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Finding Your New Strategic Center
In this issue of the HBR Executive Agenda, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath previews her upcoming article that argues that traditional strategy frameworks are no longer fit for the world of business where competitive boundaries are dissolving rapidly. McGrath’s alternative, “strategic centering,” asks leaders to deliberately choose an organizing principle that gives strategy coherence.








