Rita McGrath’s letter to Fast Company regarding their article Making Innovation Work is published in the April 2008 issue: “Your article on Bell Labs innovation (“Mad Scientist,” February) was spot-on. The notion of approaching innovation… Read more »
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Strategy is action, not just a word
Connected, the Columbia University Executive Education newsletter, features Rita McGrath and her colleague, Willie Pietersen, discussing Strategy is action, not just a word. Often, the reality is that “companies devolve to planning with no time… Read more »
New York Times quotes Rita McGrath
In a February 29, 2008 NYT article entitled Hoping to Make Phone Buyers Flip, Rita McGrath is quoted: “There is an awful lot of pressure to keep the wheels turning instead of putting money into… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Toy Story
In a Sacramento Bee story entitled Changing economy brings end to retailer’s 27-year-old toy story, Rita McGrath was quoted as to the closing of a long-time toy store. “The spending slowdown is particularly hard for… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Toy Story
In a Sacramento Bee story entitled Changing economy brings end to retailer’s 27-year-old toy story, Rita McGrath was quoted as to the closing of a long-time toy store. “The spending slowdown is particularly hard for… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in UK article “Scholars raise concerns over business school ‘theory fetish’ ”
Rita McGrath’s Academy of Management article was quoted in the Times Higher Education UK article about the relevancy of Business Schools: “Humiliating though it may be, there is a reason that stories about mice who… Read more »
Rita McGrath quoted in UK article “Scholars raise concerns over business school ‘theory fetish’ ”
Rita McGrath’s Academy of Management article was quoted in the Times Higher Education UK article about the relevancy of Business Schools: “Humiliating though it may be, there is a reason that stories about mice who… Read more »
International Herald Tribune quotes Rita McGrath on Expat Housing
In a January 24, 2008 article entitled Expat housing, without the perks, Rita McGrath commented, “Normally you think of overseas jobs going to the top dogs but a lot of overseas jobs today are middle-dog… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Letter to the Editor of Financial Times: “The Upside to Business Schools”
Professor Rita McGrath’s letter to the editor responding to comments by Michael Skapinker was published in the January 14, 2008 edition. An excerpt: “Good scholarly understanding of business can add tremendous value to executives by… Read more »
Rita McGrath Quoted in the Financial Times on the Relevance of Business Schools
Rita McGrath was recently cited in the Financial Times for her work on how management academics might have more impact on management practice. She is quoted as saying “Most of what we publish isn’t even… Read more »
Industrial Research Institute cites Entrepreneurial Mindset
In an article by Graham R. Mitchell entitled Instill the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Mitchell refers extensively to Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan’s publication Entrepreneurial Mindset.. For more information about the Industrial Research Institute, click here.
Professor Clay Christensen endorses DDP in January 2008 HBR, “Innovation Killers”
Discovery-driven planning. Happily, though, there are alternative systems specifically designed to support intelligent investments in future growth. One such process, which Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan call “discovery driven planning,” has the potential to… Read more »