http://ritamcgrath.com/news/ en anne@ritamcgrath.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-16T03:22:10+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/harvard-business-review-blog-post-anatomy-of-a-failed-launch/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/harvard-business-review-blog-post-anatomy-of-a-failed-launch/#When:03:22:10Z here.]]> 2010-08-16T03:22:10+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/resource-scavenger-a-common-innovation-job/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/resource-scavenger-a-common-innovation-job/#When:00:41:22Z Resource Scavenger - A Common Innovation Job.]]> 2010-08-11T00:41:22+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/podcast-interview-with-the-kellogg-venture-community/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/podcast-interview-with-the-kellogg-venture-community/#When:16:17:06Z
During the program Rita shares with us:

•The unusual path that led her to an academic career, including her early entrepreneurial ventures.
•Her work with Global 1000 icons helping them create an entrepreneurial mindset, drive growth and recognize when and how to disengage.
•Areas she is currently working on and will be featured in her next book including strategies for global companies to capture international opportunities and the idea of “transient advantage” or how can organizations thrive strategically even though competitive advantages are temporary.

Link to the Kellogg PodcastAugust 1, 2010]]> 2010-08-03T16:17:06+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/cio-magazine-picks-up-on-discovery-driven-growth/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/cio-magazine-picks-up-on-discovery-driven-growth/#When:12:30:20Z CIO Magazine, among them the need to avoid making big commitments to projects before you have tested assumptions!August 3, 2010]]> 2010-08-03T12:30:20+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/foster-innovation-at-the-federal-level/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/foster-innovation-at-the-federal-level/#When:21:10:44Z Federal News Radio.]]> 2010-07-23T21:10:44+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/brand-management-re-posts-health-insurers-post/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/brand-management-re-posts-health-insurers-post/#When:23:41:35Z We do it because we really care - health insurers try empathy.]]> 2010-07-22T23:41:35+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/innovative-summer-blogging/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/innovative-summer-blogging/#When:23:34:37Z Thinking the Unthinkable post at Harvard Business Review in its post about summer blogging. To read the entire post, click here.]]> 2010-07-22T23:34:37+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/throw-good-money-after-bad/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/throw-good-money-after-bad/#When:23:24:21Z
"The majority of companies I work with have no rigorous process for disengaging at all, with the result that it usually ends in a nasty mess," says Rita Gunther McGrath, an associate professor at the Columbia University business school. Instead, Gunther McGrath says, they explain away declines in these benchmarks, even though they are indicative of larger potential problems. And without a plan to turn things around, those problems will inevitably materialize, she says.

To read the entire post, click here.]]> 2010-07-22T23:24:21+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/benfits-of-thinking-the-unthinkable-post-at-harvard-business-review/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/benfits-of-thinking-the-unthinkable-post-at-harvard-business-review/#When:18:38:29Z Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable at the Harvard Business Review has been published. An excerpt is below.

"My colleague Gökçe Sargut and I are doing some work on how executives can improve the way their organizations operate under conditions of complexity. As we did the background research, I was fascinated by counterintuitive thinking from Aaron Wildavsky, a well-known social scientist. He argued that when facing risks, organizations have two basic possible responses. Systems can be designed to stave off risks, or they can be designed to be resilient, so that when terrible things happen the system can respond. Most organizations are heavily biased toward risk prevention: we create systems so risk-averse that we truncate learning, sometimes even increasing the very risks we’re trying to avoid."

First Friday Book Synopsis has referred to the post. ]]> 2010-07-12T18:38:29+00:00 http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/rita-mcgrath-spoke-at-cfo-core-concerns-conference/ http://ritamcgrath.com/news/detail/rita-mcgrath-spoke-at-cfo-core-concerns-conference/#When:22:21:04Z Rochester StartUps blog.

"Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia University, gave an awesome talk on using Discovery Driven techniques to stimulate, encourage and foster innovation and growth within large companies. In discussing the topic with her after her speech I discovered she has a similar presentation that applies to entrepreneurs, and another that applies specifically to software development. Interestingly, she’d heard little of Agile Methodology, which her proposed tactic resembles."]]> 2010-07-06T22:21:04+00:00