N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

How did the brick and mortar book stores let Amazon get the jump on them? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay? Why did American auto-makers lose their once dominant position to their European and Asian counterparts?

Business Model 300

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 300

Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

In Clayton Christensen’s new book, Competing Against Luck , the authors delve into the importance of gaining a deep understanding of what your customers desire. The book lays out a Theory of Jobs to be Done in a very compelling way. In the book, they explore the example mentioned in the article in more detail.

Deming 28

Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

This list includes books that have been selected because they are either extremely popular, frequently referred to, or groundbreaking in business literature. It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. A book that is a favorite among consultants. Listed in no particular order. 2) Begin with the end in mind.

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I’ve really enjoyed that for this book. Talk about some of the ideas that kind of led you both to wanting to write this book, and then we’ll get into what this term big bang disruption means. We’re glad to hear that you thought the article worked as an entire book. LARRY: Sure. Thank you, by the way.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Or consider the influence of Clayton Christensen, who tops the new ranking. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound. The book introduced the idea of disruptive innovation to a generation of managers. Finally, management ideas can be the catalyst for a better future.

Blue Ocean Strategy 15

Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

My colleague, Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, addressed this topic in his HBR article, How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay observed that few people, if any, intend at the outset of their career to behave dishonestly and hurt others. But then, Christensen says, they started making exceptions to the rules "just this once.".

Christensen 14

Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager. Becoming a new manager is an important leadership passage in your career. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers.

Management 15

Management Emotional Intelligence Leadership Drotter 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

But they worry about “flexibility stigma”—the likelihood that they’ll be labeled less than fully committed to work if they avail themselves of arrangements like flex time and paternity leave — and as a result suffer negative job and career consequences. For the U.S. This is the flexibility stigma at work.)

Survey 8

Survey Christensen Globalization Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I never intended to disrupt my career over and again, eventually becoming a free agent. When my husband was on the hunt for an academic job after completing his PhD, his choices were Boston and San Antonio, both of which had the potential to cut my Wall Street career short. Certainly that has been the case for me.

MBO 10

MBO Learning Curve Christensen Trends 10

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:) Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed. If someone at the C-suite level is against the new idea, it will likely die on the cutting-room floor. via n2growth.com [.]

Blog 373

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 373

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

For those interested in engaging classic literature, Wikipedia has a list of "The 100 Best Books of All Time," and Modern Library has picks for novels and nonfiction. I've only included books I've actually read, and I tried to compile a list that includes history, literature, psychology, and how-to. That's a tough question.

Books 22

Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

For those interested in engaging classic literature, Wikipedia has a list of "The 100 Best Books of All Time," and Modern Library has picks for novels and nonfiction. I've only included books I've actually read, and I tried to compile a list that includes history, literature, psychology, and how-to. That's a tough question.

Books 17

Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

Communities of passion who share a common interest (photography, or food, or books) can inform new product lines. Communities of practice, where they share a common career or field of business, will extend your offer because it extends their expertise (like McAfee mavens ). Everything. Disrupting How We Work.

Christensen 16

Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Eight years ago I published a book, The Medici Effect , that examines how and why groundbreaking ideas occur at the intersection of different cultures, industries, and disciplines. Once the book had been written, I had to market it. Around the same time that my book came out, so did at least another 15 new books on innovation.

Succession 17

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

A tech entrepreneur based in New York, he is a coauthor of the book Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. But those paths, the ones you learned about in your career offices aren''t the only ones afforded to you. Own your life and career. Are you improving? Daniel Gulati. Whitney Johnson.

Advice 12

Advice Learning-by-Doing Career Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2013

Three compelling reasons later, I had myself a copy of the book. There are two broad areas where the book offers advice. The problem is that too often, the book simply asserts or assumes that in there being this difference, women have been doing something wrong. And that''s the problem that runs throughout the book.

Career 8

Career Long-term Christensen Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But inside most companies, working on something that “fails” commercially carries significant stigma, if not outright career risk. Leaders transfixed with The Lean Startup or related books often urge their teams to develop minimum viable products or find other ways to rapidly prototype ideas.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies, a new book by Kamiar Mohaddes, Jeffrey B. Clayton Christensen has famously chronicled the challenges organizations have in diversifying income after achieving success with a particular product or service, and the resource curse is that writ large on a national scale.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Consider the following examples: The #1 Management Thinker on the Thinkers 50 list is Clay Christensen , Harvard Business School professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma , which introduced the idea of disruptive innovation. He sold 20 million books and taught more than 50 heads of state. Brigham Young, JD, 9: 149).

Management 9

Management Covey Ulrich Christensen 9