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October 5, 2011

Rita Gunther McGrath short-listed in strategy category by Thinkers50

Rita Gunther McGrath was short-listed in the strategy category by Thinkers50, a one-every-two-years compendium of the world's top business thinkers. The category considers who CEO's would turn to for practical and imaginative strategic advice.   Awards… Read more »

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September 30, 2011

So much for “Keep the Change”

In 2005, Bank of America did something very unusual – they introduced an innovation in financial services that customers actually liked!  Called Keep the Change, the program targeted young women who were terrified of running… Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Case Studies and Applications, News Archives

September 29, 2011

Blog posting that discusses new leadership requirements for complex systems

In a very thoughtful blog Forbes commentator Haydn Shaughnessy observes that today’s complex environments require rather different leadership skills than were necessary in merely complicated systems. Worth a look!

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September 20, 2011

How Boards Can Encourage Productive Failure

In a September 19, 2011 AgendaWeek.com article by Tony Chapelle, entitled How Boards Can Encourage Productive Failure, Rita McGrath is quoted. Corporate boards should expect senior managers to cook up viable strategies for growth and… Read more »

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September 19, 2011

Governors State Business Professor Publishes Harvard Business Review Article

Dr. Gokce Sargut, Assistant Professor of Management at Governors State University, is co-author with Rita McGrath of Learning to Live with Complexity, the cover story in the September-October issue of Harvard Business Review. He was… Read more »

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August 26, 2011

New HBR article:  Living with Complexity and Link for Free Download

Gokce Sargut and I are working together on the fascinating subject of how organizations can sensibly and strategically cope with the demands of complex situations.  One of the papers from our ongoing research project is… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, News Archives, Strategy Execution

August 24, 2011

US1 quotes Rita McGrath

In an article entitled The Science – & Art – of the Optimization Edge, by Barbara Figge Fox, Rita McGrath is quoted in response to comments by Steve Sashihara in his book The Optimization Edge…. Read more »

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August 24, 2011

Business Daily quotes Rita McGrath’s Blog

“Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit flies are for biologists — you can see an entire life cycle in a very short span of… Read more »

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August 24, 2011

Business Daily quotes Rita McGrath’s Blog

“Things move quickly in technology, which is why technology companies are fascinating to strategists the way fruit flies are for biologists — you can see an entire life cycle in a very short span of… Read more »

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July 27, 2011

The Pitfalls of Superstitious Learning

Rita McGrath’s post at Harvard Business Review has been reposted by Bloomberg Business Week. To read the post, click here.

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July 21, 2011

The Problem with Groupon’s Business Model

Rita McGrath’s most recent post at the Harvard Business Review: “Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company… Read more »

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July 21, 2011

The Problem with Groupon’s Business Model

Rita McGrath’s most recent post at the Harvard Business Review: “Groupon is poised for its debut as a public company. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company… Read more »

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