I will be the first to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to developing the discussion leader paper and presentation. However, I first started getting “hooked” when I read my chosen article from the Harvard Business Review entitled “Reinventing Your Business Model”. I have enjoyed deep diving into Christensens theories of disruptive innovations and have thought a lot on how to enable this. The article provided a good framework to think about shaping a business organization to enable successful disruptive innovations. (more…)
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Discussion Leader Reflection
Posted in Discussion Leader on May 5, 2011| 1 Comment »
Reinventing Your Business Model
Posted in Discussion Leader on May 2, 2011| 2 Comments »
I have become very interested in learning how Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation theories explain the events that have, and continue to, shape innovation today. Having a career that has spanned over the past 20 years, primarily in technology-enabled organizations, the more I read about disruptive innovation and business model theories, the more I can relate them directly to some of my own work experiences. It’s one of those “if I knew then what I know now” things. The Harvard Business Review article, “Reinventing Your Business Model”, touches on the primary factor to enabling disruptive innovations to occur. Without an innovation-driven ecosystem, disruptive innovation cannot occur. (more…)
