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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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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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. The abysmal job market for teens is forcing many of them to think differently about work.

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

They might be operating at the two ends of the current internet trading spectrum and are coming from different market maturity positions but it is the asset management that is becoming critical for delivering the profit or dragging performance. I quote “I’d say Amazon are “ asset heavy ” whereas Alibaba remains “asset light”.

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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. These announcements were clearly targeted at expanding the market for Apple products. Although its products are icons, Apple does not have 50% market share in any product category.

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

ITONICS

Evolving markets, new demands, standards, and values, as well as ever shorter product life cycles, require a high level of adaptability on the part of the companies. However, given the complexity and the fast pace of their market environment, companies are in many cases no longer able to understand it in sufficient detail.

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Strategic Planning Questions – 5 Things Can Amazon Teach You about Strategy

BrainZooming

Inspired by an article in The Wall Street Journal by professor Scott Galloway, they lay out five strategic imperatives Amazon uses to disrupt markets and grow. Does your organization know the enduring wants in your market for the foreseeable future? ” Via Shutterstock. .”

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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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