Learning and Technology Specialist Erin Murphy at her Wharton School blog: "Once again, I found the 'quizzing for context' aspect of the Entrepreneruial Mindset by Ian MacMillan and Rita Gunther-McGrath to be an incredibly useful exercise for reducing the amount of uncertainty in a venture. The venture I have undertaken isn't necessarily a business venture, but more of a venture into the world of Student (Technology) Experience. I tried to use some of the questions posited in Entrepreneurial Mindset to try to understand the experience of a student at a university (particularly a business university). Here are some of the questions I was asking myself..."
- Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010
Laresa McIntyre of The Finance Compass writes, "I'm currently reading Discovery-Driven Growth by Rita McGrath & Ian McMillan and came across this quote which I thought was so appropriate for today's post: 'Whenever you see someone doing something really stupid in business, there's a good chance that he thinks he's being rewarded for it.' We all know this scenario and it doesn't usually turn out well for businesses. We want people to go left but they go right. And sometimes it's because we set the cheese at the end of the maze on the right, not the left. Our fault. How do we fix the problem? We need to look at the way our pay and incentive programs are set so we encourage the behavior necessary to make the business successful." To read the entire post, click here.
- Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010
Rita McGrath's blog has been named one of 200 Best Blogs at Online Colleges and Universities in the Entrepreneur category. For the entire list, click here.
- Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
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- Posted: Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Discovery-Driven Growth was mentioned in New York Times' You're the Boss -- The Art of Running a Small Business comments: "Of the books I read this year, I think McGrath/MacMillan's Discovery-Driven Growth would top my list for small businesses. It discusses processes to get more value out of your innovation efforts." JM Caddell
- Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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March 04, 2010:
Why government does things inefficiently
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November 30, 2009:
Keynote speech at Upcoming ISPIM conference
Rita McGrath will be giving the keynote speech at The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) conference in New York City, in a talk entitled …
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