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Archives for February 2011

February 17, 2011

Try, Adapt, Win Article by Michael Hugos

GrowthFactor.pdf“Business flops result from three big mistakes that companies make repeatedly, says Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. They accept untested assumptions about their new ventures as facts, they… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

February 15, 2011

Symbolism – Plastics Journal picks up McGrath’s blog

I just ran across the following interesting article – Title:  AIG mess embodiespower of emotions. By: Grace, Robert, Plastics News, 1042802X, 4/6/2009, Vol. 21, Issue 5   The author ran across a blog I did… Read more »

Filed Under: Insights and ideas

February 14, 2011

GPS Tracks You—And You’re Happy About It

Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review post about Progressive Insurance’s innovative idea for charging each driver a fair premium is ready for prime time was re-posted by Bloomberg BusinessWeek here.

Filed Under: News Archives

February 14, 2011

GPS Tracks You—And You’re Happy About It

Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review post about Progressive Insurance’s innovative idea for charging each driver a fair premium is ready for prime time was re-posted by Bloomberg BusinessWeek here.

Filed Under: News Archives

February 10, 2011

Upcoming Webinar on Business Model Innovation - Complimentary to readers of my blog

I’m pleased to invite readers of my blog to an interactive webinar with myself and Professor Paul Ingram, faculty director of the Columbia Senior Executive Program, to discuss my recent interview in Harvard Business Review… Read more »

Filed Under: Event Announcements, Innovation

February 10, 2011

Upcoming Webinar on Business Model Innovation – Complimentary to readers of my blog

I’m pleased to invite readers of my blog to an interactive webinar with myself and Professor Paul Ingram, faculty director of the Columbia Senior Executive Program, to discuss my recent interview in Harvard Business Review… Read more »

Filed Under: Event Announcements, Innovation

February 7, 2011

Expanding role for Finance Chiefs – utterly predictable

The Wall Street Journal last week published an article on the expanding role of CFO's and financial people generally in corporations.  Well, it's a trend I've been watching for a while, and it isn't going to… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Strategy Execution

February 7, 2011

Advice for would-be media darlings – A hilarious YouTube series

I ran across some truly hilarious examples of desperately awful speaking to the media on YouTube.  The series is a set of short clips, beginning with Media Coaching Example #1, in which a beauty contest… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun, Strategy Execution

February 5, 2011

Loved Scott Anthony’s Analysis of On the Brink Disrupters

Scott Anthony is one of the principles of consulting firm Innosight, a very innovative consulting company founded to capitalize on the insights into industry disruption pioneered by Clayton Christensen.  Like myself, he maintains a blog… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

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