[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 »
Archives for 2012
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 »
Scott Anthony’s “Little Black Book” is a must-read for corporate innovators
I am diving with great delight into my good friend Scott Anthony's latest book, The Little Black Book of Innovation. It's a great book which distills a huge amount of what we know works into… Read more »
Recording of Webinar “How the Growth Outliers Do It” now available
Last month, Columbia Executive Education sponsored a webinar based on my Harvard Business Review article about growth outliers. A webinar based on that article has been recorded. If you missed the original, feel free to… Read more »
Square Enix and Business Model Disruption – Event tonight at Columbia!
This evening, I will be a discussant at an event sponsored by the Columbia Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Entitled Video Games and the Shaping of Industrial Transformation, the event will feature a keynote… Read more »
Lightsquared and dirty rotten cheaters!
At Columbia's School of Engineering, I was very pleased to attend the Armstrong lecture given by Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs. He gave a fascinating talk about Qualcomm's founding, how it emerged from a previous company called… Read more »
Cognizant Among Ten “Growth Outliers” That Have Shown Consistent Growth Over Ten Years
According to research published in Harvard Business Review about how many publicly traded companies with a market capitalization of at least US$1 billion have grown by at least 5% each year over the last ten… Read more »
Krka ranks among the world’s elite companies with steady long-time growth
The results of the research conducted by a renowned business magazine Harvard Business Review ranked Krka Group among the ten elite companies in the world with stable annual growth between 1999 and 2009. The magazine… Read more »