Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Thanks to disruptive innovations , much of our world today looks radically different than it did just a decade or two ago. In industry after industry, disruptions deliver more for less and change everything from how we communicate with one another to how we work and shop. Remember flying in the old days? Last year, the U.S.

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Disruptive Innovation Health Care Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

I also love Uber as a student (and teacher) of disruptive innovation theory, because the challenges the transportation company is encountering as it seeks to expand into new cities helpfully illustrate how to assess an idea’s disruptive potential. Competition Disruptive innovation'

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Disruptive Innovation Disintermediation Business Model Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The reason why serves as a good reminder of how to assess the full impact of a potentially disruptive innovation. The process of disruption follows a predictable pattern. The disruptive innovator first targets a market segment that embraces those tradeoffs and builds a business model around simplicity and affordability.

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Disruptive Innovation Market Segmentation Christensen Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR: , Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Whitney Johnson , the author of Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work.

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Career Disruptive Innovation Long-term Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. The book introduced the idea of disruptive innovation to a generation of managers. First, ideas are important.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

You may not have complete control of compensation incentives (for example), but you can probably come up with some non-monetary rewards/recognition programs that can motivate just as effectively. Thanks again to Max Carbone for sharing his insights with our group.

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Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Formed to create employment, not to maximize profit, they are neither motivated nor incentivized to disrupt themselves. But officials would be wise to create environments for entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies to flourish rather than seek incremental improvements within their existing top-down system.

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Disruptive Innovation Entrepreneur Short-term Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Are competitors with disruptive strategies having a material impact on portions of the industry? Christensen's research shows clearly that transformation often comes in the form a disruptive innovator that makes consumption simpler, convenient, and more affordable.

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System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

creating new digital customer experiences) and “disruptive innovation” (e.g., exploring the insurance implications of self-driving cars) as part of its innovation strategy, fewer overall resources are allotted to these larger efforts. While the company also wants “evolutionary” (e.g.,

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Insurance Innovation Core Competence Disruptive Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators. Alongside Clay Christensen, Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen conducted an in-depth study that uncovered the five skills shared by the best innovators in the world. By Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen.

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Kaplan Christensen Books Disruptive Innovation 12

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.

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CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2015

How to Overcome Burnout and Stay Motivated. What Is Disruptive Innovation? Do something interesting. 5 Signs It’s Time for a New Job. If you hate your boss, quit. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting. A thorough guide, and a template. What Kind of Thinker Are You? Clay Christensen clarifies his theory.

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Article Christensen Disruptive Innovation Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

Building a company around a better-performing product means competing head-on with a powerful incumbent that has the information, resources, and motivation to kill your business. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship' Would this product make any incumbent’s existing customers more profitable?

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Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In a classical reaction to disruptive innovation, the largest smartphone manufacturers were at first not motivated to seriously challenge Xiaomi, since they could not be profitable at the price these customers are able to pay.

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Industry Price Business Model Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

” To start, the Pathbuilder team undertook establishing a new company purpose and values along with the design of a group-wide process for how to implement disruptive innovations and digitalization. On the one hand, this elevated the visibility of the program and enticed the most capable and motivated candidates to apply.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

As a result, many top-tier students in developing markets graduating from the best Western institutions are motivated to stay abroad. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship Global business' Instead of cutting-edge science, they have to spend time worrying about things like politics and economics (the dismal science).

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Marketing Transportation Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

” is a motivational sales meeting. Look at the now hallowed examples of “ disruptive innovators ” (mini-mills versus integrated steel makers, online versus full-service brokerages, and so on). Companies rarely get blind-sided by their direct competitors.

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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. Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

This is the classic case of asymmetry of motivation — of the greater attraction of increasing marginal revenues over having to develop new sources of revenue. In this scenario, Amazon will continue its upmarket march by disrupting traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. China Disruptive innovation Strategy'

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Business Model Advertising Retail Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

They do, but disruptive entrants benefit from two advantages high-end entrants do not. First, because disruption creates asymmetric motivation, incumbents aren’t actually fighting against the entrant; the importance of which cannot be overstated. Disruptive innovation'

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Price Disruptive Innovation Incentives Bottom-up 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). It provides a comprehensive (yet very easy to read) summary of four decades of scientific research on human motivation, exposing a startling mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. By Daniel H.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Our motive is clear enough. Disruptive innovation' The next we are fully on board. It''s a like high school. We hate that new haircut until suddenly we have the new haircut. We are captives of what Mark Earls calls " the herd.". We don''t want to be the person who doesn''t get it. This is amnesia performed to save face.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In the beginning of a disruptive innovation, the thing to measure is not ROI. And design metrics that focus attention and motivate behavior around what will really make the strategy successful. Involve them to generate a sense of ownership and to tap into their collective wisdom.

