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Archives for April 2012

April 30, 2012

Three things you must do to conquer complexity

…let’s bring in Rita McGrath. The Columbia Business School professor says too many organizations are trying to solve today’s complex problems with outdated methods. In short, they’re trying to predict their way out of an… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

April 17, 2012

How can Yahoo! revive its fortunes?

Rita McGrath in an interview with Washington Post about the appointment of its new CEO, Scott Thompson, is quoted as follows: “My advice to Thompson is that you’ve got everyone’s attention, but now you have… Read more »

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April 11, 2012

The importance of critical conversations

Yesterday, I was delighted to be a guest at a World 50 event for very senior executives.  The organizations creates a forum in which people can have honest, open dialogues and share best practices.  The… Read more »

Filed Under: Strategy Dynamics

April 10, 2012

What Wall Street sees in the Yellow Pages

Bloomberg Business Week discusses why Cerberus Capital Management would buy AT&T’s Yellow Pages and quotes Rita McGrath: Rita McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School, explained last month that while private equity investors often… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

April 10, 2012

Is it Easy for Your Customers to Leave You?

The Build Network blog discusses in detail Rita McGrath’s article in the European Financial Review entitled Finding Opportunities in Business Model Innovation.

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April 10, 2012

Discovery Driven Growth Planning place in business model

At Social Innovation blog: Discovery driven planning is a distinct and unique paradigm of business development. It provides an alternative means of business development in an environment marred with uncertainty. Many new ventures that begin… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

April 8, 2012

Why banks must embrace customer-led innovation

At the blog FinExtra, Rita McGrath’s Forbes article Five Big Trends in Business Innovation in 2012 is cited in connection with banks and their customer service. You can read the entire blog here.

Filed Under: News Archives

April 8, 2012

Why banks must embrace customer-led innovation

At the blog FinExtra, Rita McGrath’s Forbes article Five Big Trends in Business Innovation in 2012 is cited in connection with banks and their customer service. You can read the entire blog here.

Filed Under: News Archives

April 6, 2012

The “Consumption Chain” Solution to Differentiation That Lasts (The Build Network post)

You can’t prevent your business model from eroding. But you can build a company that’s capable of managing business-model transitions. One way to do that, says Columbia Business School professor Rita Gunther McGrath, is to… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

April 3, 2012

Ron Adner’s response to my “Better Place” question

As promised, I asked Ron what he thought about A Better Place, a company that I'm very struck with that has the potential to transform our relationship with energy.  Turns out he'd given them a… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Opportunities, Strategy Execution

April 3, 2012

Rediscovering the importance of institutions – “Why Nations Fail”

Tom Friedman had a fascinating column in Sunday's New York Times on the book "Why Nations Fail."  The main thesis of the book is that institutions that promote greater access to economic activity and that are… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

April 3, 2012

Rediscovering the importance of institutions - “Why Nations Fail”

Tom Friedman had a fascinating column in Sunday's New York Times on the book "Why Nations Fail."  The main thesis of the book is that institutions that promote greater access to economic activity and that are… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

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