I don't do a ton of business reading, but Christensen's stuff was top-notch and always on the short-list of recommendations I'd make to others.
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#12I had a chance to see him at the Business of Software conference in 2011. Incredible mind. He will be missed.
Here's the video of his talk: https://vimeo.com/63125209
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#13When I was in college I read “The Innovator’s Dilemma”. It totally changed my life. I emailed Dr. Christensen and he responded! I thought i was the king of the world. Dr. Clayton Christensen’s books are some of the few ‘Business’ books that I ever recommend to friends or colleagues. I find that “The Innovator’s Dilemma” is applicable to almost all aspects of life. Dr. Christensen will be greatly missed.
// I find that “The Innovator’s Dilemma” is applicable to almost all aspects of life. How is it relevant to life, or business(besides being in a startup or protecting a business from it)?
spitballing some general aesops here:
Don't overfocus on what seems important today - look at the long run.
Improving at anything takes time and many iterations - if at first you don't succeed...
Getting comfortable and set in your ways can blind you to great new things.
Just because you fail doesn't men you did anything wrong.
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#14I got to learn about disruption theory through Horace Dediu (http://www.asymco.com) who is probably one its best explainers and practitioners (the latter being why you should listen to Dediu in the first place - skin in the game).
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#15No latest photos or recent relevant research. Don't think about it, it means nothing to disruptive theory!
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#16I just want to add my voice to the long list of people saying that a) he was brilliant, and his work (particularly How Will You Measure Your Life) is worth reading and b) he was just a kind, decent human being. I met him once and his warmth really left an impression.
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#17Mormon here and I had no idea how influential he was to some of the greats in business.
His faith was extremely important to him. His essay on why he chose not to play basketball on Sunday, because it was the first compromise that would lead to every other compromise, has helped me keep my own moral compass pointed north.
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#18I remember his lecture at Harvard when he talked about how cancer diagnosis/heart attack changed him while he was writing "How Will You Measure Your Life". Father of disruptive innovation, RIP.
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#19When I was in college I read “The Innovator’s Dilemma”. It totally changed my life. I emailed Dr. Christensen and he responded! I thought i was the king of the world. Dr. Clayton Christensen’s books are some of the few ‘Business’ books that I ever recommend to friends or colleagues. I find that “The Innovator’s Dilemma” is applicable to almost all aspects of life. Dr. Christensen will be greatly missed.
// I find that “The Innovator’s Dilemma” is applicable to almost all aspects of life. How is it relevant to life, or business(besides being in a startup or protecting a business from it)?
Willingness to make changes even when things are going well, preparing for future disruptions in your career and life, realizing that people and relationships also change.
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#20> he suffered a stroke that left him with expressive aphasia. The storyteller still could think and reason but no longer had the ability to direct his mouth to express the words in his head.
My oldest son was born with expressive aphasia. Not being able to communicate what is in your head is so very frustrating. It must be so much more difficult for someone who previously could speak without difficulty.