CPA Success cited Rita McGrath’s DigitalNow keynote: Blaming others is easy when times are tough, isn’t it? It’s the economy, or the fat cats on Wall Street, or those crooked politicians, or your cheapskate clients…. Read more »
Archives for April 2010
Don’t Assume Anything—Prove it
CPA Success cited Rita McGrath’s DigitalNow keynote: Blaming others is easy when times are tough, isn’t it? It’s the economy, or the fat cats on Wall Street, or those crooked politicians, or your cheapskate clients…. Read more »
Rita McGrath Keynote Speaker at DigitalNow Conference
McGrathPresentationSlides.pdfRita McGrath spoke about Growth in Uncertainty as a keynote speaker at the April 2010 DigitalNow Conference in Orlando, Florida. To watch her entire keynote, click here. The accompanying slide presentation is attached.
A perfect course for those in financial services right now
I’m just digging out after spending a week with some fantastic participants at our course Leading Strategic Growth and Change. We suffered a bit from the “ash” fallout as many potential participants couldn’t make it… Read more »
Reflecting on Built to Last
In an article published six years ago now, a Fast Company writer asks the question “were built to last companies built to last?”. Built to Last is, of course, a bible to many practicing executives… Read more »
Experiments—The Key To Innovation
Tim Kastelle quoted Rita McGrath in his April 8 post: Experiments: Key to Innovation quoting from her Harvard Business post Are you Squandering your Intelligent Failures?. She includes a list of conditions that can lead… Read more »
Experiments—The Key To Innovation
Tim Kastelle quoted Rita McGrath in his April 8 post: Experiments: Key to Innovation quoting from her Harvard Business post Are you Squandering your Intelligent Failures?. She includes a list of conditions that can lead… Read more »
Lab Work for your Business Model
At Columbia Business School Public Offering Professor Rita McGrath says experimentation must be an integral part of a company’s strategy in order to remain competitive in the future. “The level of uncertainty and speed of… Read more »
Different types of competitors and an age-old question “What Business Are You In?”
Just this morning, I ran across Margaret Hefernan's post over at BNET in which she reminds readers that it is really important to know what business they are really in. She cites the example of… Read more »
Different types of competitors and an age-old question “What Business Are You In?”
Just this morning, I ran across Margaret Hefernan's post over at BNET in which she reminds readers that it is really important to know what business they are really in. She cites the example of… Read more »
The top tech companies have money to burn
My colleague, Ian MacMillan, sent along a link to a fascinating chart. Basically, it says that if you are a leading technology company you have rather a lot of cash to spend, while everybody else… Read more »
At long last – a baggage charge that makes sense
Halleluja! That was my response on learning from today's New York Times that Spirit Airlines is going to start charging people to carry on bags that go into the overhead bins. I know this will… Read more »