Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation with particular emphasis on developing sound strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her ideas are widely used by leading organizations throughout the world, who describe her thinking as sometimes provocative, but unfailingly stimulating.
She fosters a fresh approach to strategy amongst those with whom she works.
Rita has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Business Thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2015 and 2013. Thinkers50 presented Rita with the the Distinguished Achievement Award for Strategy in 2013. She has also been inducted into the Strategic Management Society “Fellows” in recognition of her impact on the field.
Rita maintains an active social media presence, and has been rated one of the 25 smartest women to follow on Twitter by Fast Company Magazine. She consistently appears in rankings of the top business school professors to follow on Twitter. Rita was voted HR Magazine’s Most Influential International Thinker, writes regularly for Fortune magazine’s online edition, authors a regular column, “The Entrepreneurial Strategist” for Inc magazine and blogs regularly at HBR.org. Rita is also one of the Wall Street Journal’s Experts.
Session length: 45 minutes
This session will feature research from Rita McGrath’s new book on strategic inflection points. As disruptive change touches more and more parts of the economy, it is all to easy for senior leaders to become isolated and miss the critical early warnings of a major change brewing, while there is still time to mount an effective response. This discussion will offer tips and techniques that senior leaders might use to capture the early warnings and act on them.
1. The distinction between leading, current and lagging indicators.
2. Simple ways to be in the right place when things start to change.
3. Why psychological safety is critical for getting and sharing relevant information.
Session length: 90 minutes
This session will feature research from Rita McGrath’s new book on strategic inflection points. As disruptive change touches more and more parts of the economy, it is all to easy for senior leaders to become isolated and miss the critical early warnings of a major change brewing, while there is still time to mount an effective response. This discussion will offer tips and techniques that senior leaders might use to capture the early warnings and act on them.
In this longer presentation, participants will be walked through a specific early warnings exercise and learn to create their own.
1. Simple scenario frameworks that can help you perceive the future
2. Why traditional metrics are lagging indicators.
3. What doesn’t change – customer jobs to be done