LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. In that sense, the Christensen solution has become counterproductive; in fact, it’s become dangerous. It’s not generally a technology problem; it’s a leadership problem. DAVID: Yeah.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The good news is that millennial men are changing the way they define leadership and demanding work that fits around their families. According to Clay Christensen and his coauthors Dina Wang and Derek van Bever, the strategy consulting industry is about to blow up the same way the legal world just did. But to be fair to the U.S.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

As recounted in Kahneman's recent book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , one study found that the typical homeowner expected their home improvement projects to cost about $19,000. As investor and pundit Guy Kawasaki notes, "As a rule of thumb, when I see a projection, I add one year to delivery time and multiply revenues by 0.1.".

Innovation 14

Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2014

Questioning is also seen by many business leaders as “inefficient,” according to the author and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. This requires a leadership team and work force that is always trying to ask the questions that can light up the big honking issues.”.

Company 11

Company Ries Christensen Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

” Dell was responding to a 2015 PwC survey of more than a thousand CEOs, a number of whom cited “curiosity” and “open-mindedness” as leadership traits that are becoming increasingly critical in challenging times. replied , “I would place my bet on curiosity.”

Christensen 8

Christensen Open-book CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As Steve Blank, Clay Christensen, and many others have pointed out, once firms reach a certain size, most of their resources (and investment dollars) are rightly devoted to executing and defending their existing business model. To reverse this, senior leadership took a number of steps. It’s not easy for big companies to innovate.

Innovation 9

Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. " Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell [link] Bob MacNeal Mike, Thanks for this helpful post. Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. Your work is specific and actionable.

Blog 384

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 384

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Hayes and Abernathy laid the blame instead at management’s doorstep – citing in particular the short-termism that had infected the managerial community and caused them to underinvest in long-term innovation projects. Economy Leadership' For more information, see the conference homepage.

Management 11

Management Drucker Short-term Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

The World Bank puts the figure at 38% in Nigeria , while the Economist projects 55% for young black South Africans. In his work on interdependence vs. modularity (pdf, page 13) , Harvard Professor Clay Christensen predicts that firms with integrated architectures perform very well in under-served markets with ‘not-good-enough’ products.

Training 8

Training Company Metrics Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

Without the foresight and intervention of senior leadership, the firm will simply concentrate on the opportunities that it was destined to concentrate on. It's why Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma is so difficult to overcome. What information is likely to get them interested in your project?

Innovation 9

Innovation Execution How To Ries 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder. His idea of how to engage and motivate employees wasn’t by making a speech but rather by leading a company-wide hackathon, and empowering employees to work on projects they were passionate about. Scott Cook , founder and chairman of Intuit.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

But you know, my leadership team is smart. The company's core control mechanisms — the means by which it decides how to allocate resources, start and stop projects, and so on — were organized to do one thing: minimize mistakes. "That's just what my life is like. And they've been hugely successful.

Innovation 14

Innovation Gilbert Govindarajan Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As Clayton Christensen and many others have demonstrated , the management practices prevailing in most companies tend to stifle any dialogue on ideas that arise from the shop floor or the front line. Within several weeks, the effort had won enough new projects to make the layoffs unnecessary.

Proposal 8

Proposal Self-aware Engineering CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

What leadership position — perhaps that no one else wants — can you leverage to build connections and a solid professional reputation? She''s is a co-founder of Rose Park Advisors, Clayton Christensen''s investment firm, and the author of Dare-Dream-Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream. Whitney Johnson.

Advice 13

Advice Learning-by-Doing Career Open-book 13