InThe Thursday ThoughtbyAidan McCullen·Apr 24, 2025Gold Crushes Ants: Why Overfunding Kills Innovation Before It Grows“If you give a ton of gold to an ant, it will only crush the ant.” — Sadhguru
InThe Thursday ThoughtbyAidan McCullen·Apr 12, 2024The Perils of “We Tried That Already”“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all…
Rita McGrath·Feb 16, 2024Fighting Back against the algorithms — Community and the redemption of Taylorism?As algorithms have come to dominate the lives of gig workers, treating many like poorly performing robots, community structures are…
Rita McGrath·Jan 18, 20242023: The Year of Living CautiouslyIt’s going to be a while before we truly make sense of 2023. A pervasive sense of uncertainty seemed to linger in the atmosphere. New…
Rita McGrath·Dec 14, 2023WFH? RTO? Remembering the Allen Curve and Why It Matters NowA robust scientific finding from decades ago mapped the richness of information flows against how far apart people sat at work. Called the…A response icon2A response icon2
Rita McGrath·Dec 11, 2023On the agenda for 2024 — a better way to keep track of your innovation portfolio?I was delighted to be part of a virtual event sponsored by the good people over at Innov8rs, in which a field of 10 experts shared their…
Rita McGrath·Nov 17, 2023Behind the scenes at the Outthinker Chief Strategy Officer SummitThere is nothing like gathering with a group of peers from other organizations and sectors to facilitate making sense of the context in…A response icon3A response icon3
Rita McGrath·Nov 2, 2023It’s Halloween! Speaking about X teams and leadership ghosts with MIT’s Deborah AnconaOur conventional wisdom about teams is that factors internal to the team mostly determine how well they will operate. My LinkedIn Live…
Rita McGrath·Oct 30, 2023Personalized strategy — without the expensive fees!Among the unintended consequences of AI applications built with few guardrails is that conventional views of what is intellectual property…
Rita McGrath·Oct 19, 2023Want to help the environment? Here’s an affordable, easy, and devastatingly effective approachWhen it comes to challenges like climate change, it can feel overwhelming. After all, how much of an impact can any individual have on such…
