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Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 1)

Christensen Institute

Disruption in health care started to accelerate about 15 years ago when models like One Medical and iora health launched their lower-cost, more affordable, and more accessible approaches to primary and on-demand care. This move is just what the theory of Disruptive Innovation would predict. So what can incumbents do?

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Disruptive Energy.

100%Open

By any measure, that was a disruptive statement. According to the World Bank, Costa Rica used 1370 watts per capita in 2013. Bulb is a new energy supplier in the UK that’s disrupting the energy supplier market. Shocked by such a statement from a company head, I checked it was OK to print the quote.

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How 3 companies used disruptive innovation to transform their industries

Idea Drop

Christensen, the term ‘ disruptive innovation ’ refers to a new entrant into a market who eventually disrupts and outperforms the established players. The process begins with a new company addressing a gap in the market, where a segment of the population has traditionally been overlooked. Coined by Clayton M.

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Disruptive Innovation: Drones

Collective Innovation

The story of drones is much like the story of any other disruptive innovation. As with all disruptive innovations if you walked into a store and bought a $60 drone the technology and cost of that would have been astronomical 15 years ago, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars to build. Safety is going to be just as important.

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Innovation Insights from Jeff Bezos and Amazon

Destination Innovation

In 2013 it announced plans for drone deliveries. In 2014 Amazon entered the smartphone market with the release of the Fire Phone. In 2013, he purchased The Washington Post newspaper. Disrupt your own business before someone else does. It was attractively priced and scooped the market. Lessons for Innovators.

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My fridge can disrupt your Bank

Matthew Griffin

In today’s market your customer is a Who but in tomorrow’s market they’ll be also be a What and in order to capture the most amount of new value your organisation will have to undergo a paradigm shift both in terms of culture and operating and business model.

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. Posted on August 20, 2013. We argue that innovation almost always impacts three constituents: the customer, the competitors or markets they are in and the innovator themselves.