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N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2016
Gary, a finance executive, told me, “Sitting at the desk checking your most recent Twitter feed while you wait for someone to give you something to do is one of the best ways to not get an invite back.” Be resourceful. Renowned management thinker Clay Christensen recommends spending time formulating the right questions.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 30, 2013
Well, he's a hedge fund veteran who has always taken a skeptical view of Wall Street, treating it more as a loopy rich uncle than the efficient information processor of standard finance theory. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 26, 2012
An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze."
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. I look forward to hearing more from you. Our Freedom.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 21, 2017
Just as we wouldn’t rely on a single marketing tactic or a single source of financing for the entire life of an organization, we need to build up a portfolio of innovation strategies designed for specific tasks. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Related Video. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2014
A similar proposal to Split Finance would likely have been rejected out of hand by organization leaders (and Harvard Business Review editors), because its obvious that the Finance function must fit the organization strategy and leader capabilities. Yet this evidence is apparently not well-known.
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