LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

In that sense, the Christensen solution has become counterproductive; in fact, it’s become dangerous. That’s an interesting question that I think far too many CEOs are probably struggling with right now; how do I deal with that? Because when these innovations show up, they are better and cheaper right from the start.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:) I do agree with your basic premise though.

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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.

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MBO Learning Curve Christensen Trends 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

the CEO’s or CFO’s), but rather serve the needs of our internal project sponsors (usually at the CXO, EVP, and SVP level). ” That would neither be in line with our primary objectives, nor fit our consultants’ career expectations. We call everybody within the company a “client.” Attract top talent.

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Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

I had worked on a variety of volunteer projects with Clayton Christensen over several years, which led to an overlap of exchanges, including having several common acquaintances. Yet, if we distill the three reasons into one, we network because we need to get something done, now or in the future, and we can't do it alone.

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Christensen Project Social Capital Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Gregor left Seventh Generation when Jeffrey Hollender , the company's founder, stepped down as CEO.). Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, during his battle with cancer, helped answer his own ethical questions by looking inward. What was it that he was here to do? Was he doing it? How could he do it better?".

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

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. So she wrote a memo to the CEO explaining why gender balance is good for business. If you say we should, let’s do it. Initially there was no buy-in.

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Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

My own publisher, HBS Press, published two the very same month as my book — one of them co-authored by heavyweight Clay Christensen. Suddenly, chief diversity officers in corporations around the US started inviting me to speak to their CEOs on how to drive innovation through diversity. Make sure to seize it.

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Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Barksdale was the veteran of IBM, FedEx and AT&T Wireless (he mostly worked at it when it was called McCaw Cellular) who was brought on a few months after Netscape’s founding to provide adult supervision as its CEO. HBR: Clay Christensen has described this progression in technology from the integrated product to the modular.

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How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

After a successful career as a corporate consultant, he became the Director of Economic Development for Rhode Island, a cabinet level position, where he saw the opportunity to put his ideas into action and create innovation at scale. Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie. The contrast is stark.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

As recent research from MIT reminds us, older entrepreneurs are often better equipped to handle the rigors of startup life, not least because they have well developed networks from their career to date that can be tapped into when growing the business.

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