Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

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. For example, an executive in his mid-thirties and in a career transition began by asking "How can I make a bucket of money?"

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

My colleague, Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, addressed this topic in his HBR article, How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay observed that few people, if any, intend at the outset of their career to behave dishonestly and hurt others. Early on, even Bernie Madoff and Enron's Jeff Skilling planned to live honest lives.

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Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager. Becoming a new manager is an important leadership passage in your career.

Management 15

Management Emotional Intelligence Leadership Drotter 15

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Studies show that a person’s emotional intelligence (the ability to manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others) is not only more important than their IQ, but the single most important variable in career and life success. Christensen. This is the book that launched the idea of EQ into the public domain.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Ballmer, whose skills were in many ways complementary to Gates'', took the helm of an already massive organization as it entered an era of relentless disruptive innovation by competitors. He managed to hold the stock price on a pretty even keel, but no better than that. Well, guess what: it does.

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Core Competence Innovation Christensen Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Questions alone might be clever, but as Jeff Dyer, Clayton Christensen, and I found in our research behind The Innovator''s DNA , they rarely produce positive impacts. Catalytic Questioning ensures this essential leadership skill improves over time to unlock even better, more creative solutions. Step 5: Get to work! Find some answers.

Brainstorming 8

Brainstorming Christensen Disruptive Innovation Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

To borrow Clayton Christensen’s phrase, our hotel laundry’s “job to be done” is not cleaning dirty clothes; it is preserving and enhancing our guests’ sense of participation in the world of fashion. Fashion and clothing were central to the guest experience — much more so than we had realized.

Hotels 8

Hotels Fashion Budgeting Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

I had worked on a variety of volunteer projects with Clayton Christensen over several years, which led to an overlap of exchanges, including having several common acquaintances. We had vetted one another in a variety of contexts, they knew my skills, and I theirs, resulting in an already high level of trust. They came straight to me.

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Christensen Project Social Capital Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2016

These experiences can be tremendously valuable, providing young workers the opportunity to build skills for their resumes and meet people who are working in their preferred industry. Renowned management thinker Clay Christensen recommends spending time formulating the right questions. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Critical Success Factor 8

Critical Success Factor Ryan Christensen Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney. As the idea gained grassroots traction, the risks of buying in fell for senior management even as their respect for her expert stakeholder communication skills rose.

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Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

In a world of layoffs, outsourcing, and industry disruption, the only "career insurance" you can get is through figuring out the answer to one particular question: how can you make yourself truly valuable professionally? But those paths, the ones you learned about in your career offices aren''t the only ones afforded to you.

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Advice Learning-by-Doing Career Open-book 12

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

These facilities help to fulfil the ultimate ambition of the project to create good jobs for the citizens of Qatar by equipping them with the skills they need to thrive in the future of work. Collectively there are over 3,000 students from over 60 nations on campus, undertaking 55 programs.

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Resources Innovation GDP Education 78