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Selective universities won’t be disrupted

Christensen Institute

Thanks to a confluence of factors—unsustainable business models and cost structures; demographics; and new, low-cost college options or alternatives powered in part by online learning—roughly 25% of colleges would close or merge in the couple of decades ahead. Disruptive innovations initially expand the pie, in other words.

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Students need internships, but internships need disrupting

Christensen Institute

Strada and Burning Glass Institute’s new Talent Disrupted report made headlines this week conveying the indisputable crisis of underemployment that an astounding half of college graduates face. However, each of these outcomes amounts to particular links in the complex value chain connecting learning and work.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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DISRUPTIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Disruptive Thinking is a concept that is based upon doing the opposite of what is expected/what convention tells you will be successful. One of the best examples I have heard of comes from a talk given by Luke Williams, which illustrates the potential of Disruptive Thinking. Disruptive technology is important to education.

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Innovating in the midst of chaos and disruption

Jeffrey Phillips

But, as you are well aware, this is not a blog about poetry, but a blog about innovation. Waiting for chaos or disruptions to end before adapting loses ground in two dimensions. First, you don't learn during the chaos if you don't engage the chaos. The poem is an ode to confidence in yourself, especially in trying times.

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Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 2)

Christensen Institute

In Part 1 of this blog series, I highlighted that disruption in health care is increasingly present at many points along the consumer value chain. Key takeaways to recall from that first post are as follows: Disruption doesn’t stop where it starts. What happens when disruptors move up-market?

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How this 1976 French wine tasting disrupted an entire industry

Idea to Value

How confident are you that your company will not be disrupted by a smaller competitor? Did they use it to learn about what was happening in other parts of the world, and use it as motivation to improve their own wines through innovation? So why am I telling you this story in a blog about innovation? Well… No.