LDRLB
MAY 26, 2014
Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. Because when these innovations show up, they are better and cheaper right from the start. If you follow his advice, you’re going to wait too long.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
As we grew, I knew it would be very difficult to continue to create the breakthrough innovations that had led to Medtronic's high growth rate, which had exceeded 18% per annum for a decade. Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 3, 2012
I sit on the Investment Committee, along with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, primarily getting involved when we are getting close to a big decision about a current or potential portfolio company. (Next week's post will apply lessons from this approach to large corporations.).
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2012
These four elements set the stage for disruptive innovation to emerge, which suggests a more focused approach to national cleantech policy — and a path towards competing asymmetrically with China. Business Models: The right focus for scale equity is proven business models, not emerging technologies.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 27, 2011
In The Innovator's Solution , HBS Professor Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor assert that, to their knowledge, "no company has ever been able to build an engine of disruptive growth and keep it running." It's as if Amazon does not view itself as a retail company, but rather as an incubator for disruptive businesses.
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