I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be. Clayton M. Christensen backfeltfolk Change image and share on social
The financial doctrines so zealously followed by American companies might help optimize capital when it is scarce. But capital is abundant. If we are to see our economy really grow, we need to encourage migratory capital to become productive capital - capital invested for the long-term in empowering innovations. Clayton M. Christensen abundantamericancapital 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
There are a lot of companies - not just Sony and Kodak - that have spent a lot of money trying to make the quality of the digital images comparable with film. But when you're sending these things over the Internet, they don't have to be high quality. Clayton M. Christensen companycomparabledigital share on social
In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I'm a father, a spouse, a good member of my community. How much of my time and energy can I allocate to each of those things? What I allocate becomes the strategy I have for my family, and everything else. Clayton M. Christensen allocatebusinesscommunity share on social
Things happen to us in unpredictable ways, but the effect that that has on the kind of people who we become actually is not only open to chance - we can influence it in pretty profound ways. Clayton M. Christensen chanceeffecthappen Change image and share on social
In a healthy economy, empowering, sustaining and efficiency innovations operate in balance. A healthy economy creates and sustains more jobs before squeezing out inefficiencies. Clayton M. Christensen balancecreateeconomy Change image and 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
As a general rule, when a new industry takes root, and the first products emerge in a wave, almost always the architecture of the product will be proprietary and interdependent in character. Clayton M. Christensen architecturecharacteremerge Change image and share on social
In the Mormon Church, we believe we can be married for all eternity, not till death do you part. As Mom was getting older, she was excited, truly excited, that within a few years she'd be with Dad again. Clayton M. Christensen churchdaddeath share on social