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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThree scenarios - and how to navigate them. -
McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model Defined Innovation for Years. Here’s Why It No Longer Applies.
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleIt assumes that breakthrough innovations will take years to develop. -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
ChatGPT and How AI Disrupts Industries
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleA look back at the taxi business illustrates what OpenAI’s newest model might mean for creative work. -
The Innovator's DNA
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine Article"How do I find innovative people for my organization? And how can I become more innovative myself?" These are questions that stump most senior executives,... -
Disrupt Yourself
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleDisruptive innovation has been a pioneering concept in business since 1995. Johnson, a founding partner at Clay Christensen's investment firm, explains... -
The Ambidextrous Organization
Innovation Magazine ArticleEstablished companies can develop radical innovations and protect their traditional businesses. The secret? Create organizationally distinct units that are tightly integrated at the senior executive level. -
The 4 Tiers of Digital Transformation
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleA framework to ensure your digital investments are driven by strategic objectives. -
How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleInformation technology is revolutionizing products, from appliances to cars to mining equipment. Products once composed solely of mechanical and electrical... -
Gillette, Razor Blades, and Creative Destruction
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleGillette is perhaps one of the most innovative companies in the world, constantly reinventing its own model, often upending past products in favor of the new in a fit of what most people call creative destruction. And no surprise, Gillette is at it again, with the first new shaver developed since Procter & Gamble bought […] -
How to Identify Your Enemies Before They Destroy You (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThis is an enhanced edition of HBR article R0211J, originally published in November 2002. HBR OnPoint articles include the full-text HBR article, plus... -
Sony: Winning the DVD Battle But Losing the Innovation War?
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleIt’s often said that generals “fight the last war.” They use tactics that worked in the last war and struggle when conditions change in ways that render those tactics ineffective. For example, after years of bloody trench warfare in World War I, France built heavy fortifications along its borders (the “Maginot Line”) to prevent a […] -
First Mover or Fast Follower?
Innovation Digital ArticleTransformational developments are swirling around the banking industry — as they are in nearly every industry. Companies like Citigroup are reimagining bank branches. Startups like Simple are suggesting that it’s time to get rid of branches altogether. Square, Swiff, Silver, and PayPal want to bring payments processing to smaller merchants. Mobile phone companies are getting […] -
Creating an Innovation Mindset
Innovation Digital ArticleVijay Govindarajan, Tuck School of Business professor and coauthor of the HBR article How GE Is Disrupting Itself. To create an innovation mindset, managers must bring in fresh voices from outside their company, encourage collaboration, and consider how emerging markets’ needs can spur ideas for innovative offerings. -
Insurance Isn’t Safe from Digital Upheaval
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleThe industry needs to keep pace with rapidly shifting consumer demands. -
New Business Models in Emerging Markets
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMany Western multinationals expect to find most of their future growth in emerging economies. But they have frequently struggled to exploit the opportunity,... -
Why NBC’s Quarterlife Failed to Disrupt
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleIf you blinked, you missed NBC Universal’s hotly hyped new show “Quarterlife.” After airing a single episode on NBC, the media titan decided to move the program to its Bravo cable network. NBC–and the creators of “Quarterlife”–fell into a classic trap of trying to “cram” disruption into an existing model. No one has yet figured […]
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Is Your Job AI Resilient?
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAn analysis spanning more than 160 million U.S. jobs, 20 industries, and 800 occupations. -
4 Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work
Business and society Digital ArticleOrganizations that harness these forces will unlock productivity and creativity. Those that resist risk becoming relics of a bygone era. -
How the Science of Choice Can Boost Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleA process called choice mapping helps you apply constraints that can uncover novel solutions to problems. -
Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners
Business and society Digital Article“Changing yourself in the job, especially if you’re doing well, is one of the hardest things to do.” -
Can the Construction Industry Be Disrupted?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleFlashy automated solutions struggle to find a foothold in the trades, but there are technological advances taking place. -
The Right Way to Cut Costs
Management Digital Article"Efficiency" has become a corporate watchword as the era of cheap capital has ended. Amid layoffs and uncertainty, this Spotlight explores how companies... -
How Midsize Companies Can Make the Most of Disruption
Organizational change Digital ArticleNew research shows three ways these smaller companies can drive change rather than react to it. -
Ethics in the Age of AI
Management Digital ArticleThe next generations of generative AI, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies don't just pose a challenge for organizational operations and... -
Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleThree scenarios — and how to navigate them. -
How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience
Innovation Digital ArticleAs technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
Genpact CEO Tiger Tyagarajan: AI Is Getting Good, But Still Can’t Replace Human Curiosity
Business and society Digital ArticleIf developed the right way, technology will augment–not replace–human labor. -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
ChatGPT and How AI Disrupts Industries
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleA look back at the taxi business illustrates what OpenAI’s newest model might mean for creative work. -
What Makes Innovation Partnerships Succeed
Innovation Digital ArticleCollaborations often start with high hopes — then break down. Here’s how to actually make them work. -
Welcome to Web3
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeb3--a blockchain-based web that includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized finance, and more--promises to transform the experience of being... -
Making Quantum Computing a Reality
Digital transformation Digital ArticleHow Infosys is developing real-world applications of the technology. -
3 Exercises to Boost Your Team’s Creativity
Creativity Digital ArticleMove beyond brainstorming. -
How to Steer Clear of Groupthink
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThree research-backed strategies to keep innovative ideas flowing.
