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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

When Clayton Christensen first met with Andy Grove, the prior CEO of Intel, to teach him about disruptive innovation, Christensen insisted that their conversation would be most valuable to Grove if instead of telling him what to think, Christensen took the time to teach him how to think using the theory. But that analysis takes effort.

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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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4 disruptive trends for higher ed in 2024

Christensen Institute

Emergency funds from the federal government helped keep many institutions that were on shaky financial ground solvent through the 2023 academic year. The decline in enrollment in higher education, disruptive alternatives to higher education, demographic declines, and the continued rise in spending by higher education.

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Virtual reality won’t fix the mental health crisis, but a disruptive innovation might

Christensen Institute

They called upon the government and advocates to help address this crisis. Instead, a better solution to the crisis would be to address provider shortages and make mental health services affordable…or introduce a disruptive innovation. Hopefully, a disruptive innovation is just around the corner to do just that.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? Join panelists Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Jimmy Jia, Fabienne Durand, and their moderator Roger Strukhoff as they discuss how bending the carbon/GHG heavy linear economy to the circular is one of the hidden benefits of digital disruption.

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Building the use of the innovation work mat as a compelling business case

Paul Hobcraft

If you are not seeking out a different, more disruptive or new business design, then you are eventually serving your shareholders poorly. The leadership of an organization are the only one that has this mandate to decide the course to be taken, and then the market decides.

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Going beyond the 5 bold steps offered to Reimagine the American Innovation Agenda

Paul Hobcraft

leadership as a birthright, as a matter of course. The chase for unicorns, fast scale, disrupting existing and constantly reiterating what is successful into the next version. Of course, having companies like Apple, Tesla, or whoever building on monopolies or technology prowess is great.