Rita McGrath’s article Institutional Memory Goes Digital appears at Harvard Business Review (HBR List 2009). “Suppose every utterance and facial expression at a meeting were routinely captured and archived in high-definition digital video recordings —… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Human Resource Executive Online
Rita McGrath was quoted in an article entitled A New Helm for HR? by Scott Flander. “It is no longer feasible to simply turn a company around quickly and then put it up for sale,”… Read more »
More on Total Recall Technologies
I’ve been getting a lot of interested reactions from the World Economic Forum / Harvard Business Review “Ideaslab” session I did at Davos. You can find the YouTube version here and it is also published… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Visit to Cyprus
In late January, enroute to the World Economic Forum, Rita McGrath gave a 2-day seminar in Cyprus, hosted by the Papaellinas Group of Companies, as reported in their HR newsletter: “…Mrs Rita Gunther McGrath led… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Visit to Cyprus
In late January, enroute to the World Economic Forum, Rita McGrath gave a 2-day seminar in Cyprus, hosted by the Papaellinas Group of Companies, as reported in their HR newsletter: “…Mrs Rita Gunther McGrath led… Read more »
Session at Davos: Growth Through Innovation
This had to be one of the more fun sessions I attended at Davos, on a topic near and dear to my heart. Here’s the WEF summary: Growth through Innovation The financial crisis will be… Read more »
Session at Davos: Cool Ideas from Older Industries
I sat in on a great session with representatives from a variety of industries that can be thought of as older or more mature. Here’s the summary from the WEF: Summary Cool Ideas from Older… Read more »
Snippet from Davos - Cool ideas from older industries
I’m sitting in a panel entitled “Cool ideas from older industries”. Among the participants is Brad Anderson, the CEO of Best Buy. Great phrase: The huge disadvantage established organization have is habits. Many organizations choose… Read more »
This morning at Davos: Leadership in a crisis
I went to a fascinating panel this morning on leadership challenges of the crisis. Here’s the official summary: Crisis, Community and Leadership Leadership qualities are necessary for dealing with issues such as the environment and… Read more »
Quips from Davos
Two that I overheard in the “brainstorming” session amused me: So we had mark to market Or mark to model Or mark to myth? And another one on assumptions underlying the economic meltdown: We assumed… Read more »
Yesterday at Davos - Brainstorming on what went wrong with the economy
The World Economic Forum yesterday gathered several dozen, maybe even a hundred, of us to talk in small groups at tables about what went wrong with the economy. I was lucky enough to be at… Read more »
Yesterday at Davos - Harvard Business Review / World Economic Forum Ideaslab
Yesterday, I participated in a really interesting session, based on a joint project between the Harvard Business Review and the World Economic Forum. Each year, the two organizations sponsor a series of discussions among a… Read more »