Discovery-Driven Leadership with Rita McGrath

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Rita McGrath

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01 - Introduction

01 - Becoming a discovery-driven leader.mp4

01:08

02 - 1. Discovery-Driven Leadership

01 - The skills you are not taught.mp4

02:15

02 - Discovery-driven leaders.mp4

01:32

03 - The context Strategic inflection points.mp4

03:29

04 - Gillette case study.mp4

04:23

03 - 2. Creating the Organizational Context for Discovery

01 - Rich information architectures.mp4

04:54

02 - Snow melts from the edges.mp4

04:06

03 - Permissionless structures.mp4

03:18

04 - 3. Navigating Alignment

01 - The power of positive politics.mp4

03:30

02 - Make disengagement healthy.mp4

05:02

03 - Deft governance structures.mp4

04:07

05 - 4. Embrace the Future

01 - Innovation as a proficiency.mp4

02:21

02 - The right metrics for the right situation.mp4

03:50

03 - Plan to learn, not to be right.mp4

02:57

06 - 5. Talent Makeover Stat

01 - Rethinking careers.mp4

03:08

02 - Rethinking what you are leading.mp4

02:25

03 - Rethinking finite boundaries.mp4

05:00

07 - Conclusion

01 - Discover, learn, and continue to evolve.mp4

00:40

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What type of leader thrives in times of great uncertainty? Surprisingly, it’s not those who insist on sticking to their own vision. Instead, the leaders who confidently embrace change and criticism are the ones who end up finding the most success.

Rita McGrath—a best-selling author, speaker, and longtime professor at Columbia Business School—has spent much of her career examining how leaders can use business changes to their advantage. In this course, Rita shares her findings as she details what it means to be a discovery-driven leader, as well as how to create a more agile and innovative workplace for your teams.

Rita explains how to approach information architecture in a way that encourages discovery, as well as build an environment where employees feel comfortable sharing their findings (especially if they’ve uncovered a problem!). Plus, get tips for leveraging the right metrics in the right situations and adopting a more future-thinking approach to management.

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Rita Gunther McGrath is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and a longtime professor at Columbia Business School. She is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty. Rita has received the #1 achievement award for strategy from the prestigious Thinkers50 and has been consistently named one of the world’s Top 10 management thinkers in its bi-annual ranking. As a consultant to CEOs, her work has had a lasting impact on the strategy and growth programs of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Rita is the author of the best-selling The End of Competitive Advantage (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Her new book is Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019). She has written three other books, including Discovery Driven Growth, cited by Clayton Christensen as creating one of the most important management ideas ever developed. She is a highly sought-after speaker at exclusive corporate events around the globe, such as the Global Peter Drucker Forum. Rita is the founder of Valize a company focused on helping organizations go beyond innovation theater by developing tools to implement the Discovery Driven Growth approach. She received her Ph.D. from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and has degrees with honors from Barnard College and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. Follow Rita on Twitter @rgmcgrath. For more information, visit RitaMcGrath.com.

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