @ Techscout 2014: Strategic Venturing and Innovation Excellence - Barcinno
October 5, 2014Reveal your earnings, spread the wealth - The Globe and Mail Inc.
August 18, 2014What is Competitive Edge? Ignore Stability - Big Think
July 16, 2014Soup to Nuts: Kangaroo jerky, anyone? - Press Herald
July 8, 2014Shortchanged: Why Consumers are snubbing mobile payments - CNBC
July 8, 2014As the cupcake crumbles: Lessons from Crumbs’ demise - Market Place
May 29, 2014The Origins of Discovery-Driven Planning - Harvard Business Review
April 29, 2014The Hole in HR Executives’ Resumes - The Wall Street Journal
April 25, 2014Managing Our Way To Prosperity: No Holy Grail - Forbes
March 27, 2014The Brilliant Business Theory Behind Wu-Tang Clan’s Disruptive Plan - Inc. Magazine
March 26, 2014Global E-Commerce: How to Get Stuff There From Here - Inc. Magazine
March 18, 2014Is Your Strategy Stuck? - Strategy + Business
March 18, 2014Digitalization Is a Big Deal - Strategy + Business
February 26, 2014Digital Education, Yes. MOOCs? Let’s Think It Through - Inc. Magazine
February 25, 2014Seeing Innovation in Strategic Terms - Strategy + Business
February 17, 2014Rita Gunther McGrath on the End of Competitive Advantage - Strategy + Business
February 14, 2014This Year’s Top Three Strategic Challenges - Strategy + Business
February 10, 2014Productivity: You Get What You Pay For (And Then Some) - Inc. Magazine
February 5, 2014Why CVS is giving up smoking - Market Place
January 3, 2014Leverage entrepreneurship for competitive advantage - The Economic Times

2013

December 30, 2013How To Handle Digital Disruption in 2014 - The Wall Street Journal
December 30, 2013How To Handle Digital Disruption in 2014 - The Wall Street Journal
December 20, 2013Sustainable Strategy Is Out. Short Lived Opportunities Are In - Travel Weekly
December 13, 2013They’re Smart. They’re Eager. They Are Not Gordon Gecko - Inc. Magazine
June 27, 20132013 Wise Talk Recap With Sue - Mariposa Leadership
June 3, 2013Transient Advantage - Harvard Business Review
June 2, 2013Its’s Official! The End Of Competitive Advantage - Forbes
May 23, 2013Here’s Why You Need to Build Your Innovation Capability - Tim Kastelle

2012

August 30, 2012How Do You Create an Entrepreneurial Mind-set? - Inc. Magazine

2011

November 1, 2011Search. Spot that opportunity: the definitive guide to finding promising new markets, and more. - Inc. Magazine

2009

May 12, 2009Startup Lessons and Recession Strategies - Inc. Magazine

2008

February 29, 2008Hoping to Make Phone Buyers Flip - The New York Times

2005

April 4, 2005Mapping Out Your Market Busters - Harvard Business School Archives