Bryan O’Rourke, a strategic adviser, author, presenter and contract executive lauds Rita McGrath and her blog: “If you’ve followed me for long, you know I am a big fan of Rita McGrath. Well it’s that… 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.
Overheard at the Microsoft CIO Summit
Last year more transistors shipped than there were grains of rice grown in the world. That's an amazing statistic.
Rita’s Golden Rules for E-Mail resonates!
Julie Wasson, a marketing consultant, has posted Rita's Golden Rules for E-Mail, originally published in the Harvard Business Review. Internet Related Technologies expanded upon Rita's Golden Rules, for attorneys.
Management Tip of the Day—Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It
Reuters re-posted a Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It management tip from Rita McGrath’s The Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable Harvard Business Review post.
Management Tip of the Day—Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It
Reuters re-posted a Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It management tip from Rita McGrath’s The Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable Harvard Business Review post.
Discovery Driven Planning Makes an Impression on CFO’s
A few months ago, I had the pleasure to give the keynote speech at the annual CFO "Core Concerns" conference published by CFO Magazine. The topic – how can you invest in growth, while containing… Read more »
Rita McGrath interview on American Entrepreneur Radio
David Iwinski of America Entrepreneur Radio talked with Rita McGrath about her book The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies For Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty. To listen to the interview, click here.
Financial Times quotes Rita McGrath
A Financial Times article entitled How do I get my staff to kick their post-holiday blues? quoted Rita McGrath: Post-holiday let-down is emotional and requires an emotional response. Break the re-entry into three stages: catching… Read more »
An application of Discovery Driven Planning by one of Mac’s students
Mac teaches Discovery Driven Planning in his entrepreneurship classes at Wharton, and received the following story about how one of his students applied DDP: Mac, I took your MGMT 802 class earlier this year. I'm… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in TechNewsWorld
The National Association of Broadcasters wants mobile phones to turn on the radio. Rita McGrath contributed her thoughts to this prospect here.
Video about “Leading Strategic Growth and Change” now up on YouTube
Leading Strategic Growth and Change is a week-long Columbia Executive Education program that I direct. The course content, as you might guess, covers innovation, how to drive growth, how to lead change, organizational politics, better… Read more »
Discovery-Driven Planning cited by Freemium Blog
Peter Froberg in Copenhagen posted to his Freemium blog on the topic of Design thinking and business model innovation “I have been working with methods based on Discovery Driven Planning. It is essentially a framework… Read more »