100%Open

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

While working as a journalist on World Coal magazine in the 1990s I was interviewing the president of a very large Canadian coal company who told me that in 10 years they would not be mining coal. By any measure, that was a disruptive statement. Shocked by such a statement from a company head, I checked it was OK to print the quote.

Disruption 49

Disruption Groups Change Company 49

IdeaScale

MARCH 29, 2017

Disrupt 2017. Gartner is well-known for its work in analyzing markets and predicting the life-cycles, or lack thereof, of various innovative industries. Magazine brings together industry leaders in a conference that’s a mix of an informal networking event, vacation, and casual innovation discussion. 5000 Conference.

Conference 100

Conference Innovation Crowdsourcing Industry 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

They force crowdsourcing into their top-down decision-making cultures. They invest in disruptive technologies but ask existing business units to cannibalize their current products and services using them. These individuals, (technologists, consumer insights experts, marketers, manufacturing specialists, etc.)

Culture 130

Culture Strategy Strategy Technical Review 130