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July 25, 2009

Sweden pulls back

I ran across a really interesting article in Forbes recently. The article quotes Sweden’s Finance Minister as encouraging the country to turn its back on the policies that, in his words, led to a “lost”… Read more »

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July 25, 2009

Health care:  If it’s free, why not?

One of the unfortunate aspects of the way we manage health care in this country is that many people who can’t (or don’t wish to) spend money on routine care put it off.  They then… Read more »

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June 3, 2009

Unsubscribe me, Please!

I’m not sure when it happened.  Maybe it was the fact that since attending the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, I’ve been on the road about half the time.  Maybe it was that with… Read more »

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May 6, 2009

Hospitality Trends features Discovery Driven Growth

A web site that caters to the hospitality industry has noted that Discovery Driven Growth is relevant to their industry’s trends.

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April 25, 2009

Frustrated by emails?  Some interesting tips

I recently wrote a blog post about “Rita’s rules for email.”  This has now been picked up, elaborated on, and made better in another blog post which I found quite interesting and helpful. Onward to… Read more »

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April 24, 2009

Posting from China:  What, no cup holders?

So I’m here in Shanghai, enjoying a few days of teaching with some of the smartest students you could want to meet.  We were discussing how important cup holders have become as a feature in… Read more »

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April 24, 2009

Discovery Driven Growth increasingly recognized as useful in the global crisis

In a new blog on the global economic crisis site, an observer notes how the themes of discovery driven growth can allow people to innovate even in the downturn. 

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April 23, 2009

Link to Rita’s Ideacast interview with comments

Over on the “smart lemming” site, Lori Grant summarizes and reviews the Ideacast podcast that I did with Paul Michelman of Harvard Business Online. 

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April 9, 2009

Discovery Driven Growth in wonderful company in a review of books for CEO’s

It’s lovely to see the company we are keeping in this very thoughtful blog about our new book.  Have a look at the other recommended books – I’m very flattered. 

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March 29, 2009

Sign of the times - overheard at the Whole Foods Market checkout this morning

Whole Foods Market is running a promotion in which shoppers can donate at the checkout to support making micro-credit loans to impoverished people in the less developed world.  As part of the promotion, the cashier… Read more »

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March 24, 2009

Overview of Discovery Driven Growth by John Caddell, marketing guru

It’s always rewarding for an author to have work respected by one’s peers.  So imagine my delight when John Caddell posted a review of Discovery Driven Growth on his Caddell Insight Group web site.  …. Read more »

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March 24, 2009

Harvard Business Review “BreakThrough Ideas” for 2009

As many of you will be aware, my co-authored piece with Gurdeep Singh Pall of Microsoft appeared in the “Breakthrough Ideas” article in the Harvard Business Review recently.  Harvard has made us a great offer—the… Read more »

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