In a January 24, 2008 article entitled Expat housing, without the perks, Rita McGrath commented, “Normally you think of overseas jobs going to the top dogs but a lot of overseas jobs today are middle-dog… Read more »
Archives for 2008
When Yesterday’s Leaders Can’t Lead Tomorrow’s Business-some ideas from Doz & Kosonen
One of the enduring dilemmas of any successful business is that there will inevitably come a time when those who led the great success of the past will be faced with the erosion of what… Read more »
When Yesterday’s Leaders Can’t Lead Tomorrow’s Business-some ideas from Doz & Kosonen
One of the enduring dilemmas of any successful business is that there will inevitably come a time when those who led the great success of the past will be faced with the erosion of what… Read more »
Pfizer’s Office of the Future and the Great Irony of Information Work
It has long fascinated me that an entire class of information work that used to be done by trained professionals is now being muddled through by the rest of us. I’m referring of course to… Read more »
So-called rigorous but meaningless research – From Ian MacMillan
Co-author Ian MacMillan made the following observation, which I thought merited a post here: In his words: Our obsession with research that “rigorous”is driving out relevance. Here is a beauty: The author did an exquisitely… Read more »
More examples of the benefits of early warnings and leading indicators
As I often say in class, information that we use to make decisions falls into three categories: 1) Lagging indicators: Often highly accurate and precise, but give us data only about the past; 2) Current… Read more »
Second order effects of sub prime about to land on insurance
Apparently “the insurance industry is bracing for an increase in arson among homeowners who see setting the house afire and collecting the insurance payment as an alternative to foreclosure”. This according to the January 21… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Letter to the Editor of Financial Times: “The Upside to Business Schools”
Professor Rita McGrath’s letter to the editor responding to comments by Michael Skapinker was published in the January 14, 2008 edition. An excerpt: “Good scholarly understanding of business can add tremendous value to executives by… Read more »
Private Equity players having to actually run businesses – Comment 2.0
Last summer, I thought it hilarious that the CEO’s of private equity firms were being marveled over – that they actually had to run their companies to create value rather than simply engaging in financial… Read more »
The field of management enslaved by theory?
Don Hambrick, one of the management field’s leading academics comments on the way the field relies on theory in a recent Business Week: Viewpoint January 13, 2008, 4:06PM EST The Theory Fetish: Too Much of… Read more »
Rita McGrath Quoted in the Financial Times on the Relevance of Business Schools
Rita McGrath was recently cited in the Financial Times for her work on how management academics might have more impact on management practice. She is quoted as saying “Most of what we publish isn’t even… Read more »
Prediction is hard, especially about the future – guru department
How wrong can a guru be? Every so often, I run across some confident—but wrong statement regarding the state of something or other, and just this afternoon (while hunting for something else) ran across one… Read more »