Thursday, April 09, 2009

Project reviews

Manage Mentor
Discovery-Driven Growth
Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan
( http://www.tatamcgrawhill.com/)

Let review rhythms reflect biz dynamics

What happens when time and business dynamics exert a certain tyranny on business? “Everybody runs around like crazy as the peak seasons in the fiscal year descend upon them; people attempt to make decisions fit neatly into a given planning horizon,” describes a recent book from Harvard Business Press. The dilemma with such calendar-oriented review cycles is that they can waste a lot of everyone’s time on pointless preparation and discussion, rue Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan in Discovery-Driven Growth: A breakthrough process to reduce risk and seize opportunity.

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1 comments:

Rita Gunther McGrath said...

Thank you for capturing one of the key points we make in the new book - it is indeed a change from traditional practices. Your readers might also be interested to know that we have a book web site with a blog and free downloadable tools, such as the 'Barebones" NPV calculator that we feature in the book. You can find it all at:
www.discoverydrivengrowth.com

We love comments and dialogue with our readers, so please do keep us posted on your reactions.