Rita Gunther McGrath
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Oct 28, 2026
Wanda WallaceHOST
Now I'm going to tell you this is as important if you're the CEO as if you are anywhere in leadership in any capacity within the organization, because if nothing else, you need to know how to describe what your business is about.
Wanda WallaceHOST
So my guest today delightfully is Rita McGrath.
Wanda WallaceHOST
She's one of the world's top experts on strategy and innovation, consistently ranked in the top 10 of management thinkers in the world.
Wanda WallaceHOST
And she's a best-selling author of five books with a forthcoming book in 2027 around what we're talking about today, centering, strategic centering in particular.
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Wanda WallaceHOST
mechanics that makes them strategic thinkers in a very clever way, in my opinion.
Wanda WallaceHOST
Rita, always fun to talk with you.
Wanda WallaceHOST
My guest today is Rita McGrath.
Wanda WallaceHOST
We're talking about Rita's brand new work on strategic centering.
Patrick LeddinHOST
My guest today has spent her career answering that question.
Patrick LeddinHOST
Rita McGrath is a longtime professor at Columbia Business School and one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation.
Patrick LeddinHOST
You don't have to take my word for that.
Patrick LeddinHOST
Thinkers 50 has recognized her as one of the top management thinkers in the world, including with its award for strategy.
Patrick LeddinHOST
It's following your why.
Patrick LeddinHOST
I'm Patrick Leddin, and you're listening to Disruption Lab.
Patrick LeddinHOST
Hey, Rita McGrath, welcome to Disruption Lab.
Patrick LeddinHOST
Oh, it's a pleasure to see you again.
JoAnn GarbinHOST
I agree.
JoAnn GarbinHOST
Additional innovation practice of the week We'll be pairing this headline with three more as the four potential futures in the early warning signals exercise created by Rita McGrath.
JoAnn GarbinHOST
There's a link in the show notes.
JoAnn GarbinHOST
Here's what's real in the release above.
Erich JoachimsthalerGUEST
To me, McKinsey is a strategy consulting company, more let's call it standard, and they of course look at everything from a supply perspective.
Erich JoachimsthalerGUEST
And, and arenas is a concept that was developed by a professor here at Columbia University, her name is Rita McGrath, who, uh, looked at competitive advantage in a new way, and McKinsey picked this up.
Erich JoachimsthalerGUEST
But largely arenas is a supply side question.
Erich JoachimsthalerGUEST
It's about technology.
Rita McGrathHOST
Uh, welcome back to another episode of the Thought Sparks podcast.
Rita McGrathHOST
I'm, uh, Rita McGrath, you probably do that, and my guest this week is Sebastian Wernicke, uh, who has written a great new book called Data Inspired, which I think, uh, is particularly topical given [laughs] everything that's going on with data, AI, data lakes, data is the new oil, who knows? Uh, and, uh, [laughs] I bet it's a very timely topic, a very inspiring book.
Rita McGrathHOST
I was very pleased to provide a blurb for it, and, uh, so welcome, Sebastian, to our podcast.
Sebastian WernickeGUEST
It's a great pleasure to be here, and thank you for having me and all your support on this journey.
Rita McGrathHOST
[upbeat music] Hello, everyone.
Rita McGrathHOST
Uh, Rita McGrath here with another edition of the Thought Sparks podcast, and I am particularly excited, uh, because my guest this week is Bill McGowan.
Rita McGrathHOST
Um, Bill [laughs] has just got this amazing history.
Rita McGrathHOST
Uh, 25 years as an Emmy Award-winning television journalist, uh, telling stories, getting people interested, uh, interviewing some of the most famous people you'll ever have heard of, and then turned it around and created a second career advising people on how to effectively communicate.