Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

As part of the fast-growing "managed print services" sector, the company shows organizations how to reduce the number of printers they use. But the reality is that any company's competitive position is always eroding: the status quo is on a downward trend. But the present status quo.is

Positioning 14

Positioning Christensen Business Model Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

The logic is that if you are present where new trends, ideas, talents, and start-ups are generated you might be able to recognize and assimilate them into your firm’s innovation pipeline. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Related Video. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

And as Clayton Christensen described in The Innovator’s Dilemma , it can be very difficult for management teams and their organizations to acknowledge that the paradigm around them has changed, and instead of responding in an adaptive manner, too many organizations redouble their investments in legacy business models or technologies.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

Several years ago Clayton Christensen (author of The Innovator's Dilemma ) and colleagues at Innosight coined the phrase "jobs-to-be-done" as part of a methodology they use to build new billion dollar businesses. After five to ten of these conversations, step back and look for trends and patterns.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Yet it is a mistake for managers to assume that they need to hire highly educated workers to handle new technology; employees gain much critical knowledge about new technologies through experience on the job and such learning often does not require a high degree of education. In 2006 there were 53 million.

Education 8

Education Technology Business Model Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Managers constantly try to fit new market needs to existing processes and routines. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. One of Christensen’s favorite examples is steel minimills, whose electric arc furnaces used scrap steel as their feedstock. Sometimes they are a fit, but often they are not.

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The net result of being a late stage trend follower is that you will likely experience little more than yet another in a long line of great adventures that ended in frustration due to the time wasted and the investment squandered. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 384

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The recent global downturn has accelerated the growing trend toward some type of independent work. After leaving Merrill Lynch, I co-founded Rose Park Advisors with Clay Christensen, veering ever closer to independence. This trend cuts across all demographics. Layoffs are rife. Certainly that has been the case for me.

MBO 11

MBO Learning Curve Christensen Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2013

How much less risky does it feel to embattled executives charged with innovating to instead follow along with the prevailing trends? Perhaps the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or the Clinton Global Initiative could fund the award, with support from world-leading academics like Clayton Christensen and Rita McGrath.

Advertising 9

Advertising Innovation Christensen Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

After Tuesday, when News management told 60% of its editorial staffers, including several old friends of mine, that they were being fired , I think I can finally and conclusively forget about that little dream. Yes, Warren Buffett has recently bucked the trend with his purchase of the Media General chain. But I doubt he's reversed it.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Business Model Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

My own publisher, HBS Press, published two the very same month as my book — one of them co-authored by heavyweight Clay Christensen. We like to think that success comes from predicting trends, analyzing data, gaming out strategies — from using some sort of logical approach.

Succession 17

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2013

In Clay Christensen''s words, customers "hire" products or other solutions because they have a specific job to fulfil, not because they belong to a certain segment.

Ramaswamy 8

Ramaswamy Levitt Prahalad Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In her HBR article, "Disrupt Yourself," Whitney Johnson discussed how Clayton Christensen's theories of disruptive innovation can be applied to changing one's career path in a competitive job market. But happenstance also plays a role in how well this works out.

Career 8

Career Christensen Disruptive Innovation Travel 8