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Two Simple Commitments that Radically Improve Life for Leaders

Leadership Freak

In an article titled, Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?, Christensen wrote, … life is just one unending stream… Continue reading → Everything becomes distraction and reaction when you lose control of you calendar.

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35 Leadership Quotes from the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Leading Blog

Efosa Ojomo, Research Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute. ? I have commitment. If you push solutions onto a problem effects may be temporary and short-lived. The power of pull uses internal capabilities and create long-lasting impact. Leadership is a distributed capability throughout the organization. I have dreams. I have hope.

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How Does the Relevancy of your work, affect Productivity?

Mike Cardus

Hjørland & Sejer Christensen,2002) Wikipedia. What you find relevant , you value ; What you value , you are committed to doing; What you are committed to doing, you are effective at doing; What you are effective at doing, produces desirable results ; What produces desirable results , you find relevant ; and repeat.

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Why Preventing Disruption in 2017 Is Harder Than It Was When Christensen Coined the Term

Harvard Business Review

Yet, despite the fact that all of our guests across our 18 sessions (and counting) have embraced these truths, the average result of such commitments to innovation seems to have been tenuous. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Corporate Entrepreneurship

Strategy Driven

Hence, it is rarely a straightforward process, and if the team is committed to the goals and direction of the entire organization, one no is an inappropriate test of the idea. Leaders tend to feel that they are being consultative and open, but new ideas by their nature require new paths.

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Create a Life with Purpose

Harvard Business Review

Clay Christensen , Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author, discusses his new book and explains why it's essential to follow your commitments 100% of the time. For more, read his article, How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Precision Medicine Could Have a Major Impact on Healthcare Outcomes and Costs - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business Review

Christensen and venture capitalist Spencer Nam, a senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, wrote in Harvard Health Policy Review , “Precisely understanding the causes and progression of a disease is the fastest and the most economical way to deliver more effective and individualized therapies to each person.”

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