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Thought Sparks
Rita McGrath quoted re: globalization…
Rita McGrath has been quoted in a Newsday article on the subject of globalization. For the full article, click here.
Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan Article at InformIt.com
Ian C. Macmillan, Director of Wharton’s Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, and Columbia University’s Rita Gunther McGrath suggest that success in today’s globally competitive technology market is not fueled by simply throwing more money… Read more »
Innovation Conversation
Joyce Wycoff http://thinksmart.typepad.com/headsup_on_organizational/ notes that the conversation on innovation has changed to make it more business as usual. We couldn’t agree more – and would add that we are in fact beginning to decode some… Read more »
Rita McGrath at Forbes.com
Rita McGrath has been quoted in a Forbes.com issue entitled Selecting a Mobile Service Operator. For the full story, click here
Rita McGrath at TechWorld.com
Rita McGrath has been quoted in the November 8, 2005 article entitled Data vs. Voice Conflict Intensifies. To read the entire article, click here
Fridge Pack consumption chain play
Our colleague, Mark Whitten from Microsoft (who looks after xbox accessories) told us about a great move to improve the consumption chain for soda drinkers. Seems that Alcoa (yes, the aluminum people) were brainstorming about… Read more »
Presentation and communication tips for executives
In response to a reporter’s question about how to make more effective presentations, I offered the following perspective on cardinal sins. These form the basis of a short session I teach in at Columbia Executive… Read more »
Silent day in Bali
I learned this from a participant in a Columbia Executive Education program (Creating Breakthrough Strategy. He runs a luxury hotel there (the Hotel Padma Bali). He told our group about a tradition in Bali that… Read more »
Bad news early warnings business academics
I ran across a posting actually recruiting candidates into a school’s Ph.D. program in Management. This is very bad news for the field – I remember when I first joined, there were about 5 jobs… Read more »
Communication woes
In a discovery that I made while researching how companies cascase communication, I ran across the following little snippet: In a recent survey of 1,103 employees 86% of employees reported that their bosses thought they… Read more »
Kraft learns pro-activity
Today’s Wall Street Journal contains a fascinating story about how Kraft General Foods is planning to pull back on its marketing of ‘less healthy’ food to young children(heaven forbid the company would declare any food… Read more »