Sitemap - 2010 - Thought Sparks
Cloud Computing? Not So Fast—Unintended Consequences of Recent Disclosures
Cloud Computing? Not So Fast—Unintended Consequences of Recent Disclosures
BBQ Parties for guys? Release your inner Avon!
When life hands you lemons…AOL Style
The corruption of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk
Ghost cities of China - some amazing pictures
WikiLeaks, the Cloud, and You!
Hans Rosling’s thought provoking analysis of economic development
Rita McGrath spoke to the Special Libraries Association, New York Chapter
New Podcast about Business Models
Differences Between Discovery Driven Planning And Scenario Driven Planning Tools
Use Failure To Grow Your Business Interview
Keynote Speaker at AMCF Forum, December 3
Entrepreneurs Must Focus on Learning
Mapping out a smart start-up
Rita’s talk picked up by the Times of Trenton on Discovery Driven Planning
“Business prof urges fact-based approach during difficult times”
“Business prof urges fact-based approach during difficult times”
A nice comment from Barbara Figge Fox, an observer of the Princeton Scene
The Bose VideoWave knocks my socks off!
Bangkok Times quotes Rita McGrath
India Invents reviews Discovery-Driven Growth book
India Invents reviews Discovery-Driven Growth book
It’s The Time to Plan But Most of Us Aren’t Very Good At It
It’s The Time to Plan But Most of Us Aren’t Very Good At It
Overheard at the Microsoft CIO Summit
Rita’s Golden Rules for E-Mail resonates!
Management Tip of the Day—Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It
Management Tip of the Day—Don’t Avoid Risk But Prepare For It
Discovery Driven Planning Makes an Impression on CFO’s
Rita McGrath interview on American Entrepreneur Radio
Financial Times quotes Rita McGrath
An application of Discovery Driven Planning by one of Mac’s students
Rita McGrath quoted in TechNewsWorld
Video about “Leading Strategic Growth and Change” now up on YouTube
Discovery-Driven Planning cited by Freemium Blog
Fascinating application of discovery driven planning to social ventures
Harvard Business Review Blog Post—Anatomy of a Failed Launch
Harvard Business Review Blog Post—Anatomy of a Failed Launch
Sagantia Innovation Boot Camp - Kick Starting Innovation
Fun post by George Colony on the primacy of design
Amazon into hardware? Not so sure about that one…
Resource Scavenger — A Common Innovation Job
Academy of Management - Which List Matters More?
Podcast Interview with the Kellogg Venture Community
CIO Magazine picks up on Discovery Driven Growth
Discovery Driven Growth - Mistakes Companies Make
Real job creation - should be required reading from Andy Grove
Brilliant reflections on skunkworks
Brilliant observation on managing a crisis
The tax man wants me to send Staples a 1099??? An exercise in absurdity
More reasons not to post in haste - what you say on facebook can be used against you!
Uncertainty and risk in discovery driven planning
Idea generation is seldom the problem
Foster Innovation at the Federal Level
Brand Management re-posts Health Insurers post
Brand Management re-posts Health Insurers post
Top Ten Reasons Not to go Public
How to limit population growth? Ironically, increase child survival. Hans Rosling.
While we’re on the subject of wrong ends of competitive waves…
Is BlackBerry on the wrong end of a competitive wave?
More female venture capitalists = more women owned growing businesses?
