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Archives for December 2009

December 30, 2009

From Subway to Taco’s - Spokespeople that consumers can identify with

I was fascinated to read that Taco Bell has picked up on a tactic that we wrote about in our book MarketBusters:  40 Strategic Moves that Drive Exceptional Business Growth.  In the book, we describe… Read more »

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December 30, 2009

From Subway to Taco’s – Spokespeople that consumers can identify with

I was fascinated to read that Taco Bell has picked up on a tactic that we wrote about in our book MarketBusters:  40 Strategic Moves that Drive Exceptional Business Growth.  In the book, we describe… Read more »

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December 22, 2009

Uncertainty can be your friend - rediscovered as part of an Innovation Toolkit

I ran across this amusing post by Erin Murphy, who blogs about innovation on her re-discovery of our first book together The Entrepreneurial Mindset.  The book does suggest that uncertainty needn’t be an enemy, and… Read more »

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December 22, 2009

Uncertainty can be your friend – rediscovered as part of an Innovation Toolkit

I ran across this amusing post by Erin Murphy, who blogs about innovation on her re-discovery of our first book together The Entrepreneurial Mindset.  The book does suggest that uncertainty needn’t be an enemy, and… Read more »

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December 22, 2009

Discovery Driven Planning for CIO’s

In this blog Steve Miller notes that DDP can be a bridge between 'searching' activities and 'planning' activities and suggests how the idea could be imported to the world of IT.

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Strategy Execution

December 22, 2009

Discovery Driven Planning for CIO’s

In this blog Steve Miller notes that DDP can be a bridge between 'searching' activities and 'planning' activities and suggests how the idea could be imported to the world of IT.

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Strategy Execution

December 22, 2009

Skeptical about Supercorps

Rosabeth Moss Kanter has a real knack for picking up on the zeitgeist, with her most recent work being her new book “Supercorp” about companies that do good, do well, are family friendly, make tons… Read more »

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December 22, 2009

Business Books Worth Finding the Time to Read

Discovery-Driven Growth was mentioned in New York Times’ You’re the Boss — The Art of Running a Small Business comments: “Of the books I read this year, I think McGrath/MacMillan’s Discovery-Driven Growth would top my… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

December 22, 2009

Tribute to Russ Ackoff

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.

Filed Under: News Archives

December 22, 2009

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 »

Filed Under: News Archives

December 21, 2009

Getting a handle on your exposure to over-leveraged customers

My colleague and co-author, Ian MacMillan has been doing a fair amount of work to help companies anticipate when their customers could be dangerously over-leveraged.  He’s developed a remarkably simple analytical tool that will allow… Read more »

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December 21, 2009

Getting a handle on your exposure to over-leveraged customers

My colleague and co-author, Ian MacMillan has been doing a fair amount of work to help companies anticipate when their customers could be dangerously over-leveraged.  He’s developed a remarkably simple analytical tool that will allow… Read more »

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