“Core competence, as it is used by many managers, is a dangerously inward-looking notion. Competitiveness is far more about doing what customers value than doing what you think you're good at.” ThinkingUsedValuesNotionCustomersCoreManagersInwardCompetenceCompetitiveness Author:Clayton Christensen
“Businesses want to think in terms of categories. Consumers want us to think in terms of their needs.” ThinkingWantNeedsTermConsumersCategoriesWant U Author:Clayton Christensen
“There are other dimensions of biotechnology. If you think of biotechnology like the Internet, it's not a category - it's an infrastructure that can be deployed to sustain or disrupt. In health care, the most complex problems at the high end have to be dealt with in a problem-solving mode by the best, most experienced physicians you can find.” IfsThinkingEndsProblemCareInternetComplexesHealth CareDimensionsCategoriesProblem SolvingPhysiciansInfrastructureComplex ProblemsBiotechnology Author:Clayton Christensen
“Most companies think of disruption as a threat. But disruptive innovations have tremendous growth potential. If incumbent companies can learn how to harness the forces of disruption, they too can improve their ability to create new-growth businesses.” ThinkingGrowthAbilityInnovationThreat Author:Clayton Christensen
“I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars, but the individual people whose lives I've touched. I think that's the way it will work for us all. Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.” PeopleThinkingWayIndividualLevelsWorryDollarsGods WillTouchedMetricsProminence Author:Clayton Christensen
“Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.” PeopleThinkingWayHelpingOpportunityDealsCompanyCuttingManagementProfessionSellingBuyingMagnificentHiringBuying And Selling Author:Clayton Christensen
“Innovation simply isn't as unpredictable as many people think. There isn't a cookbook yet, but we're getting there.” PeopleThinkingInnovationUnpredictableCookbook Author:Clayton Christensen
“Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.” ThinkingEndsResolutionJudgedMetricsLive Every Day Book:The HBRs 10 Must Reads Collection (12 Books) (HBRs 10 Must Reads) Source: The HBRs 10 Must Reads Collection (12 Books) (HBRs 10 Must Reads)
