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 »
Thought Sparks
Thought Sparks, the brainchild of Rita McGrath, are insightful actions, strategic ideas, actionable suggestions and innovative approaches that help organizations and leaders master the future with less fear and more confidence. New episodes of the Thought Sparks Podcast are released every other Tuesday at 11am Eastern. Prior to 2025, episodes of the Thought Sparks Podcast were known as Fireside Chats.
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 »
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 »
Groupon: Didn’t like it before, don’t like it much better now
I have gone on the record as being dubious about Groupon’s business model for some time now. Indeed, in an article published in the European Financial Review, I suggested that a simple diagnostic quiz could… Read more »
Tech powers and a harsh lesson in survival
A January 30, 2012 article by Financial Times on the subject quotes Rita McGrath: “Innovation needs to be treated as material and systematic, not an on-again-off-again process,” says Columbia Business School’s Ms McGrath. The vested… Read more »
Complementary webinar tomorrow (January 31) “How the Growth Outliers Do It”
Just back from Davos! Tomorrow, Columbia Executive Education will be hosting a complementary webinar on an article that is in this months' Harvard Business Review on growth outliers. The webinar will explore the seemingly contradictory… Read more »