What are we to use to replace industry analysis in strategy?

In my blog over at the Harvard business review web site, I noted that industry boundaries are blurring and that this can lead to serious strategy miscalculations.  Several people wrote in to say that they thought the 'jobs to be done' perspective offered a better vantage point.  Couldn't agree more!

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• Posted Rita McGrath on January 19, 2012

Lessons from the Growth Outliers - HBR Article available for download

This is an article about an exceptional group of companies - publicly traded, with market cap as of 2009 of over $1 Billion USD - who were able to grow their net incomes by at least 5% a year for a total ten-year period.  In it, I find that they combine remarkable stability with remarkable change.  The first 500 readers to click on the link below will be able to access a free .pdf file of the final published article.

 

Click here to receive the download.

 

If you missed it, email me and I'll have a hard copy sent to you. 

Happy New Year!

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• Posted Rita McGrath on January 05, 2012

Very glamorous evening at the Thinkers event!

A number of guests and Rita at the Thinkers award event. 

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• Posted Rita McGrath on November 16, 2011

Rita Gunther McGrath one of the world’s top 20 business thinkers

The global management list of leading thinkers has just been released, and I'm happy to share that I am one of the top 20 on the list.

 

You can see the list, images of the swanky awards dinner and other images at this link.

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• Posted Rita McGrath on November 15, 2011

Looking forward to Thinkers50 event in London November 14

There will be a fair number of leading management thinkers at the forthcoming Thinkers50 event, coming up soon.  I'm really looking forward to being there. 

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• Posted Rita McGrath on October 19, 2011

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