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Clayton Christensen on “The Discipline of Managing Disruption”

First Friday Book Synopsis

To Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, Here is a brief excerpt from an interview conducted by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine, published by Bain & Company. Bain & Company Ceramics Process Systems Corporation Clayton Christensen CPS Technologies Corporation Curtis W.

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Just to whet your appetite… book selections for upcoming months – (Clayton Christensen; Robert Cialdini; Tim Ferris; and other authors)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Subtitled The Twelve Technological Forces That Will Shape our Future, Mr. Kelly, one of the founders of Wired Magazine, knows what he is talking… Read More Just to whet your appetite… book selections for upcoming months – (Clayton Christensen; Robert Cialdini; Tim Ferris; and other authors).

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The Value of Vision Series – Whitney Johnson

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors. RedStamp was just honored by Entrepreneur Magazine as 1 of 100 Brilliant Companies.

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Why "Break Technologies" Will Change Your Business

Harvard Business Review

One way to do this is to look for "break technologies.". However, as Clayton Christensen aptly points out, disruption occurs over time — not in a specific instant. While the value chain will optimize for specific circumstances, often technologies are created that eliminate the need for certain pieces of an industry's value chain.

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Why It???s Good to Be a ???Technology Company???

Harvard Business Review

Venture capitalist Chris Dixons declaration , after plunking $50 million down on Buzzfeed, that he was investing in a technology company has been causing a bit of head-scratching and gentle mockery in media circles. That happens to be what many if not most magazine editors in the U.S. have been doing for the past 30-odd years.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

Contact: caduhigg@gmail 9 43,800 5,107 9,706 Clayton Christensen Innovation, Leadership Professor at Harvard Business School. 307 61,000 199 10,723 Malcolm Gladwell Innovation, Leadership Skinny Canadian 7,909 261,000 33 201,060 Gordon Tredgold Leadership Inc Magazine Top 100 Great Leadership Speaker, Inc Magazine Top 100.

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Create Early Warning Systems to Detect Competitive Threats

Harvard Business Review

The system then triggered a series of messages via TV and cell phone warning about the impending tsunami that came about nine minutes later — which, as a Time magazine reporter noted, "can be just enough time to take cover, drive a car to the side of the road, step back from getting on an elevator or stop medical surgery.".

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