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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Does your organization focus more on process than success? Are any of your executives thought leaders?

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

Christensen titled, “ How Will You Measure Your Life? &# Along with plenty of great advice for new graduates he shared some keen insights on executive coaching. If I had been suckered into telling Andy Grove what he should think about the microprocessor business, I’d have been killed.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.

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The Planning Fallacy and the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

Innosight cofounder Clayton Christensen memorably termed this the "growth-gap death spiral" in his 2003 book The Innovator's Solution ). Few companies look back to see how well past forecasts panned out, let alone seek to understand the markers that identify successful projects. Then early results disappoint.

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How Will You Measure Your Company's Life?

Harvard Business Review

Clayton Christensen's book How Will You Measure Your Life has turned into a well-deserved best seller. The book traces back to Christensen's 2010 Harvard Business Review article , which was based on a speech he gave to that year's graduating Harvard Business School class. Leadership compensation. Environmental impact.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney. In 2010, the first year, the event was fledgling, but charming. Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company.