20 Often-Fatal Assumptions
Benefits of Thinking the Unthinkable Post at Harvard Business Review
Paying attention to unconventional “links” in a customers’ consumption chain
We do it because we really care - health insurers try empathy
Rita McGrath spoke at CFO Core Concerns Conference
Rita McGrath on why innovation is equal parts politics and new ideas
Rita McGrath on why innovation is equal parts politics and new ideas
Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review Webinar
Rita McGrath’s Harvard Business Review Webinar
Predictable Success Interview: Finding Your Own Growth Track
The economic logic of socialism? Some thoughts from my colleague, MacMillan
Insightful observations for companies with crisis risk
Bad, bad, symbolism: BP CEO goes yachting
Indiana’s Mitch Daniels and the structure of incentives in government
David Maister on the psychology of waiting
The lingering decline of traditional media
New book: The CEO’s Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom
Why a walled garden can out perform a free-for-all
Unintentional irony - the “Oh Never Mind” file
Investor.Com Cites Rita McGrath
Interesting “innochat” on Twitter regarding Discovery Driven Planning
50 Women Bloggers You Should Be Reading
Interview with General Electric’s Head of Learning - Susan Peters
Managing Under Complexity— Where is Einstein When You Really Need Him?
Managing Under Complexity— Where is Einstein When You Really Need Him?
Assumptions challenged by changes in demography
Give Growth Initiatives Full-Time Attention
Give Growth Initiatives Full-Time Attention
Built to last - this comment deserves a highlight
Built to last - this comment deserves a highlight
Rita McGrath Keynote Speaker at CFO Core Concerns Conference, June 27-29, 2010
Rita McGrath Keynote Speaker at CFO Core Concerns Conference, June 27-29, 2010
Discovery-Driven Growth praised in France
Discovery-Driven Growth praised in France
Insight from a current project: Managing Complexity
Don’t Assume Anything—Prove it
Don’t Assume Anything—Prove it
Rita McGrath Keynote Speaker at DigitalNow Conference
A perfect course for those in financial services right now
Experiments—The Key To Innovation
Experiments—The Key To Innovation
Lab Work for your Business Model
Different types of competitors and an age-old question “What Business Are You In?”
Different types of competitors and an age-old question “What Business Are You In?”
The top tech companies have money to burn
At long last - a baggage charge that makes sense
At long last - a baggage charge that makes sense
Are You Squandering Your Intelligent Failures?
The current state of “Skunkworks”
Creating the Perfect Customer Experience
Things are looking up - some statistics from McKinsey
Rita McGrath featured at Columbia’s Executive Education Connection
Rita McGrath featured at Columbia’s Executive Education Connection
Six Sigma is Deadly for Innovation - But then I’ve said that before!
Six Sigma is Deadly for Innovation - But then I’ve said that before!
Identifying Key Metrics for your business
Another Brick in the Pay Wall: Views on Publishing’s Future
Rita McGrath’s Micropayments blog prompts more online discussion
Rita McGrath’s Micropayments blog prompts more online discussion
Why government does things inefficiently
The Flip Side of Stock Buybacks
The Advantage of Not Knowing It All
Market Driven Growth— Vertical Integration
Market Driven Growth— Vertical Integration
Old People, Non-Geeks—The iPad’s Unlikely Saviors
Old People, Non-Geeks—The iPad’s Unlikely Saviors
The London Olympics - One for the “flops file?”
Growth back on the agenda! From Davos
Innovation Leaders—a breed different from corporate managers
Innovation Leaders—a breed different from corporate managers
Are the Dynamics of Innovation Changing?
Discovery-Driven Growth is Product Flop Insurance
Discovery-Driven Growth is Product Flop Insurance
The Finance Compass cites Discovery-Driven Growth
The Finance Compass cites Discovery-Driven Growth
How to foster innovation in a large organization: Interview with Ron Pierantozzi
Questions to help you place projects on our Opportunity Portfolio
How the Rokr helped the iPhone - Rita gets one right
Columbia Executive Education in a Video!
Manta finds small business owners disillusioned with current administration
Rita McGrath’s blog named one of the best by Online Colleges and Universities
Rita McGrath’s blog named one of the best by Online Colleges and Universities
From the cutting room floor - Networking tips
From the cutting room floor - Networking tips
MBA Depot links to Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan’s work
MBA Depot links to Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan’s work
Great comment on our books - The Books Aren’t Hard, Reality Is!
Top 30 Innovations of the last 30 years
Madden Communications still a great example of business model innovation