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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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 »
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!
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 »
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 »