“Disruptive technology is a theory. It says this will happen and this is why; it's a statement of cause and effect. In our teaching we have so exalted the virtues of data-driven decision making that in many ways we condemn managers only to be able to take action after the data is clear and the game is over. In many ways a good theory is more accurate than data. It allows you to see into the future more clearly.” WayHappensAbleActionGamesCausesDecisionTechnologyVirtueClearTeachingEffectsTheoryDrivenStatementsManagersDataDecision MakingAccurateCause And EffectExaltedDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen
“A lot has been written about the Internet bust. From my point of view, it's quite clear the Internet isn't a category; the Internet is a technological infrastructure that can be deployed to facilitate a disruptive business model or a sustaining business model.” Has BeensViewsClearWrittenInternetModelsPoint Of ViewCategoriesTechnologicalInfrastructureSustainingFacilitateDisruptiveBusiness Models Author:Clayton Christensen
“If the technology is disruptive, on the other hand, the odds are that at the end of the transition, the leaders will have been toppled and new companies will be on top.” IfsHas BeensEndsHandsCompanyLeaderTechnologyTransitionOddsDisruptiveNew Company Author:Clayton Christensen
“Another thing I've observed is how critical the role of the CEO is when a technology truly is disruptive. In looking back on companies that have successfully launched independent disruptive business units, the CEO always had a foot in both camps. Never have they succeeded when they spin something off in order to get it off the CEO's agenda. The CEOs that did this had extraordinary personal self-confidence, and almost always they were the founders of the companies.” SelfOrderCompanyRolesTechnologyFeetIndependentExtraordinaryCriticalSelf ConfidenceAgendasCampsFoundersLooking BackUnitsCeoDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen
“In a large successful company where your power base as CEO isn't all that secure, it's hard for a CEO to pursue a truly disruptive strategy.” HardCompanySuccessfulStrategyPursueSecureCeoDisruptiveSuccessful Company Author:Clayton Christensen
“Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.” JobsInnovationEfficiencyDisruptiveDisruptive Innovation Author:Clayton Christensen
“The answer is the disruptive innovator, an outsider, who creates a product or service for the non-existing consumer in a non-existing market for almost no profit.” AnswersProductsInnovationProfitConsumersOutsidersInnovatorsDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen
