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New value networks: The missing piece in the K–12 disruption equation

Christensen Institute

Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. What are the necessary elements for disruption?

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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

Christensen Institute

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. In some ways, this use of online learning could be a classic case of a disruptive innovation, which begins as a primitive innovation. She cited A.P. Calculus and Latin as examples.

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Workplace Conflict: Statistics That Reveal Its Cost

CMOE

For example, a 2008 international study by CPP Global (the publisher of the Myers-Briggs Assessment) defined conflict as “any workplace disagreement that disrupts the flow of work.” Here, conflict might not always disrupt work; it might be an opportunity to respect each party’s perspective and search for various win-win resolutions.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

New generations, societal change, sustainable goals and disruptive technology require organizations to be much more flexible, self-reinventing organisms that don’t fit above-mentioned design principles. structured ambidexterity; O’Reilly & Tushman, 2008; i.e. contextual ambidexterity; Birkinshaw & Gibson, 2004).

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When Pundits Say That Robots Will Take Our Jobs, Remember These 4 Things

Innovation Excellence

That comes on the heels of a 2017 report from the McKinsey Global Institute that found that 51% of total working hours and $2.7 Yet the number of lawyers in the US has increased by 15% since 2008 and it’s not hard to see why. A 2019 study by the Brookings Institution found that over 61% of jobs will be affected by automation.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

Driven by advancing technologies, accelerating connectivity, and changing attitudes towards employment, organisations are operating in a dynamic environment – one where fast-growing start-ups are disrupting traditional business models and AI is replacing human labour. What skills will be needed for the future of work?

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Innovation Strategy – Pat McGauley and a New Beer in Town

BrainZooming

He reported that packaging innovation was more difficult to develop than liquid innovation. ” Pat credited InBev (which merged with Anheuser-Busch in 2008) with introducing the idea of renovation to the organization. He is always on the lookout to disrupt Amazon before the next Amazon does it.