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Archives for May 2012

May 29, 2012

How to Handle Your Cranky Boss

At Metro.US, the topic is discussed and Rita McGrath is quoted: First, know what you’re dealing with. According to Rita Gunther McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School, there are two types of grouches: “permanent”… Read more »

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May 23, 2012

The empty innovation mantra – way to GO WSJ!

I was practically standing on the bleachers and cheering (well, metaphorically, anyway) when I read today's piece in the Wall Street Journal, "You Call That Innovation?"  Innovation has fallen victim to the same thing that… Read more »

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May 22, 2012

Social Media in the experimental business model stage

I'm getting a fair amount of buzz for my post over at the HBR site entitled Social Media, the Billion Dollar question.  The basic argument I make there is that the whole social media phenomenon… Read more »

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May 21, 2012

Education blog picks up Rita McGrath’s ideas for how digital technologies will shape education

May 21, 2012Barbara Figge Fox suggests that readers have a look at Rita McGrath’s perspective on how digital technologies will reshape education. The blog post is at this link.

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May 21, 2012

Education blog picks up Rita McGrath’s ideas for how digital technologies will shape education

May 21, 2012Barbara Figge Fox suggests that readers have a look at Rita McGrath’s perspective on how digital technologies will reshape education. The blog post is at this link.

Filed Under: News Archives

May 21, 2012

San Francisco Chronicle Yahoo article quotes Rita McGrath

“This is a company that is desperately searching for focus and identity,” said Rita McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School. “Absent a CEO, it really falls to the board to provide that.” To read… Read more »

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May 21, 2012

How To Encourage Learning By Making “Smart Mistakes”

Gain maximum learning from each attempt. Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, in their classic Discovery-Driven Growth, emphasize the importance of documenting assumptions and taking steps to validate those along the way. They recommend creating… Read more »

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May 21, 2012

How To Encourage Learning By Making “Smart Mistakes”

Gain maximum learning from each attempt. Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, in their classic Discovery-Driven Growth, emphasize the importance of documenting assumptions and taking steps to validate those along the way. They recommend creating… Read more »

Filed Under: News Archives

May 20, 2012

Will Facebook’s IPO re-ignite growth in Silicon Valley?

The Facebook IPO sure has fuelled a lot of 1990’s style animal spirits among the investing community. The huge size ($100 Billion? Really?) and enormous interest in the social networking company has contributed to the… Read more »

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May 17, 2012

Why just being young is not a reason to doubt Facebook

There are a lot of pundits and experts who are suggesting that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook itself is just too young to trust.  That's just silly – there are a lot of ways to bring… Read more »

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May 16, 2012

Why advertisements need to get a whole lot better before they will support social media

I was recently asked by a reporter what I thought the chances were for Facebook, and other social sites, to monetize their assets through advertising. Here's what I said: The real issue for anyone trying… Read more »

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May 15, 2012

Bing, Social Search and the beginning of the App Economy

All your contacts, all in one place The integration of ‘social’ searching with Microsoft’s Bing Search engine is just the beginning of a new model of applications, in which applications talk to other applications, rather… Read more »

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