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Archives for July 2010

July 21, 2010

Top Ten Reasons Not to go Public

A reporter recently asked me about the downsides of a firm going public – why might it not be the best course of action for them?  Here are my "top ten":   It is a… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy

July 15, 2010

How to limit population growth?  Ironically, increase child survival.  Hans Rosling.

One of my more interesting assigments in recent years has been to be part of the design effort for the Microsoft CEO Summit.  At the most recent Summit, in 2010, Hans Rosling was a main-tent… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

July 15, 2010

While we’re on the subject of wrong ends of competitive waves…

It must be my week for seeing bad news in many places.  I just love reading Scott Anthony's blog over at the HBR web site, where I also am a regular blogger.  Scott is part… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Innovation, Strategy Execution

July 13, 2010

Is BlackBerry on the wrong end of a competitive wave?

We've often talked about a "wave" of competitive advantage, in which insights form the basis for the launch of an offering, a company gets to exploit it for a while, and then inevitable erosion sets… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy

July 13, 2010

More female venture capitalists = more women owned growing businesses?

Really interesting article in ForbesWoman about how having more women in venture capital might lead to more entrepreneurial activity.  Food for thought!   Link to the article here  

Filed Under: Uncategorized

July 12, 2010

20 Often-Fatal Assumptions

I am often asked by corporations to give some illustrations of assumptions that have caused  more trouble than they had any right to in the development of new business plans.  Here, for your edification and… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Innovation, Innovation Flops

July 12, 2010

Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable Post at Harvard Business Review

Rita McGrath’s most recent post Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable at the Harvard Business Review has been published. An excerpt is below. “My colleague Gökçe Sargut and I are doing some work on how executives… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

July 12, 2010

Paying attention to unconventional “links” in a customers’ consumption chain

I've often encouraged executives to pay attention to the customers' complete consumption chain rather than focusing just on what they do, sell or make.  One of my colleagues forwarded me a fascinating article from the New… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Opportunities, Strategy Execution

July 6, 2010

We do it because we really care - health insurers try empathy

I just love the American Public Radio Show, Marketplace, as a general rule.  Every so often, though, they dig up a story that seems to just reflect the Zeitgeist in a most amazing way.  Today… Read more »

Filed Under: Uncategorized

July 6, 2010

Rita McGrath spoke at CFO Core Concerns Conference

In late June, Rita McGrath spoke at the annual CFO Core Concerns Conference in Baltimore. Here is a review of her talk at the Rochester StartUps blog. “Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia University, gave… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

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