A seminal work by bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen, now updated with fresh examples. In the international bestseller The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen exposed the Achille’s heel of many companies, by ignoring the disruptive technologies that evolve to displace them, they help initiate their own demise. In The Innovator’s Solution, Christensen and Michael Raynor take the idea of disruption one step further explaining how companies can and should become disruptors themselves. Now with several new chapters and updated cases, this revised and expanded edition shows how timely and relevant these ideas continue to be in today’s hyper-accelerated business environment. Christensen (author of the award-winning Harvard Business Review article, ”How Will You Measure Your Life?”), Raynor and new co-author Derek van Bever give advice on the business decisions crucial to achieving truly disruptive growth and propose guidelines for developing your own disruptive growth engine. Citing in-depth research and theories tested in hundreds of companies across many industries, The Innovator’s Solution is an important addition to any innovation library and an essential read for entrepreneurs and business builders.
Key Features
- An updated edition of a business classic, fresh examples keep this book relevant
- Audience for the book is senior managers and business leaders responsible for innovation, as well as their teams
- Includes classic cases – Apple, Cisco, Dell, GE, IBM, Microsoft as well as newer cases still being finalized. From these stories, readers learn
- Inside info from some of the world’s most innovative companies
- Practical advice on how to create successful and disruptive innovations
Review
A Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and National Post Bestseller.
Praise for The Innovator’s Solution:
The Financial Times
“Fresh thinking aplenty . . . nothing less than a handbook for managers who would rather disrupt than be disrupted.”
Fast Company
“Every dilemma demands a solution. And this book lives up to its promise: More than an engrossing read, shot through with Christensen’s rigorous thinking and trademark clarity, it’s a valuable tool for every aspiring upstart—whether you’re inside a billion-dollar company or have a billion-dollar glimmer in your eye.”
The New York Times
“If [Christensen’s] first book left business with the quandary of how a middle-aged company can be as creative as the new kid on the block, [this] book is an instructive tutorial on how to rekindle the spark of youth and nurture the fragile flame.”
The Miami Herald
“The Innovator’s Solution is an intelligent, perceptive (and frequently counterintuitive) look at innovation, and well worth the time it takes to read and digest it to gain a greater understanding of the complex and profound combination of forces driving business development.”
The Conference Board Review
“. . . Required reading for every manager in America.”
The Toronto Globe and Mail
“A promising blueprint for innovation.”
About the Author
Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers How Will You Measure Your Life, The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Innovator’s Solution and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank.
Michael E. Raynor is a Director with Deloitte Consulting LLP. He works with senior executives in the world’s leading corporations across a wide range of industries. He is the author of three critically acclaimed books: The Innovator’s Solution, coauthored with Clayton M. Christensen, The Strategy Paradox and The Innovator’s Manifesto. Raynor publishes regularly in leading magazines and scholarly journals.
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