Yes, we are well into 2023 and if we’re going to make an impact, now is the time to get started. Considering that it takes 3-6 months to get anything accomplished, you should be starting… Read more »
Insights and ideas
Thought Sparks Wrap Up – February 2023
Yes, we are already staring down at the end of the first quarter. We’re back in person, back in airports, back at conferences, but … back to the office? The jury is still out. In case… Read more »
Thought Sparks Wrap Up – January 2023
An antidote to bureaucracy? Perhaps 2023 becomes the year that more organizations take advantage of technology to create what my co-author Ram Charan and I call the Permissionless Organization. By using technology to get the outcomes… Read more »
A humorous take on a serious topic – American Indian history
Humor is uniquely human. It builds bonds, defuses tension, boosts innovation, and bolsters resilience. In a bold manifestation of the power of humor, McCarter Theater’s production of “Between Two Knees” offers stories from Native American… Read more »
The beginning of the end of school rankings as we’ve come to know them?
School rankings and other forms of measurement are intended to provide useful information to potential students and their families. But as the schools themselves have learned, competing for a higher spot in the ranking can… Read more »
2022 in the Rear-View Mirror!-Yearly Round Up
Ideas – Thought Sparks Rebuilding Ukraine – huge risks, but potentially huge opportunities. Remembering the extraordinary Frances Hesselbein. How can you tell when a competitive advantage is going into erosion? One of my most requested articles (and a… Read more »
Hollywood, Streaming and the Decline of the Hit Driven Business Model
People have been predicting the end of Hollywood as we know it for a long time. Talking pictures were first dismissed as a novelty, then eventually embraced. Television proved destabilizing for the studio system that … Read more »
Rebuilding Ukraine: Huge opportunity, huge risks?
I’ve been asked to offer a public lecture for Ukraine by the DTEK Academy, the learning and development arm of one of the country’s leading energy providers. As we bring 2022 to a close, I… Read more »
Thought Sparks Wrap Up – November 2022
Discover This! A collection of ideas to spark your thinking, by Rita McGrath November Happenings After a two-year wait, I finally made it to Dublin to attend the Business Excellence Institute’s awards gala, at which… Read more »
A few reflections from the Global Peter Drucker Forum
I’ve always had an affection for the writing of the late Peter Drucker. His legacy is honored by the annual gathering of the Global Peter Drucker Forum, and there are always some nuggets of wisdom… Read more »
Lying – or at least not telling the whole truth – as a business model comes to haunt Meta
When a major inflection point passes through, institutions and the environment take a long time to catch up. But when they do, the consequences can be swift. Facebook’s current troubles illustrate this principle. Source: https://thewire.in/film/the-social-dilemma-netflix-media-review… Read more »
We had the Jetsons in 1962 – and autonomous driving is still out of reach
Gradually, then suddenly. That’s the line that I borrowed from Ernest Hemingway to describe the progress of strategic inflection points. They brew along for a long time – sometimes decades – before finally breaking through…. Read more »