EducationblogpicksupRitaMcGrath’sideasforhowdigitaltechnologieswillshapeeducation

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Barbara Figge Fox suggests that readers have a look at Rita McGrath's perspective on how digital technologies will reshape education.

The blog post is at this link.

Dates: May 21, 2012

  • Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012

SanFranciscoChronicleYahooarticlequotesRitaMcGrath

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"This is a company that is desperately searching for focus and identity," said Rita McGrath, associate professor at Columbia Business School. "Absent a CEO, it really falls to the board to provide that."

To read the entire article, click here.


  • Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012

HowToEncourageLearningByMaking“SmartMistakes”

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Gain maximum learning from each attempt. Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, in their classic Discovery-Driven Growth, emphasize the importance of documenting assumptions and taking steps to validate those along the way. They recommend creating experiments specifically designed to test out parts of a business plan – business model, market size, development estimates, competition, etc. To read the entire article at The99Percent.com, click here.

  • Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012

HowcanYahoo!reviveitsfortunes?

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Rita McGrath in an interview with Washington Post about the appointment of its new CEO, Scott Thompson, is quoted as follows:

"My advice to Thompson is that you've got everyone’s attention, but now you have to tell them what's next," she said. "The difficulty is step two. It has to be the articulation of a pretty clear go-to for employees, who’ll say: 'You've built the case for change. We know we need to change. But, boss, where are we going?'" McGrath recommended that Thompson take a cue from Nokia chief executive Steven Elop, who emerged with solid short-, middle- and long-term plans after writing a now infamous memo last November telling the mobile company that its platform was "burning."

To read the entire interview, click here.

  • Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

WhatWallStreetseesintheYellowPages

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Bloomberg Business Week discusses why Cerberus Capital Management would buy AT&T's Yellow Pages and quotes Rita McGrath:

Rita McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School, explained last month that while private equity investors often look for companies they can turn around, that probably isn’t what drew them to the Yellow Pages. Instead, they may be hoping to earn a decent return on their investment as the business shrinks. “This one is like a cash register—it just dribbles out on an ongoing basis,” she said. McGrath likened it to individual investors having a CD in their portfolio.

To read the entire article, click here.

  • Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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