The Clayton M. Christensen Reader

Description

No matter the industry, renowned author Clayton M. Christensen wrote in his classic book, The Innovator's Dilemma, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Now leaders whose organizations face disruption can read the best of Christensen's Harvard Business Review articles all in one place. From the seminal article that first introduced the concept of disruptive innovation and won the coveted McKinsey Award, to applications of the idea in marketing and product development, to Christensen's more recent thinking on the subject, this book gives the backstory and the context you need to get innovation right today. It also comes with discussion questions and a facilitator's guide so you can quickly get your whole team up to speed when it comes to finding your next source of breakthrough growth.

Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In addition to authoring a number of highly influential Harvard Business Review articles, he is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, How Will You Measure Your Life?, and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the cofounder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank. He has twice topped the global Thinkers50 list, in 2011 and 2013.

Praise for Clayton M. Christensen: "The world's leading management guru." -- The Economist "One of the most influential business theorists of the last fifty years." -- Forbes "The most influential business thinker on earth." -- The New Yorker