A mistake I see companies making all the time is to try to do new things with the tools that they are comfortable with from their existing businesses. Things like NPV, stage/gate planning, Six Sigma,… Read more »
Archives for 2006
New era for philanthropy
The transcript of an interview with Mac regarding the Buffet donation of $30 billion to Gates Foundation Knowledge@Wharton: I’d like to start by asking you the same question that Bill Gates himself raised during an… Read more »
The power of backwards
Have just read a great story about Gamal Aziz of the MGM Grand, who has adopted a set of principles that are very like the ones we recommend in “Discovery Diven Planning.” The idea: Pick… Read more »
Procrastination!
I was recently asked by a reporter to comment on the dilemma of procrastination. Here are some thoughts: Why do people procrastinate? Among the common reasons I?ve observed: We have a human tendency to over-value… Read more »
McGrath cited re BASF/Engelhardt merger
Rita Gunther McGrath is quoted in the NJ.com article entitled Surviving a Merger by Joseph R. Perone: “It is natural to go through an emotional sequence of events when confronted with a big change such… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Toy Store Gamble
A Sacramento Bee story entitled: Switching Tracks: Toy store’s retro concept is major gamble quotes Rita McGrath: “I’m not optimistic about this concept,” said Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School in New… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Small Business Innovation
An LATimes.com article entitled: Maker of high-end amplifiers is playing to a small audience quotes Rita McGrath: “Entrepreneurs focused on niche markets such as boutique amps, however, run an above-average risk of extinction, said Rita… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Small Business Innovation
An LATimes.com article entitled: Maker of high-end amplifiers is playing to a small audience quotes Rita McGrath: “Entrepreneurs focused on niche markets such as boutique amps, however, run an above-average risk of extinction, said Rita… Read more »
Risk of offshoring your crown jewels
Fortune (May 1, 2006)prints a report that should give everyone hungry for low-cost manufacturing in China pause. It seems that once you’ve trained the crew, handed over the blueprints and turned the crank on production,… Read more »
Adding empathy – to detergent???
Now I’ve seen it all. Business Week (May 1, 2006) has a long discussion of how Tide and other consumer brands are being made into ‘so much more than just detergent’ by companies seeking to… Read more »
Adding empathy - to detergent???
Now I’ve seen it all. Business Week (May 1, 2006) has a long discussion of how Tide and other consumer brands are being made into ‘so much more than just detergent’ by companies seeking to… Read more »
McGrath cited re: Discontinuity & Opportunity
Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School and co-author (with Ian C. MacMillan) of MarketBusters: 40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth (Harvard Business School Press, 2005), has identified a kind of… Read more »