In the Business Section of the Washington Post, an article entitled Facebook stock decline shows Wall Street is wary of give-it-away-free approach, Rita McGrath is quoted: “Free serves purposes, but you have to go beyond… Read more »
Thought Sparks
The IBM EBO Process is one I’ve admired for a while
One of the most persistent problems with innovation is that the structures and practices that foster doing something new are quite different from those that foster getting great results from today's core business. A company… Read more »
CNN Interviews Rita McGrath about the Olympics and Business Values
You can view the interview here.
CNN Interviews Rita McGrath on the Chick-Fil-A’s Controversial Stance
Rita McGrath was interviewed by CNN Business on Chick-Fil-A’s controversial anti-gay position. View the interview here.
CNN Interviews Rita McGrath on the Chick-Fil-A’s Controversial Stance
Rita McGrath was interviewed by CNN Business on Chick-Fil-A’s controversial anti-gay position. View the interview here.
Recording of Webinar “Five way to Tell if Your Innovation Process is Dysfunctional” now available
Those of you who couldn't make the webinar in real time can tune in to it in recorded fashion by visiting this link: http://columbiabiz.webex.com/columbiabiz/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=5550107&rKey=a154aeebc7846a27 During the 30-minute complimentary webinar, I discuss five of the most… Read more »
Disruption visits law firms
Be a doctor or a lawyer – that was once the route to a guaranteed good life. Both professions are seeing an erosion of that premise, with legal work being the most dramatic victim. … Read more »
Data-Driven Decision-Making vs. Discovery-Driven Planning
Brian Mathews’ Chronicle.com’s blog The Ubiquitous Librarian addresses discovery-driven planning in his article subtitled “don’t measure a butterfly using the metrics of a caterpillar.” “Discovery-driven planning, which requires managers to identify the assumptions upon which… Read more »
Blackberry meets its shareholders…and Rita McGrath is quoted
Marketplace Business ran an item about Blackberry’s shareholder meeting and quoted Rita McGrath…”Rita McGrath teaches business strategy at Columbia. She also has a Blackberry, but called me from her iPhone. Which we agreed was symbolic… Read more »
Blackberry meets its shareholders…and Rita McGrath is quoted
Marketplace Business ran an item about Blackberry’s shareholder meeting and quoted Rita McGrath…”Rita McGrath teaches business strategy at Columbia. She also has a Blackberry, but called me from her iPhone. Which we agreed was symbolic… Read more »
Lessons from the discovery-driven planning approach
Christoph Papenfuss at The Performance Ideas blog discussed the Discovery-Driven planning approach at length: “A few weeks ago I researched ideas for improving current planning and forecasting approaches. I stumbled upon a methodology that I… Read more »
Social Media Failures – and not the intelligent kind
Freelance writer Sandy Jones has been following some of my work on failure and sent along an interesting post on how companies can go horribly wrong on social media. The stories are great – unintended consequences,… Read more »