Seeing Around Corners
Strategic Inflection points happen gradually, then suddenly. Armed with the right lenses, you can see them coming.
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Globally Recognized Strategist, Speaker, Bestselling Author, and Professor at Columbia Business School, chosen as a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach
Rita McGrath, one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation, is consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world by the prestigious Thinkers50 and won their #1 award in strategy. The best-selling author of 5 books on leadership, business and organizational management, she runs the Rita McGrath Group and is the founder of consultancy and innovation platform Valize. She is a trusted partner and strategic advisor in the C-suites of many of the country’s biggest and most well-known companies – especially as they work to grow, evolve, reinvent themselves and see around corners. Rita is known for her energy, positivity, storytelling, and ability to connect with audiences. She is also a sought-after corporate speaker, a long-time educator at Columbia Business School, the author and host of the popular podcast and newsletter Thought Sparks, available on Youtube.
Rita Gunther McGrath Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$50,001 and above
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
New York, USA
Rita Gunther McGrath Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$50,001 and above
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
New York, USA
Rita McGrath, one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation, is consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world by the prestigious Thinkers50 and won their #1 award in strategy. She is a trusted partner and strategic advisor in the C-suites of many of the country’s biggest and most well-known companies – especially as they work to grow, evolve, reinvent themselves and see around corners.
She is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on strategic inflection points, the topic of her most recent book – Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019). She is the author of 4 other books on leadership, business and organizational management including the best-selling The End of Competitive Advantage (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Her work on discovery-driven growth was praised by the late legendary management thinker Clayton Christensen as offering “some of the most important ideas of management and strategy that have ever been developed.” She is currently working on a book full of humor and insight for business leaders aimed at helping organizations become ‘2% less stupid’ by adopting permissionless structures.
Rita regularly sits down for in-depth conversations with high level authors and leaders in business for her popular podcast Thought Sparks. She also writes a regular Thought Sparks newsletter and shares insights across social media platforms, including LinkedIn, where she has more than 45,000 followers.
Rita is known for her energy, positivity, storytelling, and ability to connect with audiences. She is also a sought-after corporate speaker, a long-time educator at Columbia Business School, the author and host of the popular podcast and newsletter Thought Sparks, available on YouTube.