The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

As you fly into Doha and cast your eyes over the gleaming towers of West Bay or the striking new facilities emerging on a daily basis both in central Doha and Education City, it can appear incredulous to countenance Qatar as a nation afflicted by the resource curse.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It presents a method for leveraging a set of tools emerging from lean start-up, design thinking, and agile software development. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

Uncertainty 214

Uncertainty Organization Christensen Tactics 214

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 361

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. I look forward to hearing more from you. Our Freedom.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. That was down from 9.7% in the previous quarter and from its blistering 11.9% pace in the first quarter of 2010.

GDP 12

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 Clayton Christensen has nicely described how the very things that made a company successful, including its efficiency, can also cause it to become obsolete when it's unable to adapt to disruptive change. Everyone knows the story. A healthier approach also means managing acceptable losses.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8