Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. The right kind of project management — and project manager — really matters. government, excellent project management is extremely rare.

Management 15

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive , hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology. Some entrepreneurs will find funding, some will not. The emotional aspect may involve my liking the entrepreneur; perhaps he/she is my alter ego.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Christensen Entrepreneur Sports 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. But Eastern companies and entrepreneurs are gaining traction. Chinese companies like BYD are well positioned to lead the electrical vehicle market.

Innovation 15

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

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. Because disruptive innovations are in search of a yet-to-be-defined market, we can't know the opportunity at the outset. Time to disrupt myself.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney. She also believed that Sanofi’s competitive edge was at risk because of this narrow approach to talent management. If you say we should, let’s do it.

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Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

While management often espouses the notion that good ideas can come from everywhere, in practice there are "thinkers" who create strategies and designated "doers" who execute those strategies. Many of you know of Clay Christensen's iconic work the Innovators Dilemma. What could you do together? What would be one way to try it out?

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Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

Companies and entrepreneurs can bring a sustainable solution, while unlocking massive economic opportunity, but a change is required from today’s status quo. Some may have short onboarding programs for new employees; at best some multinational companies will budget similar training budgets as in their developed market businesses.

Training 8

Training Company Metrics Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Meanwhile, the halls were filled with hundreds of investors and hundreds more entrepreneurs. I haven’t heard that at all,” was the quote.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

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.

Books 9

Books Christensen Ries Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Christensen has even re-entered the fold clarifying what he means when he uses the term. Firing hundreds of employees, upsetting your core business’ distribution partners, writing off billions of dollars of investment — these things are difficult for managers to even contemplate, and with good reason. Professor Clayton M.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

And they’d all seen radial tires take over the European market. market in the first 18 months after their introduction. This is perhaps the most important criterion, since it’s relatively easy for incumbents to use their market power to bar start-ups from established distribution systems. Goodrich, and General Tire). incumbents.

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Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

But a range of research has shown how successful entrepreneurs generally act differently from successful operators.*. And some superstars have very innovation-friendly experience, such as launching a new product, opening up an office in an emerging market, or operating in a constrained environment. Look for the aliens.

Sports 13

Sports Christensen Innovation Class 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As Steve Blank, Clay Christensen, and many others have pointed out, once firms reach a certain size, most of their resources (and investment dollars) are rightly devoted to executing and defending their existing business model. It’s not easy for big companies to innovate. global information solutions company.

Innovation 8

Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. So, even if the outposts manage to absorb local value they usually fail to propagate it back to the organization, which means they fail on the ultimate reason for their existence. As an analogy, think of sales and marketing and the rise of CRM. Related Video.

Innovation 8

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

When we came to loggerheads with our partners, which we often did, because of the management and deal structure I had freely agreed to, my husband and I had little say in the critical decisions. Investing in an entrepreneur is a lot like falling in love. Lesson 3: Accurately assess your partners.

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Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. While developing expertise is the most certain way to reduce entrepreneurial risk, many other strategies exist: Process — Using the right processes to deal with market uncertainty (e.g.

Career 8

Career Company IPO Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2013

First, what if we created something that had the prestige of the Nobel Prize for innovation, and award it to an entrepreneur who commercializes a world-changing idea? What if we thought bigger? Here are my two suggestions.

Advertising 8

Advertising Innovation Christensen Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze."

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Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out. A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. Patient capital.

Company 8

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer. “It’s important to enjoy spending time with your colleagues and your manager,” says Dillon. “You might try to convince your manager to let you work remotely for a month,” he says.

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