N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Every two years since 2001, Thinkers50 has published their ranking of the world’s top 50 management and leadership thinkers. Those recognized previously have included Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Tom Peters, Richard Branson, Clayton Christensen and other esteemed thinkers.

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Chief Executive Officer Porter Christensen Management 289

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 19, 2013

Thinkers50 was launched in 2001. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011). If you haven’t yet heard of Thinkers50, here is a little background.

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Prahalad Porter Christensen Drucker 89

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001. And, the winner of the 2013 Thinkers50, Clay Christensen, now sees his ideas of disruptive innovation used and applied by managers in their relentless quest for competitive advantage. Drucker was writing about knowledge workers in the late 1960s.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Prahalad Christensen Leadership 250

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

This week marks the release of Clayton Christensen's highly-anticipated book, How Will You Measure Your Life (with co-authors James Allworth and Karen Dillon). The book expands on Christensen's McKinsey-award-winning HBR article , drawing life lessons from the models that form the basis of his business-oriented writing. Persistence.

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Christensen Succession Storytelling McKinsey 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Sure, I could probably contribute to economic growth more directly, by buying a better car (if they actually now make a better car than my 2001 Ford Windstar) and a bigger TV. In the July-August 2010 edition of HBR, Clay Christensen wrote a remarkable article, How Will You Measure Your Life? Then there's a third consideration.

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Christensen Ethics Letter Finance 9

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). Christensen. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, Christensen presents a set of rules for capitalising on the phenomenon of “disruptive innovation.”. By Jim Collins. This is one of his most popular books. By Clayton M.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

By the fourth quarter of 2001 — that is, within about 21 months — it was turning a profit. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. Or, when they emphasize earnings, it's in the opposite direction from what Christensen's worried about.

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