Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. Who better to quote in this instance than the late, great, Clayton Christensen who famously answered this question in his book The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Innovation Drucker Supply Chain Influence 105

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. The hard truth is that companies that do not pursue corporate entrepreneurship are doomed.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 51

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

The three of you had a common goal – a great performance. The more information and/or experience we have, the fewer buffers we need around our decisions and the more we can focus on the scope and achievement of our goals. It was fabulous – resulting in BIF’s first encore! Being vulnerable is a way to preserve energy.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. For the last century, America has operated on the world's technological frontier. That was down from 9.7%

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GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. HP had grown so large, to about $30 billion in sales, that Barnholt and other senior managers felt pinched to reach their double-digit growth goals. The technology was great.

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Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g., new product, distribution channel, marketing approach). Overall goals, a target portfolio for innovation efforts, a mechanism to allocate resources to achieve that portfolio, and clearly defined goals and boundaries for innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

And these options improve employee engagement and productivity.” According to Kathleen Christensen, Program Director at the Alfred P. Transition from an employee-initiated request system into a proactive manager-initiated program supported by tools and technologies.

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