• The Innovator's Dilemma

  • Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change
  • By: Clayton M. Christensen
  • Narrated by: Deaver Brown
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
  • 3.1 out of 5 stars (373 ratings)

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The Innovator's Dilemma

By: Clayton M. Christensen
Narrated by: Deaver Brown
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This audiobook was created based on Clayton Christensen's landmark book The Innovator's Dilemma. This was Mr. Christensen's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review. The audio tracks listed here cover the key elements of Mr. Christensen's book. This audiobook emphasizes the Idea in Brief "Does my organization have the right resources, processes, values, and team to innovate?" Then it covers the right structure for your specific type of innovation. He identifies where capabilities reside, in resources, processes, and values. He then addresses the migration of capabilities, illustrates it with the example of Digital Equipment (DEC), defines sustaining versus disruptive innovation, how to create capabilities to cope with change - internally, in a spinout, or an acquisition - and how to fit the tool to the task.

©2010 Clayton Christensen (P)2010 Christina Brown

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poor quality summary only

Would you try another book from Clayton Christensen and/or Deaver Brown?

This is incredibly poor quality recording and a summary only of a great book.
Sounds like recorded in a bathroom, when you can hear computer's fan and the narrator clicking a mouse, some weird background noise. The narrator seems to read it without much understanding and preparation. Avoid!

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HORRIBLE PERFORMANCE... JUST COULDN'T LISTEN TO IT

What disappointed you about The Innovator's Dilemma?

I could not handle listening to this thing for more than two minutes... the quality is terrible.

It was recorded in a noisy environment with no technical resources nor knowledge at all!!

How could the performance have been better?

Someone recorded this at home with the worst microphone ever and lots of background noise!!

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This is a summary, not the whole book

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This is a summary, not the whole book. I feel like the term unabridged is misleading. It is dull in presentation and the information only applies to large businesses already in operation. Not my cup of tea. However, if you manage a large business and are interested in innovation from that perspective, the information might be helpful, I wouldn't know.

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Terrible Quality

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I guess its a good summary of the full book, but the audio quality and narration are terrible. It reminds of me of a podcast, yet even those have better quality. I know this was a cheap download, but I was a little surprised to Audible let this one through. Maybe if you need a refresher on The Innovators Dilemma listen to this, but otherwise stay away.

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  • 02-18-17

Poor audio quality and unprofessional

I thought this book was very poorly done. Sounds like a good book though so I will keep my eyes out for another version. Maybe I will ask audible for a refund on this one.

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  • sb
  • 04-21-14

don't buy! audio quality is horrible

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The audio quality of the recording was really poor. Also, the reader's tone was quite uninteresting. I won't buy audiobook read by this guy again.

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Please re-record this audiobook!

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Bad Peformance

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different narrator

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Innovator's Dilemma?

I can not hear Deaver on this book

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The voice and pace is just not good enough for listening

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Great Summary

Very insightful and useful for hands on managers. I wish I had thought about these sources of innovation myself years ago.

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Never knew that this is a summary

And the worst was the sound quality and the summary itself... Such an great book and I wasted 1 credit on this bait :-(

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  • GM
  • 02-01-23

Not well adopted to audiobook

Badly read on a ready “bulletpoint-type” written way of summary. Wouldn’t recommend for listening, if anything only for paper reading

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