A LinkedIn Question went like this: Is business strategy as we teach it in Harvard Case Studies Obsolete? Do we need to develop business designers and not strategic planners? Traditioal strategic planning takes a… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Humanities Graduates Bring …well…Humanity to Bear at Work
I thought this extremely thought provoking blog post by fellow Harvard Blogger Tony Golsby-Smith was a great reminder that although analytical tools and frameworks can help solve certain kinds of problems, they are hopeless facing other situations…. Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in Variety!
In a post at Variety.com entitled Fear of failure stifles biz innovation, Rita McGrath is quoted: “Executives hide mistakes or pretend the mistakes were always part of the master plan,” writes Rita Gunther McGrath. “Failures… Read more »
Three Ways to Prioritize a Long List of Ideas
Scott Anthony’s post at Bloomberg.com on prioritizing mentions Rita McGrath: “I generally subscribe to the teaching of Rita McGrath: imagine success, and then ask what would need to be true for success to happen. For… Read more »
Today’s best quote
At some point, business starts to matter – my favorite quote of the day: "I don't want to build relationships. I want to get paid money for doing work."
Prioritization – never an easy thing
Scott Anthony of Innosight wrote a great blog post: 3 ways to prioritize a long list of ideas which provides some good insight into how to start. I'll add to that:: I also try to… Read more »
Rita’s HBR Article on Intelligent Failure – First 100 Readers can download for free
An article that I've wanted to write for years is appearing in this month's Harvard Business Review. It's entitled "Failing By Design" and the first 100 readers who click on this link will be able to… Read more »
What Lynda Gratton has been up to
Lynda is a good friend and a gifted analyst of organizations in the wild. I thought my readers might be interested in her latest news update, which follows: Dear Rita, I’m really excited to update… Read more »
T-Mobile & AT&T! Oops…just kidding around about the network thing, honest!
Apple has certainly inspired a lot of imitators. Among them a series of ads in the "I'm a Mac / You're a PC" vein basically insulting AT&T's network coverage. Oops. And worst of all, they can't even pull the ads… Read more »
Improving the airline experience – do they really want to know?
Just back from Los Angeles, where I gave a keynote talk for an amazing group of women sponsored by Navigant. I've been on what seems like one continuous road trip this month. Continental, my most… Read more »
Rita McGrath speaks at Irish Management Institute’s BMC Symposium
On March 4, 2011, Rita McGrath was a guest speaker at the IMI’s BMC Symposium. Here is a link to photos of the event.
Rita McGrath speaks at Irish Management Institute’s BMC Symposium
On March 4, 2011, Rita McGrath was a guest speaker at the IMI’s BMC Symposium. Here is a link to photos of the event.