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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy Magazine ArticleFor starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness. -
Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing... -
A Refresher on Statistical Significance
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleIt’s too often misused and misunderstood. -
Understanding China
Global Business SpotlightThis package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:... -
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives... -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThree scenarios - and how to navigate them. -
What Makes a Great Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaTomorrow's leaders master three key roles - architect, bridger, and catalyst, or ABCs - to access the talent and tools they need to drive innovation and... -
McKinsey's Three Horizons Model Defined Innovation for Years. Here's Why It No Longer Applies.
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt assumes that breakthrough innovations will take years to develop. -
You Need an Innovation Strategy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhy is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation... -
How Diversity Can Drive Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCompanies that have what the authors call two-dimensional (2-D) diversity--their leaders exhibit both inherent and learned diversity traits--are much... -
Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleResearch shows they’re more successful in three important ways. -
A Refresher on A/B Testing
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleSpoiler: Many people are doing it wrong.
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To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleFive steps to ensure that you don’t jump to solutions -
Why Modular Building Hasn’t Revolutionized Construction
Innovation Digital ArticleOff-site manufacturing consistently fails to live up to its promise. Can firms figure out how to scale it? -
What Innovators Who Create New Markets Do Differently
Business history Digital ArticleThree mindsets that lead to “nondisruptive creation.” -
A Sports Analogy for Understanding Different Ways to Use AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleWill next-gen tools be used as a steroid, sneaker, or coach? -
5 Ways Marketing and Sales Leaders Can Embrace GenAI
Sales and marketing Digital ArticleA survey of over 600 business leaders from large U.S. companies suggests they’ve been reluctant to do so. -
Preparing for Your Next Career Move
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleHow to assess your priorities in a job search. -
4 Ways Silicon Valley Changed How Companies Are Run
Organizational culture Digital ArticleAnd what legacy companies can learn from their success. -
What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleHow it could change our relationships with tech, and how companies can prepare. -
Research: How Creative Collaboration Can Strengthen Relationships
Creativity Digital ArticleIt can reduce rudeness and make people feel more connected — but only under certain conditions. -
The “Piggyback” Approach to Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleThis tactic can help organizations diversify sources of revenue, improve products’ appeal, and create entirely new businesses. -
How Corporate Purpose Leads to Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleThe best innovations reinforce the company’s purpose and create mutual value for its key constituents. -
Keep Your AI Projects on Track
AI and machine learning SpotlightMost go off course. To make sure yours succeed, consider these five steps. -
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleThree practices can help. -
Unexpected Interruptions Can Boost Creativity
Innovation Magazine ArticleOur minds can keep working on a task when we step away from it. -
Adobe’s CEO on Making Big Bets on Innovation
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleThe company’s shift to Creative Cloud was an entirely new way to engage existing clients and attract new ones. -
A Step-by-Step Guide to Real-Time Pricing
Pricing strategy Magazine ArticleAn advanced AI model considers much more than what competitors are charging. -
What's Your Gen AI Strategy?
Management Digital ArticleThis issue's spotlight explores the intersection of people and technology in the workplace, looking specifically at robots, brain wearables, and human-like... -
Get More Funding for Your R&D Initiatives
Innovation Digital ArticleToo often, companies do a poor job of making innovation transparent to investors. -
Is Your Job AI Resilient?
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAn analysis spanning more than 160 million U.S. jobs, 20 industries, and 800 occupations. -
Moving Beyond Stage-Gate Project Management
Project management Digital ArticleTraditional approaches don’t lead to breakthrough innovations.
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Fate of the Vasa
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the... -
E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower... -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
ATH Technologies (D)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. -
C.W. Post
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1906, C.W. Post had to move his latest breakfast product--corn flakes--from store shelves into cereal bowls nationwide. Post genuinely believed his... -
Fluidigm's Survival Battle: Turnaround in the Midst of a Genomics Revolution
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, new CEO Chris Linthwaite had been brought in to turn around Fluidigm Corporation (Fluidigm), a biotechnology company based in San Francisco.... -
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project, Video
Global Business Case Study150.00View Details Paolo de Cesare and A.G. Lafley review the strategic and organizational challenges they face in deciding whether to make the prestigious Japanese beauty... -
ATH Technologies (E)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. -
Electric Car Wars, 2018
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government... -
Kaspi.kz (B): The 2014 Run on the Bank
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Alibris in 2004
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Alibris, an online marketplace for rare, used, and out-of-print books, is trying to communicate to the professional book dealers who are its main suppliers... -
Global Unichip Corporation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case 613048 -
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
35.00View Details The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders,... -
Autobytel.com
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Autobytel enjoys first-mover advantage in the Internet new car buying space. According to a number of metrics, it is the online leader in this category.... -
Start A Fire: Creating Value and Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Armed with a patent on technology that allowed users to modify existing websites and then provide access to the improved versions, Oded Golan and his... -
Battling Dirty Toilets: Singapore's Final Frontiers
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case, set in June 2018, chronicles the challenges that Jack Sim, self-made millionaire and founder of the World Toilet Organisation (WTO), encountered... -
Mistry Architects (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu... -
Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them
Strategy & Execution BookIn a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring. Unfortunately, most organizations,... -
ReMaterials: Scaling up frugal innovation solutions
Management Case Study8.95View Details ReMaterials was started in 2012 by Hasit Ganatra, when he realised the potential of an alternate product that could cater to the current needs of people... -
Fujifilm: A Second Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Fujifilm was the second largest manufacturer of photographic film in the world when digital imaging began to substitute for its core business. In contrast...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy Magazine ArticleFor starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness. -
Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing...