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Archives for 2011

September 20, 2011

How Boards Can Encourage Productive Failure

In a September 19, 2011 AgendaWeek.com article by Tony Chapelle, entitled How Boards Can Encourage Productive Failure, Rita McGrath is quoted. Corporate boards should expect senior managers to cook up viable strategies for growth and… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

September 19, 2011

Governors State Business Professor Publishes Harvard Business Review Article

Dr. Gokce Sargut, Assistant Professor of Management at Governors State University, is co-author with Rita McGrath of Learning to Live with Complexity, the cover story in the September-October issue of Harvard Business Review. He was… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

September 5, 2011

Technology organization charts – some humor sent to me

Many a truthful word is spoken in jest and is that ever true about these technology company organization charts! Check it out just for laughs here.

Filed Under: Fun

September 5, 2011

Technology organization charts - some humor sent to me

Many a truthful word is spoken in jest and is that ever true about these technology company organization charts! Check it out just for laughs here.

Filed Under: Fun

August 26, 2011

New HBR article:  Living with Complexity and Link for Free Download

Gokce Sargut and I are working together on the fascinating subject of how organizations can sensibly and strategically cope with the demands of complex situations.  One of the papers from our ongoing research project is… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, News Archives, Strategy Execution

August 24, 2011

US1 quotes Rita McGrath

In an article entitled The Science – & Art – of the Optimization Edge, by Barbara Figge Fox, Rita McGrath is quoted in response to comments by Steve Sashihara in his book The Optimization Edge…. Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

August 24, 2011

Business Daily quotes Rita McGrath’s Blog

“Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit flies are for biologists — you can see an entire life cycle in a very short span of… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

August 24, 2011

Business Daily quotes Rita McGrath’s Blog

“Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit flies are for biologists — you can see an entire life cycle in a very short span of… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

August 24, 2011

Growth ambitions, yes. Growth capability? Still working on that…

My colleagues over at the growth practice at consultancy Accenture surveyed some of their largest clients about their growth prospects.  The results are in my blog, “ready for growth, but  not prepared” over at the… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Profitable Organic Growth

July 27, 2011

The Pitfalls of Superstitious Learning

Rita McGrath’s post at Harvard Business Review has been reposted by Bloomberg Business Week. To read the post, click here.

Filed Under: News Archives

July 21, 2011

The Problem with Groupon’s Business Model

Rita McGrath’s most recent post at the Harvard Business Review: “Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

July 21, 2011

The Problem with Groupon’s Business Model

Rita McGrath’s most recent post at the Harvard Business Review: “Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

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