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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The first thing they should know is that not all technological change is “disruptive.” ” It’s important to distinguish between different types of innovation, and the responses they require by firms. It was the initial encroachment from the low-end of the market that made Netflix disruptive.

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Ten Innovation Myths

Harvard Business Review

That's good for audiences (at least, I think it is), but bad when I get the kind of request that landed in my in-box last week. I'm doing an innovation update at one of our meetings and I'm hoping you can assist me with some conversation starters," a senior leader said to one of our clients. Only creative geniuses can innovate.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. Whitney Johnson – Author of the critically acclaimed: Disrupt Yourself. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Leads Tuck’s incredibly innovative coaching program. ’ Game.

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"Big Content" Is Strangling American Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Innovation has emerged as a key means by which the US can pull itself out of this lackluster economy. In the State of the Union, President Obama referred to China and India as new threats to America's position as the world's leading innovator. Many in the high technology industry have known this for a long time. The reason why?

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3 Strategic Questions the Media Industry’s Future Depends On

Harvard Business Review

There is no question that the media industry is experiencing dramatic disruption on many fronts—in the way it creates content, distributes content to consumers, and monetizes audiences. These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies.

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Is Execution Where Good Strategies Go to Die?

Harvard Business Review

Marketers see the world as campaigns, messages, channels, and audiences. To a marketer, sales is a channel for reaching their audience. Their strategies are designed to create network efforts through platform-based business models or to leverage advanced technologies like AI or the internet of things.

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The AT&T Ruling Shows That U.S. Regulators Don?t Understand Media?s Present ? or Future

Harvard Business Review

Or had a decade of disruptive innovation in interactive, internet-based video thoroughly altered the competitive landscape, largely leaving the incumbents behind? New forms of content, new distribution technologies, and new business models are emerging at a dizzying pace.

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