Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else. Clayton M. Christensen disruptiveinnovationevent Change image and share on social
My wife comes most of the times I teach and stands on the front row to help me. She's been wonderfully supportive. Clayton M. Christensen teachfrontrow Change image and share on social
I had a horrible heart attack and still have symptoms of that sometimes. Then cancer, which is in remission. But the stroke is the hardest thing because I just lost my ability to speak and to write. Clayton M. Christensen heartwritespeak Change image and share on social
The ability to share the gospel isn't a 'gift' that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to the rest. Clayton M. Christensen sharegospeldeny Change image and share on social
I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail? Clayton M. Christensen harvardcompanybig Change image and share on social
The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way we've taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when it's too late. Clayton M. Christensen ethicanalyticmanager share on social
The world is a nested space, and so we have our brain as a person, and people are members of teams, and teams are part of business units, and business units are parts of corporations, and corporations are part of industries, which are part of economies. Clayton M. Christensen brainpersonbusiness share on social
For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core. Clayton M. Christensen disruptableeducationyear 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 directknowwant share on social
I helped start a ceramics company called CPS Technologies. We took it public in 1987 at $12 a share. Three months later, there was this horrible cliff: Black Monday. Fidelity had bought 15 percent of our stock, and their algorithm caused them to dump it all onto the market that day. We dropped from $12 to $2. Clayton M. Christensen cliffcompanybuy share on social