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The flaw behind coding bootcamps’ attempt to disrupt higher ed

Christensen Institute

At the Christensen Institute, we wondered if they might disrupt universities’ master’s degree programs. McGrath’s analysis of why companies like Casper lacked enduring disruptive value also reveals the central flaws in coding bootcamps’ initial direct-to-consumer models. Companies like Casper and Harry’s epitomized the trend.

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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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Generation (I)nnovation: Why Today's Teens Instinctively Understand Disruption

Mills-Scofield

I am honored to host Whitney Johnson's post as part of the launch of her new book, Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. And don't forget the competitive college admissions market.

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

The lighter you are, the more likely you are to be more flexible and adaptive to respond to more disruptive challenges being faced by industries that are undergoing the shift to being more “digitally enabled” Alibaba is very much a good asset orchestrator. One highly relevant observation.

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Apple – Better, Faster, Cheaper Is Not Disruptive Innovation. But Is That OK?

Adam Hartung

″ iPad Pro, which is smaller than the current iPad Pro – and closer to the size of the original iPad in 2010. But it is true that this particular event was not about disruptive innovation. Developers won’t have to go Android to be price competitive. So we have a better product, that is cheaper.

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Understand Trends, Identify Strategic Fields of Innovation and Create something entirely New

ITONICS

Companies who can quickly identify changes and even weak signals in their environment and react to them before the competition does will gain a decisive competitive edge (Pillkahn, 2007). 1998; Horx, 2010; Liebl & Hermann, 1996). 2010 and Köpernik, 2009). What is a trend? Literature. In: ZfbF (Ed.), im Unternehmen.

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Chief Digital Officer - To have or not to have

hackerearth

Today, companies are trying to deal with huge amounts of data, lots of tech advances, and disruptive business models in a highly competitive environment, and the thought cloud has just about burst! Why do we need another C level position for that? So, do we need a CDO? That’s some serious validation there.

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