Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

And, the winner of the 2013 Thinkers50, Clay Christensen, now sees his ideas of disruptive innovation used and applied by managers in their relentless quest for competitive advantage. In The Innovator’s Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle with radical innovation in their markets.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

I call this contradiction in the demands made of an entrepreneur the Paradox of Scale; in order to achieve fast growth, you had to be disruptively innovative and improvisational, and in order to sustain it, you have to become intensely disciplined and rigorously managerial. Some founders have no problem at all with this transition.

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IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks COO Reshma Shetty discusses the company’s integrated approach to scaling synthetic biology.

COO 11

COO Company Disruptive Innovation Technology 11

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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. Previously Scott served as the key innovator and global director of the Purpose Strategy practice at Landor Associates.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

I was so confident in her idea that I convinced my former university professor husband to act as COO for the start-up, and we invested not only encouragement, but cash. But whatever the investment, and whether I'm investing personally or professionally for the Disruptive Innovation Fund, my basic parameters are now clear.

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Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaking at City Colleges of Chicago. You’re witnessing creative destruction and disruptive innovation at work. So congratulations graduates – as you move forward in your careers, you’ll be face to face with innovation that’s relentless. Sometimes big dreams can be overwhelming.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Jim Whitehurst got a short course in doing just that when he arrived as CEO of the rough-and tumble Red Hat from his post as COO of the rather more buttoned-up Delta Airlines four years ago. Escaping that rut and rethinking who gets a seat at the table just might be the most urgent leadership imperative of our day.

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