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Clayton M. Christensen is an esteemed professor known for his contributions to the fields of business management and innovation. Born on April 6, 1952, he is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of 'The Innovator's Dilemma'.

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Famous Clayton Christensen Quotes

“Investing in our people is going to be costly and scarce - we need to start doing that!”

People Needs Investing Scarce

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“What you need is a fundamental humility - the belief that you can learn from anyone.”

Needs Belief Humility Fundamentals

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“Businesses want to think in terms of categories. Consumers want us to think in terms of their needs.”

Thinking Want Needs Term Consumers Categories Want U

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“There needs to be conviction and action behind rules.”

Needs Action Behinds Conviction

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“You can invest to create the new growth business while the core business is still growing, because new business units don't need to get big fast. But when the core business stops growing, investing to create new growth businesses becomes impossible.”

Needs Stills Bigs Growth Growing Impossible Investing Core Units New Business New Growth

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“Management has to provide the coordinating mechanism between what the supplier provides and what the user needs in not-good-enough situations where product architecture is consequently interdependent. Management always beats markets when there is not sufficient information.”

Needs Enough Situation Information Products Beats Management Architecture Sufficient Good Enough Mechanism Users Not Good Enough Suppliers Coordinating

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“If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late.”

Ifs Needs Energy Chance Late Investing Too Late Chances Are Time And Energy Investing Your Time

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“And if your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. ... When we see people acting in an abusive, arrogant, or demeaning manner toward others, their behavior almost always is a symptom of their lack of self-esteem. They need to put someone else down to feel good about themselves.”

People Ifs Needs Feels Self Opportunity Acting Attitude Teach Self Esteem Behavior Feel Good Esteem Arrogant Smarter Symptoms Abusive Demeaning

Book:The Clayton M. Christensen Reader

Source: The Clayton M. Christensen Reader