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Archives for May 2011

May 30, 2011

Forget college and change the world?

PayPal founder Peter Thiel thinks he has found a new way to change the world.  A recent article describes how his foundation has created $100,000 grants for young superstars to put their college plans on… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 26, 2011

Rita McGrath quoted in Modern Contractor Solutions

Ted Garrison interviewed Rita McGrath for his Seize Opportunities through Discovery-Driven Growth article: “One of the things we are seeing very strongly is that companies that are successful in these truly turbulent environments have a… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 26, 2011

More women in top management = more success as a company

Experts and observers have long argued that there is a benefit to firms of having more women in senior decision-making roles.  The reasons are many, including the importance of diversity, the fact that senior women… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives, Profitable Organic Growth

May 26, 2011

Does doing good mean doing well? Research from colleague Ray Fisman

In a recent piece in Columbia Ideas at Work, my colleague Ray Fisman summarizes some research he has done on whether promising to donate a portion of one’s proceeds to charity means more profits for… Read more »

Filed Under: Profitable Organic Growth

May 26, 2011

Does doing good mean doing well?  Research from colleague Ray FIsman

In a recent piece in Columbia Ideas at Work, my colleague Ray Fisman summarizes some research he has done on whether promising to donate a portion of one's proceeds to charity means more profits for… Read more »

Filed Under: Profitable Organic Growth

May 24, 2011

The Booth Company cites Discovery-Driven Growth

At The Booth Company: Smart companies may incur huge losses when they enter unknown territory–new alliances, markets, products, technologies. Failures could be prevented or their cost contained if managers approached innovative ventures with the right… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 24, 2011

The Booth Company cites Discovery-Driven Growth

At The Booth Company: Smart companies may incur huge losses when they enter unknown territory–new alliances, markets, products, technologies. Failures could be prevented or their cost contained if managers approached innovative ventures with the right… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 12, 2011

CorporateRain.com praises Failing by Design blog

Tim Askew in a MakingRain post praises the Harvard Business Review April magazine’s theme on Failure, and cites Rita McGrath’s Failing By Design blog: “I in no way mean to say that failure, per se,… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 11, 2011

Back to the Boneyard

Rita McGrath’s blog at Harvard Business Review is entitled Back to the Boneyard — Palm, Flip…and now RIM?. “Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 9, 2011

Strategic Innovation Does Not Equal Dollars Spent

My colleague Gray Hammond sent along this interesting coverage of innovative companies, and I thought it might be of interest to my readers as well. Booz & Company’s latest annual study of global innovation, The… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

May 4, 2011

An Internet Kissing Machine? Oh brother, what’s next. Wait, Maybe I Don’t Want to Know…

Believe it or not, reports have surfaced that a group of Japanese researchers are hard at work on an Internet Kissing Machine.  Yes, apparently, two people equipped with the devices can exchange more than just… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

May 4, 2011

An Internet Kissing Machine? Oh brother, what’s next. Wait, Maybe I Don’t Want to Know…

Believe it or not, reports have surfaced that a group of Japanese researchers are hard at work on an Internet Kissing Machine.  Yes, apparently, two people equipped with the devices can exchange more than just… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

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