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Why Preventing Disruption in 2017 Is Harder Than It Was When Christensen Coined the Term

Harvard Business Review

Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma. Asset-light businesses are not financed with debt. Today’s Paradox.

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Is Venture Capital Broken?

Harvard Business Review

Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition. Clayton Christensen likes to describe how, in the early stage of theory development, people make predictions based on observed correlations.

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Is Venture Capital Broken?

Harvard Business Review

Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition. Clayton Christensen likes to describe how, in the early stage of theory development, people make predictions based on observed correlations.

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Keep Listening, but Start Talking

Harvard Business Review

There are three founding partners : Clayton Christensen, Matt Christensen, and me. When we meet with prospective investors, I don't speak much, and for good reason. When Clay is in the room, people want to hear from him. But here's the rub. To get women talking, here are three suggestions: 1) Invert the listen/talk ratio.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed. I do agree with your basic premise though.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder.

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How to Build a Meaningful Career

Harvard Business Review

Christensen. Buckle down on your finances. Neglect your finances so that when you want to make a change, you don’t feel able to. Did she want to take her one-of-a-kind fashion accessory business to the next level? Case study #2: Get your finances in order. Further Reading. How Will You Measure Your Life?

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