As the leader of one of the world’s first smartphone development projects, and having consulted for six years with Harvard Prof. Clayton Christensen as he translated his theory of disruptive ...

These products illustrate the C-K method, designed to encourage the emergence of breakthrough innovations. Armand Hatchuel ...

His answer surprised me: “I don’t know how, I just know how to describe it.” Christensen described it well. He shared compelling examples. He argued that companies, and entire industries, can be ...

Since Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, the world has learned that disruptive innovation’s effect on warfare is significant and helps less capable and less experienced forces punch ...

Plastic plays a critical role in virtually all industries, from agriculture and construction to healthcare and manufacturing. Time magazine has called plastic one of the four materials (along with ...

Education policy scholars, especially proponents of school choice, have long referenced the late Clayton Christensen’s work on disruptive innovation. Christensen, along with his colleague Joseph Bower ...

A recent study and accompanying news story in the preeminent journal Nature provocatively concludes that disruptive innovation in science has dramatically and mysteriously declined 90% since 1945. The ...

Judging by the headlines in our various trade publications, whatever higher education’s next chapter looks like, it must be innovative — OR ELSE. Judging by the headlines in our various trade ...

Though the business world glorifies big disruptive ideas, in reality, most progress is achieved by implementing hundreds or thousands of minor improvements that can have a big cumulative impact.

Digital disruptors do not just come up with new, more valuable offerings for their customers, they often disrupt the fabric of society. We live in a digital era. And in contrast to earlier phases of ...

Clay Christensen spoke at the 2016 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, which he co-founded with Craig Hatkoff and Rabbi Irwin Kula. Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Clay Christensen, an ...