Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem.

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Uncertainty Organization Christensen Tactics 214

Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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Christensen Books Management Leadership 69

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 5, 2022

He suggested that the majority of organizations focus on the idea, the product, or the technology. The document asks innovators to put themselves in the shoes of customers and other stakeholders, working backward from the customer problem. They then create this idea and attempt to sell it on the market.

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Entrepreneur Agility Document FAQ 132

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 338

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Others may say that a leader’s focus needs to be on how to motivate productivity. Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. I suppose it depends on whom you ask. Some will say service.

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Porter Christensen Consultative Influence 150

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

And finally, business model innovation is getting the recognition it deserves. That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. For many, this is frightening.

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Kaplan Business Model Levitt Christensen 151

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Hjørland & Sejer Christensen, 2002). Contact Mike… Want to increase retention of talent, satisfaction with work & production? Definition of Relevance : Something (A) is relevant to a task (T) if it increases the likelihood of accomplishing the goal (G), which is implied by T. 1 = What is relevant to people on the team.

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Motivation Team Team Building Christensen 139

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. In the meantime, the firm and supply chain invest heavily in the product or service offering, in hopes of luring customers.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 52

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s a coexistent relationship that allows for considerable data to be generated that supporters believe drives productivity and allows organizations to find the optimum configuration of their facilities. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

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Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 114

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 24, 2014

Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. WHAT IS A DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION?

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Disruptive Innovation Consultative Innovation Christensen 336

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Yet, despite the fact that all of our guests across our 18 sessions (and counting) have embraced these truths, the average result of such commitments to innovation seems to have been tenuous. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that.

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Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Efosa Ojomo, global prosperity lead at the Clayton Christensen Institute, argues that international aid is not the best way to develop poor countries, nor are investments in natural resource extraction, outsourced labor, or incremental improvements to existing offerings for established customer bases.

Marketing 8

Marketing Innovation Christensen Company 8

Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

In Clayton Christensen’s new book, Competing Against Luck , the authors delve into the importance of gaining a deep understanding of what your customers desire. When we buy a product, we essentially “hire” it to help us do a job. Often innovative solutions can be found if you expand the scope of what you see as the system.

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Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2020

Understanding these pieces is critical for strategy teams, product development units, and organizational leaders.

Christensen 8

Christensen Article Strategy Productivity 8

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We overlook the root of what our products are really competing against. In our world of work and business, competition is a real thing. Too often, however, we miss the real competitor. As Peter Drucker famously said: “The customer rarely … Continue reading →

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Drucker Productivity Products Disruptive Innovation 254

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We overlook the root of what our products are really competing against. In our world of work and business, competition is a real thing. Too often, however, we miss the real competitor. As Peter Drucker famously said: “The customer rarely … Continue reading →

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Drucker Productivity Products Disruptive Innovation 254

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. Photo: Stephanie Alvarez Ewens CS : Absolutely.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 412

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

That book is The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS Professor Clay Christensen. But what's most interesting to me isn't that The Innovator's Dilemma was on that list. That was to let profitability outweigh passion: "My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products.

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Innovation Christensen CFO Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Zipcar counts as a disruptive innovation. The latter is according to Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald in their recent HBR article “ What is Disruptive Innovation?” ” They also write that “disruptive innovations originate in low-end or new-market footholds.”

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Disruptive Innovation Definition Innovation Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. Clayton Christensen and others argue that an incumbent’s failure has little to do with the newness or complexity of the technology.

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Innovation Company Marketing Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

Disruptive innovators ask the right questions, observe the world like anthropologists, network for novel ideas, and experiment to make things work. For a more detailed look at these skills, see The Innovator's DNA ). Applying the skills disruptive innovators use to your job search can help you unearth more, and better, opportunities.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Long-term 15

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. 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. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Doctors understand what other doctors will value in a new product; lawyers know what other lawyers need. In fact, my colleagues and I have found that innovation thrives when expert users make up about 40% of an invention team. Why do firms led by doctors tend to lag behind in innovation? Food and Drug Administration).

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Innovation Project Entrepreneur CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

Clay Christensen , Harvard Business School professor and the world's most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Innovation Management 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, I also pointed out a paradox: being bad at innovation and good at execution isn't necessarily undesirable.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

In 2007, Clayton Christensen co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a hedge fund devoted to investing in disruptive companies. The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others.

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Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2011

Our eyes are underrated innovation tools. The front of the pharmacy was bursting with Procter & Gamble products, with brands such as Always, Pampers, and Gillette visibly displayed. The moment when someone is choosing, purchasing, or using a product can be a great vehicle for learning. You may be surprised by what you see.

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Innovation Licensing Christensen Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

"You have to deliver $300 million in incremental growth by 2015," the business unit head told the leader of his innovation team. But anyone with near-term innovation targets with nine (or six or even four) digits in them should ensure they are familiar with the concept of "planning fallacy.". How about new product introductions?

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Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

Does your business — should your innovators — have a muse? His product designs did particularly well in Asia. While Clay Christensen is unlikely to publish "The Innovator's Muse" anytime soon, the empirical fact is that innovative organizations are desperate for sources of design differentiation.

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Innovation Fashion Christensen Creativity 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

When Karl Ronn recently said, "Companies that think they have an innovation problem don't have an innovation problem. I featured Ronn, a former P&G executive (and current executive coach and entrepreneur), in several places in The Little Black Book of Innovation , most notably for his rant against the evils of focus groups.

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Innovation Competitive Advantage Leadership Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It’s not easy for big companies to innovate. 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. global information solutions company.

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Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

These days, you're as likely to see "innovative" on any given job description as you are to see "strong communication skills" or "team player." But how do you hire innovators ? What exactly are you looking for , and more importantly, how do you identify the ability to innovate ?

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Innovation Chief Operating Officer Christensen Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Much fanfare has been paid to the term “disruptive innovation” over the past few years. Christensen has even re-entered the fold clarifying what he means when he uses the term. Disruptive innovations are: Cheaper (from a customer perspective). Professor Clayton M. Instead, it was a byproduct. Is Uber disruptive?

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

What really struck me is that both Xerox and Waste Management are doing something mostly unheard of: they're working with customers to help them use less of their traditional product or service. And what's really important is that these are not just niche product lines, but fundamental shifts in what these companies do.

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Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The more Prabhakar talked, the clearer it became that DARPA''s intimate historical relationship with surprise offered a powerful conceptual model for serious innovators worldwide. What role should surprise play in defining one''s innovation brand in the minds of customers and competitors? That is the innovation question.

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Innovation Christensen Brand Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

Meaningful innovation requires sponsorship. We seed our organizations with resources — people, capital, and equipment — and those resources have productive value in certain areas. At its core, Penrose's idea is the reason innovation requires sponsorship. It always has.

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Innovation Execution How To Ries 8