Rereading Cipolla's wonderful 1976 book "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity". This stuck out for me: "On occasion one is tempted to associate oneself with a stupid individual in order to use him for one’s own schemes. Such a maneuver can only have disastrous effects because a) it

Journalist Sends Kids off on a Smartphone-Free Camping Trip – Unsupervised. Adults Quake. Kids Flourish. Our latest at After Babel: Lenore Skenazy and I draw out lessons from Decca Aitkenhead's fantastic demonstration of the ideas in The Anxious Generation: afterbabel.com/p/smartphone-f…

Be sure to join Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. and I by the virtual fireside at 11 am EST this Friday! We'll be discussing her new book "Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos" -- and when we're living with near constant distraction,

Not yet - would you be willing to introduce us?

Agriculture, construction, and transportation often get left out of the innovation conversation. However, these "lynchpin industries" are the backbone of our society. I'm a collaborator on this new white paper from Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership on

One of the most fun aspects of my world is being able to invite people like Adam Royalty into the classroom - Adam was at Columbia Business School , is now bicoastal and it was a pleasure to have him share his ideas with our participants at @Genentech. That's what I got up to yesterday!

Rita Gunther McGrath Columbia Business School Genentech I love Adam! Such a skilled and caring teacher and coach!

A new academic year is almost upon us! As campus begins to buzz again, I came across this video from 2015 where I walked through the role of an MBA. youtube.com/watch?v=YNcsAg… An MBA has always been a popular degree -- you can actually track the growth in MBAs to the growth of the

I've just wrapped up a great week with Genentech , and check out their #BratSummer wall! We had great discussions with participants and senior leaders, about: - How to design organizations for inclusion, with my colleague Adam Royalty and Susie Wise - How to increase good

Rita Gunther McGrath Genentech Rita it was a delight to work with you and those wonderful Genentech leaders.

The publication of H.R. McMaster 's new book "At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House" is TODAY! This funny frank memoir recalls the good,the not so good and the downright disturbing experiences McMaster had serving as the National Security Advisor to

MIT + AI - who wouldn't want to be part of THAT! ide.mit.edu/events/the-bus…

Next week, I'll be hosting the brilliant Julia Boorstin on my Friday Fireside Chat! We'll be discussing her book "When Women Lead". Julia Boorstin got interested in the subject when she observed that a staggeringly small group of women receive funding for their ventures and her goal

Super looking forward to it and learning directly from R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #AI #1A R.NFT !

Everyone wins when companies pay their people livable wages and offer opportunities for growth, as Zeynep Ton, author of The Case for Good Jobs, explains in this @TED talk. bit.ly/4dISZNQ

I loved Chris's essay. Especially: "Endings may be bittersweet, but you should focus on the memory of the sweet beginning and middle, rather than endlessly chewing on the bitter but ultimately inevitable end."

The #goodjobs strategy has never been more important - check out Zeynep Ton and her marvelous TED talk on the topic. SiliconGuild

We are dealing with a deluge of bad jobs, even in an economy that is progressing along very nicely. But offering terrible jobs - with low wages, poor training, high turnover, and worse - is not a winning strategy in competitive markets. As MIT's Zeynep Ton's research shows us,