First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We know of the value of disruptive change, described best by Clayton M. Here’s the description (from Wikipedia): A disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology.

Kaizen 131

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. Continuous improvement doesn't have to be incompatible with disruptive innovation. What are your views about continuous improvement and innovation?

Six Sigma 16

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets.

Blue Ocean Strategy 15

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