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Identifying Opportunities Ladders: A Tool from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth"
6.95View Details Jobs-based thinking illuminates opportunities to innovate in the marketplace. These opportunities stem primarily from identifying jobs for which existing... -
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding... -
The Innovator's Solution, with a New Foreword: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Management Book35.00View Details The "New York Times" bestseller and seminal work on disruption--for every company seeking new growth. Clayton Christensen's bestselling book, "The Innovator's... -
3M: Rethinking Regionalisation to Adapt to Supply Chain Disruptions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Set in April 2022, this case delves into supply chain disruptions faced by 3M in and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the strategies used by the company... -
HP, Inc. Beyond 2021: Pursuing Strategic Renewal for Growth
Management Case Study8.95View Details On November 2, 2021, Enrique Lores, CEO of HP, Inc., ended the first online huddle of the week with his executive leadership team. The day was an historic... -
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies... -
Industry Note on Personal Computers, Managed Print Services in the Distributied Workplace and 3D Printing in 2021
Management Case Study8.95View Details On November 2, 2021, Enrique Lores, CEO of HP, Inc., ended the first online huddle of the week with his executive leadership team. The day was an historic... -
Largo.ai in Hollywood: Good enough?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of Sami Arpa a young entrepreneur with a passion for the movie industry. Sami Arpa and his start-up Largo leverage technology... -
Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach... -
PMC-Sierra: Riding the Waves of Disruption (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case details how semiconductor company PMC-Sierra implemented different corporate entrepreneurship strategies to take advantage of two major industry... -
Simplot Plant Sciences: Designing a Better Potato
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Privately held Simplot has developed a new genetically engineered potato that substantially reduces waste and does not turn brown after cutting. Unlike... -
The journey to digitize tennis: Infosys (B), the present
Management Case Study5.00View Details The ATP Leaderboards evolve to provide real-time insights for fans, players and coaches, while the Second Screen capability aids players in refining strategies.... -
Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The note discusses the modularization of design, and the modularization of manufacturing in the commercial aerospace industry. It is intended to be taught... -
Digital Transformation at La Presse (A): Crafting a New Digital Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This (real) case takes place in the context of the newspaper industry, which is being turned upside down by powerful socio-technological changes. It focuses... -
Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business
Strategy & Execution Book32.00View Details Digital transformation is no longer news--it's a necessity. Despite the widespread threat of disruption, many large companies in traditional industries... -
Sealed Air Corporation
Sales & Marketing Case Study1.00View Details Market leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air's participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional... -
Lemonade: Delighting Insurance Customers with AI and Behavioural Economics - A Disruptive InsurTech Business Model for Outstanding Customer Experience and Cost-Effective Service Excellence
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case explores InsurTech start-up Lemonade's disruptive new business model aimed at creating and delivering a 'shockingly great user experience' around... -
Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Linear Air is an air taxi start-up established to take advantage of the emergence of Very Light Jets, which incorporate new technology that cuts jet operating... -
IngCare: Tough Choices for Social Entrepreneurship
Management Case Study8.95View Details What is unique about innovation in a social entrepreneurship setting compared to that of general entrepreneurship? The IngCare case serves as an illustration... -
Microsoft IT India
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Raj Biyani faced tough challenges managing Microsoft IT India: leading a remote development organization in which key decisions were made in Redmond,...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThree scenarios - and how to navigate them. -
McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model Defined Innovation for Years. Here’s Why It No Longer Applies.
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleIt assumes that breakthrough innovations will take years to develop. -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
ChatGPT and How AI Disrupts Industries
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleA look back at the taxi business illustrates what OpenAI’s newest model might mean for creative work. -
The Innovator's DNA
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine Article"How do I find innovative people for my organization? And how can I become more innovative myself?" These are questions that stump most senior executives,... -
Disrupt Yourself
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleDisruptive innovation has been a pioneering concept in business since 1995. Johnson, a founding partner at Clay Christensen's investment firm, explains... -
The Ambidextrous Organization
Innovation Magazine ArticleEstablished companies can develop radical innovations and protect their traditional businesses. The secret? Create organizationally distinct units that are tightly integrated at the senior executive level.