Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

In 1995, a young Harvard Business School Professor co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review , "Disruptive Technology: Catching the Wave." The most punishing innovations, they argued, were the ones that were easy to dismiss at first blush — simple, affordable solutions that took root outside the mainstream market.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Kahneman 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies. Insight Center.

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CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The service gives drivers confidence, and that’s important for a driver who operates alone, often hundreds of miles from home. Daimler Trucks North America executives saw how IoT technology could fix this fundamental flaw in the design of the repair process, making the process smoother and more efficient for drivers and technicians alike.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The service gives drivers confidence, and that’s important for a driver who operates alone, often hundreds of miles from home. Daimler Trucks North America executives saw how IoT technology could fix this fundamental flaw in the design of the repair process, making the process smoother and more efficient for drivers and technicians alike.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Call 2014 the year of innovation. Google Trends reveals that interest in disruptive innovation crept up to peak levels this year. It seems that every time you hop on a quarterly earnings call, the CEO mentions innovation. The fact that 2014 is the year of Innovation in the corporation isn’t surprising.

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Long-term Innovation Company IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. " Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell [link] Bob MacNeal Mike, Thanks for this helpful post. As one who has failed to lead ideas and has failed to spark movements around ideas, it seems the bridge between an idea and an innovative idea is a viral movement.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A middle manager at a global technology organization — let’s call her “Denise” — had a problem. Part of the motivation for innovation is the constant clamor within organizations — especially from leadership — for original, creative ideas. juanluisgx/Getty Images.

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Politics Innovation Project How To 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology. Toward a New Leadership Agenda.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Moreover, firms are often investing in venture capital-type organizations with the hope of striking it lucky with a new technology or offer. As Dell''s public statements have pronounced, these changes will reduce near-term profitability, raise operating and capital expenditures and involve a lot of risk. So we are left with a quandary.

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Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

8, to invest in small firms to test out new technologies – such as advanced data analytics or new ways to deliver products – before bringing them in-house. By incorporating these disruptors into its own operations, a retailer can more easily pose challenging questions and embrace change more quickly.

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Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies. When and how do we shift our businesses from legacy operating models to ones that better reflect the future? How do we maximize our creativity as an industry while integrating data-driven approaches?

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Media Advertising Audience Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

When I conduct workshops with marketing and leadership teams on the design of strategic narratives , I’m often asked, “Should we include the sales teams?” Their strategies are designed to create network efforts through platform-based business models or to leverage advanced technologies like AI or the internet of things.

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Execution Strategy Metrics Resistance 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

All the pieces are in place to create “ disruptive innovation ” and “ cross the chasm ,” but the results are disappointing. The problem is that data, information, and value propositions are not enough to sell innovative products. Shifts in mental models go deeper than traditional thought leadership. What’s missing?

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Productivity Products Software Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

As digital technologies continue to transform the economy, many leaders are struggling to set a digital strategy, shift organizational structures, and remove the barriers that are keeping them from maximizing the potential impact of new digital technologies. It is this combination that makes them able to drive transformation.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

in 1999 with the dream of: “changing people’s lives with science and technology” — and then he delivered this in a big way, becoming probably the richest person in China, and the only Chinese member of Forbes ’ “top 12 most powerful entrepreneurs for 2013”. . For those operating in China, this is, indeed, a quandary.

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Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. Ultimately, Accenture’s Disruptability Index positioned 20 industry sectors — and 98 segments within those sectors — against those two axes.

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Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts. In the decades that followed Kodak established a dominant position in the lucrative film business, with its "you push a button, we do the rest" slogan demonstrating its commitment to making photography accessible to the masses.

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Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

I never would have experienced any of that — I never would have discovered that technology could be creative, I never would have started my career in tech, joined Google, led Youtube — if I had tried to stick to a specific plan that I had made when I was your age. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8