Scott Anthony has chosen 12 Masters of Innovation and presented them in alphabetical order. Rita McGrath is the only woman named, and is included with such well-known names as Thomas Alva Edison. To read about… Read more »
Archives for March 2012
Harvard Business Press names Rita McGrath as one of “Masters of Innovation”
Scott Anthony has chosen 12 Masters of Innovation and presented them in alphabetical order. Rita McGrath is the only woman named, and is included with such well-known names as Thomas Alva Edison. To read about… Read more »
Speaking at Emerging Leaders Forum, April 12th, 1 pm, NYC
On April 12, 1 pm, at the 92nd Street Y, I will be participating in an Emerging Leaders Forum: Daniel Altman, chief economist of Big Think and best-selling author of Outrageous Fortunes: The Twelve Surprising… Read more »
Ron Adner’s great new book “The Wide Lens” highlights two important risks for innovation
My good friend (and sometime intellectual sparring partner), Ron Adner, has just released a new book, the Wide Lens, which highlights a major problem for companies seeking to innovate: The essence is that they focus too… Read more »
FastCompany cites Rita McGrath
In a FastCompany post relating to The Little Black Book of Innovation by Scott Anthony, Rita McGrath’s writings are also cited: “There’s much more to say about the topic of testing, and the writings of… Read more »
Marketing Profs compliments Rita McGrath’s Posts!
[The writer] “regularly seek[s] out the unmistakable voices of three bloggers at Harvard Business Review: Rita McGrath writes like a favorite professor; Bill Taylor is the sage mentor; and Scott Anthony is the forward-thinking colleague…. Read more »
Marketing Profs compliments Rita McGrath’s Posts!
[The writer] “regularly seek[s] out the unmistakable voices of three bloggers at Harvard Business Review: Rita McGrath writes like a favorite professor; Bill Taylor is the sage mentor; and Scott Anthony is the forward-thinking colleague…. Read more »
Harvard Business Review article cited in China
China.org.cn has cited Rita McGrath’s recent HBR article: Steady, predictable growth is what every large company strives for. However, how many companies with a market capitalization of at least US$1 billion achieved steady and predictable… Read more »
IT Business Edge cites Rita McGrath
In an article addressing Pay Still a Basic Issue in Temp Marketplace at IT Business Edge quoted Rita McGrath’s post at Harvard Business Review: …writer Rita McGrath makes the point that many “regular” jobs have… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in Human Resource Executive Online
In a post addressing the issue of flattened organizations, Rita McGrath is quoted: “When you increase the span of control for each manager, you’re giving each employee that much more leverage over the company,” she… Read more »
What will digital technologies do to education?
I recently responded to an inquiry with the following observations: There are 7 major changes that are actually underway right now that will upend traditional education: Unbundling: Increasingly, certification of a skill or mastery will… Read more »
Rita McGrath cited in Business2Community blog
Recent research from the Columbia Business School concludes that fewer than 1% of large, publicly-traded companies deliver consistent growth over time. In fact, only 8% of nearly 5,000 companies studied achieved five percent growth or… Read more »