Rita McGrath’s Dynamic Strategies blog at Harvard Business Press are available here to read.
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.
Institutional Memory Goes Digital
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 »
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 »