Christensen Institute

MAY 19, 2023

Instead, a better solution to the crisis would be to address provider shortages and make mental health services affordable…or introduce a disruptive innovation. Sustaining innovations are improvements on previously available products or services, such as incremental, year-to-year improvements or breakthrough products.

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Christensen Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Disruptive innovation is commonly misunderstood. Just watch “ Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ” to hear one of the main characters, Miles Bron, get the definition of “true disruption” really, really wrong. That is the power of disruption. Back to leveraging disruption theory to win.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 19, 2022

Applying the three horizon framework to innovation and change. To explain the impacts of innovation and the change it creates, we’ll use an accepted framework ( the Three Horizons ) to consider the impact innovation has on change capabilities and business models. The Value of the Three Horizons of Seeing Beyond.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Yesterday I wrote a post about the need for executives to eliminate the "unknowns" when they want their teams to innovate. But when we call on people to innovate, there are a host of unknowns and uncertainties. How do we prioritize existing projects and new innovation work? But note the range of definitions.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 18, 2016

I spoke to 15 of the world’s leading innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. Analysis of all the definitions. The ultimate definition of innovation. Innovation is truly a confusing buzzword which many people love to hate.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 13, 2024

When it comes to the concept of disruptions in this world, we tend to focus on all the new digital tools that are creating ripples in headlines. From generative AI to digital currency, these digital disruptions are definitely leaving their impact. The word “disruption” is a key stumbling point for many.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 13, 2017

Why is it that companies think their people can do successful innovation when they don't share a common language? In the title I've used the word "disruptive", and by this I mean innovation in the "third horizon" - incremental, breakthrough and disruptive. For example, Apple and iTunes disrupted Tower Records.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 20, 2018

But when I started speaking with the jeweler about my request, it became obvious what he thought of the innovative new way I had used to buy jewelry online: Jeweler: Where did you get this piece? This has been an increasing trend in the past few years, especially as app-based platform companies have completely disrupted existing monopolies.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change. One such collaboration was around the interplay of innovation with business models and change. It describes some important observations we often forget when innovating. We believe that the best innovators are the most adept at making and sustaining change.

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Yet2

MARCH 18, 2021

In many ways 2020 defines the idea of disruption: the entire world went into lockdown, markets fluctuate, and every university and R&D department raced to innovate. Six months passed before we started seeing most of the innovations developed directly in response to COVID-19 hit the market. Stay Committed to Innovation.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2017

Disruptive isn’t a dirty word, but it can be a scary one. Why does the word “disruptive” raise such fear among so many people? Uttering “disruptive” during a meeting can get you looks more along the lines of profanity. At the same time, disruptive innovation is what makes our lives better. Mindful Disruption.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. It is no different for understanding your innovation fitness.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Whether you think that is a compelling line of reasoning for a jury trial or not, it might not be a bad way to think about innovation. You see, many companies cannot adequately define innovation for their employees and teams. Why do definitions matter? I think Cochrane's statement leads us to a potential solution. Does it fit?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 21, 2019

In my continuing series of lessons I've learned from 15 years of corporate innovation, I've tackled issues including the reasons ideas need sponsors , or why ideas are easy and good ideas are difficult. I'd like to discuss the problems with innovation definitions, labels and language and what you can do to avoid all this confusion.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 2, 2016

This past weekend I had an extended period of re-reading about the effects of disruption that seems to be occurring across all points of business, our politics, our governments, it seems across our lives. All good plans sometime get disrupted. Everything invented seems to have been disrupted or seems about too.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

The Executive Innovation Work Mat as a compelling business case. After a series of conversations around the Executive Innovation work mat, Jeffrey Phillips and I decided there was a need to add one more to the series, one that makes the business case for the work mat, one that is more from the leaders perspective.

