In this Harvard Business Review video, Clay Christensen’s landmark theory on disruptive innovation is explained in under two minutes.… Read More
In this Bloomberg Businessweek piece, Scott Anthony discusses industry transformation and the lessons learned from two telecommunications powerhouses.… Read More
“Dual transformation” is a more practical, timely, and sustainable approach. Through two distinct transformation efforts, an enterprise can rebuild its core while reinventing its business model and launching a disruptive new business.… Read More
One of the most common complaints senior executives have about disruptive innovation is its seemingly snail-like pace. How is it, they wonder, that it takes us forever to pursue ideas that promise to create new markets when the world seems to be innovating at a dizzying pace? This frustration is compounded by the fact that… Read More
Sooner or later, most companies will need to transform themselves in response to disruptive market shifts. It may not be today or tomorrow — but it will happen. Are you ready? Is your enterprise-ready?… Read More
The project team had certainly prepared for the workshop. Its members had a carefully constructed PowerPoint document, replete with facts and figures that showed the attractiveness of what we’ll call the booming management-training market in China (details have been disguised to protect the client’s confidentiality). Embedded video clips showed potential customers raving about the offering […]… Read More
Is it better for a start-up to purse profitability initially, or go for growth? Advocates of that second, get-big-fast approach inevitably point to companies like Tumblr (the company founded by a high school dropout that Yahoo! just acquired for $1.1 billion before it had even $20 million in revenues) or YouTube (which was sold 19 […]… Read More
One of the safest bets in the corporate world is that a splashy acquisition will end up disappointing. You won’t make money every time you take that bet — Google’s purchase of Android sure paid off, for instance — but the successes are more than balanced by disasters like the merger of AOL and Time […]… Read More
In this on-demand webcast, innovation experts Scott Anthony and David Duncan share insights on how to take a structured approach to innovation that pays off big. Anthony and Duncan, coauthors of the Harvard Business Press book, “Building a Growth Factory,” will discuss: how to create a growth blueprint that guides your innovation efforts; leadership being the key ingredient that can unleash or stifle innovation; practical advice on how to put this system into action at your own company; and how companies like Procter & Gamble and Citi stayed firmly on a path toward growth despite huge challenges.… Read More
By instituting a system for reliable, repeatable innovation, the Hospital for Sick Children is leading the way in innovation that saves money and lives.… Read More