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.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

That was the essence of Jill Lepore’s essay last year in The New Yorker about the “disruption machine,” in which she argued that, “disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror” and referred to startups as “a pack of ravenous hyenas” intent on blowing things up.

Christensen 8

Christensen Disruptive Innovation Bureaucracy Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation. For one thing, it’s not clear what disruptive technology the company is offering. car manufacturer and all but three worldwide.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Automotive Disruptive Innovation Transportation 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Or as thought leader Jennifer Sertl writes, "innovation ultimately begins on the inside.". The term "disruptive innovation" has become an industry buzzword. Hence, the Innovator's Dilemma: whether you innovate or not, you risk downward mobility. But I've found that the rules of disruption apply to the individual too.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

Clayton Christensen first documented this phenomenon in his study of the disk drive industry , and found that new companies targeting existing customers succeeded 6% of the time, while new companies that targeted non-consumers succeeded 37% of the time. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship' Oculus, of course, was wildly successful.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

It was only a few years ago that Governor Deval Patrick poured some $58 million into the company and their much-lauded breakthrough solar technology (String Ribbon). By focusing on a straightforward insight: truly transformative industrial changes aren't driven by technologies replacing technologies , but by systems replacing systems.

Disruptive Innovation 10

Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie. It is now a cult favorite in the innovation world. These days, it’s pretty easy to interact with consumers directly.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8