Scott Anthony has chosen 12 Masters of Innovation and presented them in alphabetical order. Rita McGrath is the only woman named, and is included with such well-known names as Thomas Alva Edison. To read about… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Speaking at Emerging Leaders Forum, April 12th, 1 pm, NYC
On April 12, 1 pm, at the 92nd Street Y, I will be participating in an Emerging Leaders Forum: Daniel Altman, chief economist of Big Think and best-selling author of Outrageous Fortunes: The Twelve Surprising… Read more »
Ron Adner’s great new book “The Wide Lens” highlights two important risks for innovation
My good friend (and sometime intellectual sparring partner), Ron Adner, has just released a new book, the Wide Lens, which highlights a major problem for companies seeking to innovate: The essence is that they focus too… Read more »
FastCompany cites Rita McGrath
In a FastCompany post relating to The Little Black Book of Innovation by Scott Anthony, Rita McGrath’s writings are also cited: “There’s much more to say about the topic of testing, and the writings of… Read more »
Marketing Profs compliments Rita McGrath’s Posts!
[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 »
Marketing Profs compliments Rita McGrath’s Posts!
[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 »
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 »