Disruption Theory

Clay has been studying business models for a long time, having written about them most recently in Harvard Business Review in 2008 and studying the nuances of industries…

A key part of the theory-building process, Clay likes to explain, is to identify and study anomalies that enable you to hone in on the causal…

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

Chamath Palihpaitiya recently wrote about a phenomenon he calls HaaS, or Hardware as a Service, and its potential to transform the future of our…

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

In my first post in this 3-part series, I presented an overview of New-Market Disruption. In my second post, I explained the mistakes managers make and what they should do…

written by Tracy Kim Horn, Community Manager, Forum for Growth & Innovation

A funny thing happened to my vision when I started working in academia a couple of months ago: the world that used to appear confusing, chaotic and sometimes random suddenly began…

written by Michael B. Horn, Co-founder and Distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation and Principal consultant…

written by Thomas Bartman, Senior Researcher, Forum for Growth & Innovation

When our research team meets with executives, many of whom run some of the world’s most successful companies, one of the most…