Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

Both articles espoused slightly new definitions of disruption, expanding the categorization of the world that Clay Christensen introduced us to more than 20 years ago. If integrated steel mills had built mini-mills to compete with their disruptors, their margins would have been compressed as they fought for share at the bottom of the market.

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Christensen Disruptive Innovation Innovation Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen (which is also on John Coleman's list) builds on the notion of a growth mindset more specifically within a business context. Whether disruptive innovation involves a product, service, company, or especially, an individual, Christensen provides a robust theory for learning how to lead.

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Books Christensen Ries Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2018

Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy played a big role in stabilizing Europe after the 2008 financial crisis, but they made an odd couple in public and mocked each other in private.

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Creativity Team Christensen Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Xerox advises companies on how to save money on document handling, and holds a sizable 48 percent market share in the broadly defined, and surprisingly large, $7.78 The wisdom of such a strategy has been discussed in business circles for years, most notably in the work of Harvard's Clayton Christensen ( The Innovator's Dilemma ).

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Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

This five-part series has shared case studies and examples of how the social era affects all areas of the business model: how we create, deliver, and capture value. This can change how we organize every single part of these organizations — from what we make, to how we product and distribute, to how we market and sell.

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