The internet, arguably the greatest invention of all time, is just starting to shape our world. New ventures are dreamed up every day to take advantage of it’s power, and legacy businesses are being disrupted because of it; the business world has been reshaped and redrawn since the inception of the internet.
What does this disruption look like? Here are a couple of clues……
What is disruption? Many believe that disruption is innovation. Truth is, what many believe to be disruptive really isn’t. First of all, nobody deliberately sets out to be disruptive; it happens after the fact.
To bring some clarity to the subject, Marc Andreessen wrote up a tweetstorm where he explains Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory in 15 tweets:…
Why we often can’t self-disrupt. #innovation #innovate #pureinsight bit.ly/ZfB0Rf
— Paul Hobcraft (@Paul4innovating) March 21, 2013
How To Really Measure a Company’s Innovation Prowess s.hbr.org/Y1PKYi
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) March 21, 2013
Who should drive #business #innovation? Is it the #CEO, #CMO, #CIO, or the Innovation Officer? fastcompany.com/node/3007152
— Faisal Hoque (@faisal_hoque) March 20, 2013
What We’ve Learned at PARC About the Business of #Innovation bit.ly/ZxOkTd in @techonomy
— Deb Mills-Scofield (@dscofield) March 22, 2013
How to find the best innovators in your company:innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/03/who-ar… They aren’t who you think they are.#innovation
— Jeffrey Phillips (@ovoinnovation) March 20, 2013
If you like these links, check out all the previous “Innovation Must Reads of the Week“. And don’t forget to Follow @jorgebarba
New blog post: Strategy Outside the Zone of Mediocrity by Kevin Hendry buff.ly/XXCgZI
— Tim Kastelle (@timkastelle) March 7, 2013
MIT Sloan’s Michael Schrage: Invest in Your Customers More Than Your Brand – @harvardbiz blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2013/0…
— MITSloan ExecEd (@MITSloanExecEd) February 26, 2013
10 Things Every Leader Should Challenge – my latest column on @forbes: onforb.es/Zf3gr2#Leadership
— Mike Myatt (@mikemyatt) March 7, 2013
Useful advice: To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology – s.hbr.org/Z7sEyV #strategy
— Ralph-Christian Ohr (@ralph_ohr) March 5, 2013
How to be the ‘disrupter’ and not the ‘disrupted’ smrt.io/Z7IGsT
— CBS SmartPlanet (@SmartPlanet) March 5, 2013
Flying blind over the valley of death — thoughts on how the lack of bad news is not good news for entrepreneurs… bit.ly/ZtQ7Z9
— andrewhargadon (@andrewhargadon) March 7, 2013
Improving innovation returns on your investment- a report on possible insights bit.ly/YiYIPc
— Paul Hobcraft (@Paul4innovating) March 8, 2013
If you like these links, check out all the previous “Innovation Must Reads of the Week“. And don’t forget to Follow @jorgebarba
If you like these links, check out all the previous “Innovation Must Reads of the Week“. And don’t forget to Follow @jorgebarba
This is the third of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we should discuss, let me know.
All the time.
The best and most productive activity and organization can do, is to always be thinking about how they will become irrelevant. Think about how you will be disrupted, and disrupt your success.
And, it all starts with the individual:…
