LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

In that sense, the Christensen solution has become counterproductive; in fact, it’s become dangerous. Google, of course, is a prime example as well. If they wait too long, of course, it’s impossible price. LARRY: The risk, of course, is if you do it too early. They see disruptive technology coming.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

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.".

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Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 15

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. Perhaps you'll choose the course of independent employment.

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MBO Learning Curve Christensen Trends 10

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Studies show that a person’s emotional intelligence (the ability to manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others) is not only more important than their IQ, but the single most important variable in career and life success. Christensen. This is the book that launched the idea of EQ into the public domain.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

” That would neither be in line with our primary objectives, nor fit our consultants’ career expectations. Christensen, Dina Wang, and Derek van Bever predicted the disruption of elite consulting firms. If we accepted all such requests, we would end up with 30 “chiefs of staff” or “operations leads.”

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Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

To borrow Clayton Christensen’s phrase, our hotel laundry’s “job to be done” is not cleaning dirty clothes; it is preserving and enhancing our guests’ sense of participation in the world of fashion. Fashion and clothing were central to the guest experience — much more so than we had realized.

Hotels 8

Hotels Fashion Budgeting Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Those interested in leadership might consult the syllabus for David Gergen's leadership course (PDF) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government or the syllabus his colleague Ron Heifetz uses for his course on adaptive leadership (PDF). Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Those interested in leadership might consult the syllabus for David Gergen's leadership course (PDF) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government or the syllabus his colleague Ron Heifetz uses for his course on adaptive leadership (PDF). Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 18

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2014

But, of course, it was possible. As Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen described in his mega-bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life? (with Karen Dillon and James Allworth), the ROI of work is immediately apparent. Partly, of course, this anxiety is exaggerated.

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Christensen Gilbert Short-term Long-term 14

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. I knew better, of course. Ask for the keys to career success and you'll get logical explanations, recommendations, pathways and approaches. A side-door strategy , I thought.

Succession 17

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

The only piece of good news for the executive team is the “intervention” (which failed to have any impact, of course) occurred before smartphones were ubiquitous enough to capture video footage. (If No definition of specific areas where the company should focus its energy. It’s no surprise that people play it safe!

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Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

I had worked for several businesses during my career by that time that had become conglomerates, some fairly large, and then had divested themselves of various businesses. HBR: Clay Christensen has described this progression in technology from the integrated product to the modular. Barksdale: That’s right. You can’t stand still.

How To 14

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 14

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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Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8