Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 3, 2015

The crisis was an eye opener for many leaders who were guilty of measuring success in monetary terms. Clayton Christensen, a Harvard Professor says that only few people tend to hurt others and be dishonest in the initial stages of their career. This is a guest post by Ali Jafri. Guest Posts Leadership'

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

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. In that sense, the Christensen solution has become counterproductive; in fact, it’s become dangerous. I’ve really enjoyed that for this book. LARRY: Sure.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

I had worked for over a decade to develop relationships with Latin American business leaders, several of whom were on Forbes' billionaire list. 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. STOP IT.".

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The crisis exposed the fallacies of measuring success in monetary terms and left many leaders with a deep feeling of unease that they were being pulled away from what I call their True North. My colleague, Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, addressed this topic in his HBR article, How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

This doesn’t necessarily mean setting up a department, but at the very least develop a set of criteria by which to judge ideas and have suggestions for how the best ideas can be acted on. But inside most companies, working on something that “fails” commercially carries significant stigma, if not outright career risk.

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