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 ...

Successful innovation is much more than a roll of the dice. Yet, many companies apparently feel lucky these days. They’re placing blind bets on innovation with huge sums of money on the line by ...

The Coca-Cola Company’s KO innovation strategy has become a defining feature of its growth narrative, reflecting the company’s ambition to stay ahead in an evolving beverage landscape. It continues to ...

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As Heather McLeod and Leslie Crutchfield observed in describing the difficulty of creating high-impact nonprofits, social innovators often face obstacles that have nothing to do with their own ...

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of strategy+business. Whether we praise its genius or dispute its validity, it’s hard to deny the influence of Clayton Christensen’s theory ...

A med tech case decided by the PTAB is helpful to inform patent strategy for AI enabled inventions across various disciplines and industries. Patent applicants should expect to see reliance by the ...

Many modern American defense thinkers have focused on how military innovation, especially technological innovation, can create a more effective force. Although there are a wide range of perspectives ...

Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a ...

A version of this article appeared in the Winter 2019 issue of strategy+business. There’s a big mistake that a lot of companies make. It’s one that until a few years ago was common in my own ...