For our HBR article, Innosight interviewed CEOs of two severly disrupted companies to discover what works when navigating transformation. Xerox CEO Ursula Burns and B&N CEO William Lynch offer up five strategic lessons.… Read More
Even the best-performing companies eventually stall. Sustaining momentum — and remaining a great growth company — takes a system. Scott Anthony and David Duncan call this system a “Growth Factory.”… Read More
Sooner or later, most companies will need to reinvent themselves in response to disruptive market shifts, technologies, or start-ups. But can a new business model quickly replace all the revenue an incumbent has lost to market upheaval? Only in rare instances, say the authors.… Read More
A seminal memory of childhood for many Americans of my age was the arrival of the magazine Highlights for Children every month. The magazine was chock full of goodness, but my favorite part was the Goofus & Gallant cartoon. For those who didn’t have the pleasure of reading the magazine, the cartoon taught life lessons […]… Read More
U.S. telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. But the solutions may not be housed on their own soil. The telecom industry has changed, and the industry dynamics will continue to shift under the pressure from social media and the power of the consumer. […]… Read More
Apple just threw down the gauntlet to the K-12 publishing industry. In announcing iBooks 2, Apple is making a compelling case that if ever there was a time for school districts to switch from paper-based textbooks to a digital approach – it is now. Even in the absence of iBooks 2, the case was already […]… Read More
FACING DISRUPTION HEAD ON The Boston-based firm traces its roots back to the beginning of books crafted in America, publishing the likes of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Thoreau and Twain. Nowadays, textbooks account for more than 90 percent of its revenue. But education is undergoing tumultuous change as kids and teachers rely more and more on tablets… Read More
To mark the passing of one of the world’s all-time great innovators, some of the leaders of Innosight are reflecting on what Steve Jobs taught the world. He leaves as his legacy a set of lessons about innovation that will continue to inspire us for generations to come. These are just eight of the main takeaways […]… Read More
In this Bloomberg BusinessWeek piece, Mark Johnson discusses how low-end innovators such as TracFone Wireless and Southwest Airlines can stun top-tier players by offering services to consumers who simply need them.… Read More
Tribeca Film Festival creative director Geoffrey Gilmore with founders Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. I had the chance to attend this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where Innosight founder Clay Christensen keynoted the annual Disruptive Innovation Awards. The event fit right into the festival’s new ethos, which is about leveraging technology to solve some of […]… Read More