The Innovators Solution

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• samson · Sep 19, 2007 · Recommends

  …regardless of how they look,dress or talk, most people are appproachable with a smile and a "hi". "people will always strive to justify themselves". All three of these quotes are connected. 2. The Innovators Solution - Christensen and Raynor If you've ever heard the quote "First they ignore you,... then they fight you, then you win." by Gandhi. This book puts it in perspective in relation to how small companies over…

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• ThomPete · Dec 27, 2011 · Recommends

  Clayton Christensen in his great book The Innovators Solution talks about being "patient for growth not for profit" which I think is a great way to look at it. I recently asked him on twitter this advice would fit into the likes of FaceBook and others and got a…

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• damoncali · May 13, 2013 · Recommends

  Read The Innovators Solution (or Dilemma). There is more than one way to skin a cat.

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• ThomPete · Feb 16, 2010 · Recommends

  …recommendation. For those of you who want a quick look into his thinking I would recommend his speech "Capturing the Upside" http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail135.html Also the book "The Innovators Solution" is good.

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• nate · Jan 11, 2014 · Recommends

  Great book. Also brought up a lot in it's sequel which I enjoyed even more Innovators Solution. Lots of great case studies of other companies doing things very similar to what I mentioned IDL did in Blue Ocean Strategy.

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• dquigley · Nov 2, 2012 · Mentions

  Clay Christensen in the Innovators Solution lays out an explanation for what is happening here. Apple used vertical integration to make a giant leap forward with their iPhone that you couldn't have made in a non-integrated company. They ended up…

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• higherpurpose · Apr 16, 2014 · Mentions

  …on). Otherwise, people could be turned off by the initial version, and then it will be a lot harder to convince them what a good idea this is. But for now I'm optimistic. [1] - http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Solution-Creating-Sustainin...

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• NewWorldOrder · Mar 22, 2008 · Mentions

  :the_dip => 'by Seth Godin', :essays => 'by Paul Graham', :art_of_the_start => 'by Guy Kawasaki', :the_innovators_solution => 'by Clayton Christensen & Michael Raynor', :rich_dad_poor_dad => 'by Robert Kiyosaki', :seven_habits_of_highly_effective_people => 'by Stephen Covey', :stanford_technology_ventures_program…

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• entangld · Apr 18, 2011 · Mentions

  …people learn outside of school and we have no way to measure or give credit for that. Clayton Christensen talks about the disruption of Harvard Business school in his book -> http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Solution-Creating-Sustainin... You can't compare everyone to an 'elite' anyway. It's statistically unfeasible. We need critical thinkers who have a thirst for knowledge. Some people don't have the latter. Especially…

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• andyidsinga · Apr 23, 2013 · Mentions

  …of the op, the other reason why ideas get shot down - or otherwise filtered out by management has to do with what Clayton Christensen calls the resource allocation process. see Innovators Dilemma and Innovators Solution.

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• dmix · Mar 13, 2023 · Mentions

  I'm curious if Clayton Christensen's would add some exceptions to his follow up book to "The Innovator's Dilemma" [1] ("The Innovators Solution") where the solution to BigCo failing to innovate is because they can never comprehend/tolerate any business which might cannibalize their core business even in the slightest (like a niche RSS reader…

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• gdw2 · Dec 14, 2011 · Mentions

  Very similar to (and perhaps taken from) the book "The Innovator's Solution": http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Solution-Creating-Sustainin...

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• moconnor · Jul 5, 2013 · Mentions

  …the article. The tech books I looked at might do, certainly a larger sample size would be interesting: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Joel-Software-Occasionally-Develo... http://camelcamelcamel.com/The-Innovators-Solution-Sustainin... http://camelcamelcamel.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Comput... I'd like to see the results of deeper analysis. A report following an investigation. I suppose that would be investigative…

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• hodgesrm · Dec 3, 2015 · Critical

  …spades in my current company. The problem is in fact not predictive power but deciding how to avoid being trapped by it--Innovators Dilemma is weak on actionable solutions. I have not read the follow-in Innovators Solution but doubt it really solves the problem in anything like a general way. The trouble is that new markets are basically very uncertain. Big companies like Disney, Apple, or Boeing that have crossed into…

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• apl002 · Feb 1, 2020 · Mentions

  I've only been in tech for 6 years so I had never heard of him before his passing recently. I ordered his Innovators Dilemma and Innovators Solution after reading about his influence. Im pumped to read them!

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