Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough. Clayton M. Christensen dimensioneasygrowth Change image and share on social
There are three types of innovations that affect jobs and capital: empowering innovations, sustaining innovations and efficiency innovations. Clayton M. Christensen affectcapitalefficiency Change image and share on social
The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business. Clayton M. Christensen breakthroughbusinessfundamental Change image and share on social
Most marketers think there's a concept called a product life cycle. Once you realize that the world is organized by jobs that need to be done, you understand that product life cycles don't exist. Clayton M. Christensen callconceptcycle Change image and share on social
Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before. Clayton M. Christensen emergefunctiongreat Change image and share on social
I wouldn't say there isn't a direct path to a successful career. There are people who knew exactly what they wanted to do from a very young age, weren't going to be diverted, and then they just went out and achieved it. Clayton M. Christensen achieveagecareer share on social
When a company identifies how to integrate the processes needed to give the consumer a sense of job completion, it can blow away the competition. A product is easy to copy, but experiences are very hard to replicate. Clayton M. Christensen blowcompanycompetition share on social
No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped. Clayton M. Christensen bakebusinessemerge Change image and share on social
A disruptive innovation is a technologically simple innovation in the form of a product, service, or business model that takes root in a tier of the market that is unattractive to the established leaders in an industry. Clayton M. Christensen businessdisruptiveestablish share on social
I'd been raised Mormon, but there comes a time where you are not following what you've been taught, but discovering for yourself if it's true. Clayton M. Christensen discoverhavemormon Change image and share on social