The Ivey Business Journal (University of Western Ontario), May-June 2009 edition, published an article by Rita McGrath: “To study innovation is to a large extent to study missteps, failures, false assumptions and outright flops. While… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Interesting article about the Canadian Health care system
Anne Ferguson, my virtual assistant, was kind enough to forward me this article about health care in Canada. It gives a good overview of how their system works, how the single payer system interacts with… Read more »
Oh brother - careers in medical billing?
My colleague Ian C. MacMillan sent along a tidbit that definitely bears thinking about. It turns out that young people can actually build a career in medical billing. Yes, just finding the right codes for… Read more »
SXSW Interview
In March 2009, Rita McGrath was invited to SXSW, Austin, Texas where she spoke and was interviewed. To listen to the interview, click here.
rethinking audience attraction in the media business model
In an article that is forthcoming in Long Range Planning, I’ll be talking about a discovery driven approach to identifying new business models. One of the points I make in the piece is that with… Read more »
Small-Business Health Care Reform, in Theory and in Practice
The New York Times small business blog You’re the Boss discusses Rita McGrath’s blog post Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding at Small-Business Health Care… Read more »
Small-Business Health Care Reform, in Theory and in Practice
The New York Times small business blog You’re the Boss discusses Rita McGrath’s blog post Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding at Small-Business Health Care… Read more »
“Aligning the Organization for Growth” Discovery Driven Chapter now available
Harvard Business Publishing has released a chapterized version of the Aligning the Organization chapter from Discovery Driven Growth. To purchase and download, click here.
Sweden pulls back
I ran across a really interesting article in Forbes recently. The article quotes Sweden’s Finance Minister as encouraging the country to turn its back on the policies that, in his words, led to a “lost”… Read more »
Health care: If it’s free, why not?
One of the unfortunate aspects of the way we manage health care in this country is that many people who can’t (or don’t wish to) spend money on routine care put it off. They then… Read more »
Taxes, the structure of incentives, and why I’m worried about the plan for health reform funding
When I was a Ph.D. student studying entrepreneurship, one of the most influential articles I read was by economist William J. Baumol. Entitled “Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive and Destructive”, it basically suggested that a nation gets… Read more »
Guerrilla strategies - 2009 version
Many fans of our work together have heard my colleague Ian MacMillan talk about an entrepreneurial business he was involved with in his younger years as a perfect example of a ‘guerrilla’ strategy. Guerrilla strategies… Read more »