Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Groupthink happens because of basic social and interpersonal dynamics that include a wish for group harmony, pressures for conformity, increased commitment to ill-advised or outdated strategies, and punishment of dissenters. Here’s what will replace it, and here’s what we need to do now to survive and thrive.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This time, nearly every country is entering the discussions with a legitimate commitment to cut carbon. And while the live negotiations are important, the key discussions, those within each country to decide what it could commit to, happened months ago. What will be the likely outcome out of the talks? For example, the U.S.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If these countries are important for your company's future, commit to spending at least two weeks in each market over the next year. One group wanted me to detail the essential habits of disruptive innovators (where I happily leveraged the great work on the innovator's DNA by Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen).

Innovation 10

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Hotels 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

” Prior to starting any engagement, clients should approve a statement of work and commit to paying the “fees” for the internal consulting team out of their budgets. Christensen, Dina Wang, and Derek van Bever predicted the disruption of elite consulting firms. Numerous funding models exist for internal consulting.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

But they worry about “flexibility stigma”—the likelihood that they’ll be labeled less than fully committed to work if they avail themselves of arrangements like flex time and paternity leave — and as a result suffer negative job and career consequences.

Survey 8

Survey Christensen Globalization Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But if they were launching today, banks would likely ask themselves how to accomplish the transactions (deposits, withdrawals, financial management) of banking without the physical commitment of banks. That was why Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma became the bible of the boardroom. No, we need to do things entirely differently.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

And as Clayton Christensen wrote in a recent Nieman Report , those consumers are focused on getting jobs done. A three-minute YouTube video here and there does not represent a commitment to content. There's a perfect storm building that will give us all the chance to redeem ourselves, and change the course of advertising forever.

Advertising 10

Advertising Media Content Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

This, in turn, derails them in one of two ways: they have to commit wholeheartedly to "fat" innovation — promising their senior executives a pathway forward and a certain amount of revenue, before they have tested their hypotheses, in exchange for funding. What about a novel technology partnership? But you how do you get there?

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

For many companies considering how digital technologies could or should transform their business models, the questions they face are questions of unprecedented uncertainty, where past experience may be no help. Our favorite way to think of this is in terms of what Clay Christensen has famously called the “ job-to-be-done.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Uncertainty Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder. In 2011 the board selected as the new CEO one of its own members, Heinrich Hiesinger, a Siemens executive with experience supplying technology to many industries. The Transformation 10 Judges Chris Chadwick , former CEO of Boeing Defense.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

My own take is that Clay Christensen and his co-authors on the theory made a substantial contribution to our understanding of innovation. In particular, Christensen’s research offers a powerful lens for understanding why incumbents so often lose to upstarts attacking from the low end of the market.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Henderson 8