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More than money – how do you design incentive systems that drive behavior?
When people in organizations talk about their incentive systems, inevitably the conversation involves compensation. Often, it stops there. But the…
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Why even great predictions don’t create great solutions
Research on how well people can predict the future comes to a resounding conclusion: not well. Asking “What will happen to me?” in a future situation…
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Rita McGrath
The seesaw of corporate succession – a “time zero” event
When the top leadership of an organization changes, boards often make decisions that seem sensible, but which may not reflect the pattern that made a…
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Rita McGrath
June sure was busting out all over!
Thought Sparks Wrap Up – June 2024
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Rita McGrath
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Discovering the Human Future of Work – Virtual Event Notes & an invitation to join in the fun
Speculating about what’s next for the workplace has become quite the hobby. Will it be place-bound or not? Will AI take jobs or create new ones? How can…
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Rita McGrath

June 2024

You Asked, We Answered: Questions from my live Coaching.com session
Well over 1,000 participants joined in live for my Coaching.com session, “The Permissionless Organization Has Arrived.” Many asked wonderful questions…
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Rita McGrath
Bubble Bubble, Toil & Trouble and Some Brewing (see what I did there?) Inflection Points
May 2024 Wrap Up
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May 2024

Will AI do to expert professions what the Model T did to railroads?
As economist Carlota Perez so eloquently lays out, systemic changes in technologies always lead to systemic changes in society. The winners in an old…
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Rita McGrath
What the world needs now… is love and AI?
Paul LeBlanc, in his thought-provoking book “Broken,” shows how scaling removes humanity from many of our systems of care. AI might be the great unlock…
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Rita McGrath
Revisiting the baby bust: Is “The Children of Men” prophetic?
“The Children of Men” is a dystopian 1992 novel by P. D. James about a world in 2021 when humanity is experiencing mass infertility. While we seem to…
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Rita McGrath
Just add water? The fascinating prospect of “instant intimacy.”
For humans to create high-performing teams, traditional assumptions are that it takes a long time and goes through a predictable process (forming…
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Thought Sparks Wrap Up -- April 2024
Is 2024 going to be remembered as the year CHRO’s got a seat at the table?
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Rita McGrath
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