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Collective Campus

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Disruptive ideas usually don’t see light of day at large companies. If an idea falls under the banner of Horizon 1 innovation, then congratulations - most large companies are already built for this and a business case is an almost perfect vehicle for it. And when they do, it’s not for long.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. When teams collaborate innovatively, they leverage individual strengths and compensate for weaknesses, leading to improved outcomes.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I was leading an innovation workshop recently with a company that invited in some of its customers to talk about the future. I was hired to lead a trend spotting and scenario planning workshop, but I had successfully convinced my client that we needed to establish a common framework and language about innovation first.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 3, 2021

This is similar to how companies often don’t see challenges from other competitors, upstarts and new disruptive innovations in the market. They think about how to improve performance for the types of customers they currently have, rather than trying to think about which innovations would bring in new customers in the future.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

I was asked recently to write a short post about the conditions necessary for innovation to succeed. It's actually not possible to write a short post about innovation, much less the conditions necessary for innovation to succeed, but I've tried to simplify this into nine critical factors for success.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 17, 2019

I'm writing a series of blog posts to document some of the things I've learned in innovation along the way, over 15 years of leading corporate innovation work. So far I've written several blogs, the first about the importance of d efining a why and a how for innovation , the second about the importance of an idea sponsor.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For some, the post-coronavirus “new normal” is a frightening concept that rattles their status quo, while others are taking this moment to seize new opportunities afforded to us by a global disruption, as COVID-19 has proven to be. Pre-Solve Problems With Innovative Solutions. You may be asking yourself: How is that possible?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 17, 2024

Discontinuous innovation represents a seismic shift in how industries function and evolve. By definition, it refers to the introduction of groundbreaking products or services that fundamentally change market dynamics, often rendering existing solutions obsolete.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 26, 2021

After over 15 years of work in the innovation space, sometimes I get a bit weary talking about innovation. After all, innovation is a frequently misused word, and it's often used with a lot of naive optimism on the part of some speakers (hope before experience) and cynicism on the part of other speakers.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

How does your team allocate time to driving innovation within your business? . The 70-20-10 Rule is a strategy for determining how to allocate time and resources in order to make a successful innovation. Definition of the 70-20-10 Rule . However, this framework has been proven helpful for successful innovation. . .

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ITONICS

AUGUST 15, 2018

Disruptive technologies challenge industry leaders that did not innovate fast enough to survive. The term “disruptive innovation’’ was first framed by professor Clay Christensen from Harvard Business School. The term turned out to be a compelling way to think about innovation-driven growth.

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Imaginatik

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The CEO was sponsoring a workshop on the future of payments – its dizzying array of emerging new standards and technologies as well as the dark horse disruptive potential of blockchain technologies. Let’s not skim over this definition. He recognized that the “same old, same old” methods of engaging with his customers were changing.

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Collective Innovation

APRIL 18, 2017

Drones are an innovation that is beginning to catch the imagination of the marketplace more and more. A drone by its definition is either a UAV or the more common quadcopter and they are taking to the skies in rapidly increasing numbers. . The story of drones is much like the story of any other disruptive innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Technology is a fundamental disrupter or enabler; it is the catalyst for making this change. These might already be happening around you, changing the accepted market space or definition. This very nature of opening up, interacting, and building a growing relationship interdependence is driving the new innovation potential.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For many years, in writing this blog, and in leading innovation projects for my clients, I tried to advocate for the benefits of innovation. The companies that do make the bet, and that do focus on innovation, often show the benefits in terms of higher profits, greater market share and higher stock prices.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

It’s no secret that in today’s dynamic business landscape, for some, innovation is still just a buzzword – but for others, it’s the lifeblood of their organisation and an antidote to remaining relevant. Undoubtedly, transformation in pursuit of innovation within established corporations is a significant challenge.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 4, 2022

Design Thinking Human-centered Approach to Innovation. When leveraged correctly, Design Thinking can bring about innovations through the following: ? Providing a new definition of value. ? Approaching human-centered innovation. ? Human-Centered Approach Innovation. Society Disruptions.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the fifth of a series, I am working with Jeffrey Phillips , a long-term collaborator on “all things concerning innovation” we have been discussing the different domains of the Executive Innovation Work Mat we propose as a framework to provide a great chance to bring all the various aspects of innovation together.

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Daniel Burrus

JUNE 5, 2019

Now, not everyone has it in their homes because YouTube TV, Sling TV, and other new, emerging technologies have disrupted the broadcast industry. Why did they become the disrupted and not the disruptor? A key to success for a company that’s facing disruption–adopt a strategy of embrace and extend. It was definitely a Hard Trend.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We could call this the "innovation gap". Many of have (in some cases for years or decades) advocated tools and methods as a way to improve the innovation funnel, to create more innovation more readily that had value as new products and services. To date, there's been some improvement but the innovation gap still remains.

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