Tag Archives: failure
When Clayton Christensen was a newly minted professor at Harvard Business School and began his famous study of why companies fail, he took an unusual approach… What he found was startling. Continue reading
If you combine the notion that companies typically repeat past behaviors with the realization that any good-sized firm is likely to have a historical record of assessments of its previous issues in the form of old consulting reports or shelfware, then a possible source for innovation inspiration could be… Continue reading
When you need to innovate, most organizations form a team of their best creative people to ideate new concepts. Presenting their top ideas they try to do it in a creative way of course. Continue reading
Whitney Johnson dared to disrupt herself when she began her Wall Street career as a secretary, eventually rising to become an Institutional Investor-ranked sell-side equity analyst and now Co-Founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund. She took the #BIF7 Summit stage with one question: are you ready to disrupt yourself? Watch her story and follow the inspiration at the #BIF9 Summit. Continue reading
Keith Yamashita is considered one of the most influential consultants in the world and one of our very favorite BIF Summit storytellers. He took the #BIF6 Summit stage with several questions: Is it really worth daring to be great? Watch his story and follow the inspiration at the #BIF9 Summit. Continue reading
Tom Agan wrote an inspiring article in The New York Times on innovators and age. According to research by Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University, a 55-year-old and even a 65-year-old have significantly more innovation potential than a 25-year-old. Continue reading
In a recent article Why the lean Start-Up Changes Everything, in
