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How do we make sense of an inflection point as we're living it? How do we build more resilience into ourselves and our systems moving forward? In this interactive session, Professor Rita McGrath, Big Think expert and one of the world's leading voices on strategy and innovation, shares her thoughts on how we—as individuals, leaders, and organizations—can grow better under duress. The COVID-19 crisis may be the inflection point of the decade to come. Let's learn from it—starting now.
Rita McGrath 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). To learn more about Rita or to get in touch, visit ritamcgrath.com.
This Big Think LIVE session is moderated by Big Think co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown.
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