Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

So how do you empower your corporate innovators to bring their ideas to market? In his seminal work, The Innovator's Dilemma , Clayton Christensen made the point that for disruptive innovations to be pursued effectively, they require autonomous business units. The business then becomes unprofitable and goes belly up.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2014

Questioning is also seen by many business leaders as “inefficient,” according to the author and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. Ries points out that at most companies, “the resources flow to the person with the most confident, best plan. Questioning should be rewarded (or at least, not punished).

Company 11

Company Ries Christensen Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. The language has been widely adopted, and that includes some folks who haven''t yet had the chance to read Ries'' work or digest the ideas behind it. Patient capital.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9