Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation. They are acutely attuned to disruptive innovation, and their size makes them nimble.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. But they are too small in size and too few in number to make up for the vast majority of funds that fail to generate attractive returns (or any returns) for investors. The VC industry has failed to innovate.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As “better, cheaper, faster, smaller, more convenient, and more personalized” became the new norm, the ability to innovate with committed employees and agile processes became critical. But it’s not good at innovation. The other economy—the Creative Economy—is an economy of continuous innovation and transformation.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Data scientists continue to be in high demand, but companies are also scrambling to attract or develop “business translators” who can ask the data science team the right questions and apply the results to practical business problems. Another critical piece of the puzzle is acquiring the right capabilities.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Finally, innovation in the financial markets are funding novel approaches to address these problems. The same is true of everyone on his team. If not, the investors receive a lower return and risk losing their capital. Take the story of Salman Khan and the eponymous Khan Academy. Second, technology made Khan Academy possible.

Bond 11

Bond Education Finance Video 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

When the All Saints team focused on this, they made the same kind of discovery as many companies that use customer journey maps : people heading toward the same destination don’t always get there by the same path. But All Saints decided to focus on something other than the membership rolls, however well calculated.

Drucker 8

Drucker Objective Self-aware Rate of Return 8