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Execution Strategy Metrics Resistance 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

There is still a debate in strategy circles about whether it is better to be the first mover or a fast follower, and whether missing out on the first wave of disruptive innovation means falling behind forever. But one thing is certain: Learning from a missed opportunity and then innovating beyond it helps anyone get back in the game.

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Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

Analysts and pundits offered a number of theories – none of them mutually exclusive, but all suggesting different motivations: Elon Musk’s personal impassioned desire to see the entire category grow at the expense of gasoline cars. Auto industry Disruptive innovation Strategy'

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Automotive Industry Disruptive Innovation Open-book 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Today we call the withdrawal of this permission “ reputation risk ” — how favorably a company’s motives, impact, and agency are regarded by important external constituencies. Business law Regulation Disruptive innovation Growth strategy Transportation'

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Reputation Disruptive Innovation Letter Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

During one of these conversations, a prospective investor turned to Clay, and said (paraphrasing), "Love disruptive innovation theory. Feeling like no one notices your competence can be a great motivator to achieve visible results. Love your returns. Being "invisible" gives you a reason to work even harder.

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Career Christensen Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

Individuals in this developmental stage are supremely motivated to generate value, not just for themselves, but for others, asking the question: What can I do to make my life really count? Think about it — disruptive innovation is about playing where no one wants to play (low-end), or has thought of playing (new market).

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Entrepreneur Sports Disruptive Innovation Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

But the meaning of “disruptive” was never meant to be pure and all-positive: its synonyms include “troublemaking,” “disorderly,” “disturbing,” “unsettling,” and ”upsetting.” With all the buzz around disruptive innovation as a driver of business success in recent years, it’s important not to forget this original meaning.

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Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

Managing multi-stakeholder teams of clinicians, designers, engineers, and business managers: Diverse stakeholders often bring conflicting motivations, perspectives and approaches to collaborative design projects, especially in their prescribed roles. As a result, team optimism and ambition can be wasted on activities that lack focus.

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Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

That was to let profitability outweigh passion: "My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. The products, not the profits, were the motivation. Sculley flipped these priorities to where the goal was to make money. It's a subtle difference, but it ends up meaning everything.".

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Innovation Christensen CFO Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In early 2015 the government announced its intention to auction 450 beer licenses to grocery stores, citing Ontarian’s demands as the motivating factor. The “Free Our Beer” petition gained more than 400,000 signatures in 2014, equivalent to nearly 4% of the province’s adult population.

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Licensing Proposal Retail Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Nonetheless, several of this year’s speakers put their own unique spin on these and other themes, like Janet Yellen’s inspiring description of her predecessor Ben Bernanke, or Sal Khan putting the profit motive in historical perspective. You’re witnessing creative destruction and disruptive innovation at work.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Surely, it is the perfect mix of ingredients for a massive boom: a huge, self-defining, market opportunity; incumbents without a clear plan; limited penetration by established vendors; motivating cost factors; favorable surrounding culture (i.e. mobile is hot); and massive latent needs.

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CIO Information Technology Bottom-up Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

For example, interviews with managers of established technology hardware firms showed that their resource-allocation processes favored sustaining innovations (those that had high margins and targeted large, well-known markets and customers) over disruptive innovations (those that had yet to generate hard evidence on their benefits).

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Politics Innovation Project How To 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Incumbents can’t be certain how or what these manufacturers will add to enter their markets, but they can know with absolute certainty that the disruptors are motivated to. As battery technology improves and costs continue to decrease, low end EVs will rapidly gain on their traditional competitors.

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Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

How do you encourage the invention of something entirely new that serves both the profit motive and provides social benefit, even without access to Jeff Immelt's special fund? What they came up with, a sturdy, intuitive $500 cardiogram called the MACi , is not only working in clinics in India, 40% of them are now sold in Western Europe.

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