EP 06: Seeing Around Corners, with Rita McGrath

In this episode, I am joined by Rita McGrath to speak about her latest book Seeing Around Corners.

Rita is a top expert in innovation and growth strategies. She’s a long-time professor at Columbia business school and an award-winning author of several books including the End of Competitive Advantage. Rita is consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world and was ranked number one for strategy by the prestigious Thinker50 award.

In today’s discussion, we speak about:

–         What inflection points are and how to spot them?

–         Why innovation is odd to manage?

–         How to take advantage of inflection points if they happen gradually and then suddenly

–         Use Discovery Driven Planning as you build a new venture to reduce your risks

–         Snow melts at the edges; what does that mean and what to do about that?

–         Indicators you can use to see around the corners

–         Measure your company’s level of innovation using the Innovation Proficiency Scale

–         The next inflection points you need to know about to take advantage of the changing environment

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