The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic best seller - one of the most influential business books of all time - innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right - yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.

©2016 The President and fellows of Harvard College (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Brilliant

Absolutely brilliant. Insightful analysis into how technology business flourishes or fails through leadership, and organizational behavior.

Lectura obligatoria en temas de innovación

Aunque este libro fue escrito hace ya bastante tiempo, su relevancia y su utilidad no dejan de permanecer intactos. Clayton Christensen describe con un lenguaje muy fácil de entender los diferentes aspectos sobre la innovación causada por cambios tecnológicos o por la introducción de nuevas tecnologías. Durante todo el texto se presentan datos estadísticos para sustentar las premisas principales en casos de diferentes industrias. Se hacen recomendaciones para personas en posiciones gerenciales para evitar caer en los mismos errores cometidos en sectores que han acusado una disrrupción tecnológica y buenas prácticas para aprovechar y potenciar el cambio. En general, conceptos que con la velocidad de cambio tecnológico actual son más importantes comprender que al momento de su publicación.

great insight

great insight, a little dry for me sometimes but good info to think about. would be a good read for investors

speed it up

if you are already heavily involved in the tech scene, put this at 1.5x. he spends way too long explaining simple tech like why hydraulics are more reliable than cable actuated systems

No Graphics, No Problem

learn the quantified science behind when to disrupt and go Agile with "Heavy Teams," and when to sustain and invest in your existing customer lines of business. Amazingly insightful and clearly articulated, with solid reading performance. Yes you don't get the charts, but you really dont need them for the lessons. Just keep going and you'll get it and be glad you did!

a good marketing book

this book has good lessons for all business people. I relearning many lessons and enjoyed the book.

still relevant

25 years later and this book still has valuable insight. very interesting view on handling disruptive technology.

Good insights, but way too long and in the weeds

Great lessons learned and wisdom, but it goes in way too much details on the historic nature of things. Summary chapter captures insights, well, you can skip ahead and only lose on the historic lectures. Had an academic tone to it, that some may like.

Slow with outdated examples

The principles are sound & still applicable. However this book takes forever to go through & and was listening to it in 1.5x speed.

The examples in this book are dated so if you didn’t grow up during the decade when these disruptive innovations happened you’ll be lost.

Great Book in Need of Companion PDF

The material is phenomenal but is sorely lacking a companion PDF to illustrate the graphs and charts referenced throughout the book as well as the book discussion at the end.