This week, I gave a keynote speech at the first innovation summit sponsored by TechColumbus, a membership and funding organization for entrepreneurs in the central Ohio area. It was a great event – two keynotes… Read more »
Archives for 2009
Rita McGrath quoted in New York Times article
In a NYT article, Saving by Sharing a Room, “Rita McGrath, associate professor of management at Columbia University Business School, estimated that companies could save as much as 50 percent of travel costs by asking… Read more »
Academic language…you have to wonder
My colleague, Ian MacMillan, brought to my attention the abstract for a paper on sleep deprivation and team performance which appeared in the most recent edition of one of our academic journals. It reads, as… Read more »
Harvard Business Review Forethought Piece: “How to Get Unstuck”
An article by myself and MacMillan has just appeared in the May Harvard Business Review. It’s called “How to Get Unstuck” and offers some suggestions for organizations facing paralyzing uncertainty. The first 25 readers who… Read more »
Software Tools that Support Discovery Driven Growth
Many of you have inquired about software tools that can support your efforts at thriving under uncertain conditions. MacMillan and I have partnered with Alan Abrahams of Virginia Tech to create and distribute some supporting… Read more »
Article in Sloan Management Review: How to Rethink Your business During Uncertainty
The article is now out in print and posted on the Sloan Management Review web site. You can access an abstract of it there. If you’d like a hard copy reprint, please .(JavaScript must be… Read more »
Article in Sloan Management Review: How to Rethink Your business During Uncertainty
The article is now out in print and posted on the Sloan Management Review web site. You can access an abstract of it there. If you’d like a hard copy reprint, please .(JavaScript must be… Read more »
The Only Plan is to Learn as You Go
37Signals.com’s post: Ian MacMillan, Wharton professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, and Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, believe “the only plan is to learn as you go.” They say 1) conventional approaches… Read more »
How to Decide in a Time of Confusion
BNet.com’s article quotes Rita McGrath extensively in its discussion of uncertain business conditions. Don’t Think You Know What to Think: When studying data or trends, watch out for confirmation bias. Simply put, managers are often… Read more »
Why not call them “strategic guesses” rather than strategic plans?
That was an insightful idea put forth by so-called health care amateurs trying to think of ways to improve the system. They liked the idea that planning often involves a lot of guesswork.
Link to “work wonk” podcast about Discovery Driven Growth
Paul McLoughlin, The Work Wonk, speaks with Rita Gunther McGrath, about her “manual” for this revolutionary approach to strategic and tactical success. Specific information to help your business or division grow. You can find the… Read more »
Hospitality Trends features Discovery Driven Growth
A web site that caters to the hospitality industry has noted that Discovery Driven Growth is relevant to their industry’s trends.