Disruptive Innovation: Strategies for a Successful Enterprise

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Uncover how to harness innovation, lead breakthrough change, and sustain enterprise success through disruptive innovation.

The program fee covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals.

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Program Announcement

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Pioneering new growth while navigating complex, fast-moving threats to your core business is a defining challenge for today’s senior leaders. In a landscape shaped by constant disruption and the rapidly expanding impact of AI, delivering on both priorities has never been more difficult.

Disruptive Innovation leverages late HBS professor Clayton Christensen's groundbreaking frameworks on disruption to help leaders anticipate and respond to these challenges. Participants build the mindsets, tools, and capabilities needed to recalibrate strategy and lead effectively in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Key Program Features

Key Topics

  • Understand disruption and its implications for priorities and decision-making

  • Focus innovation efforts on "white space" at the low end and in new-to-world markets

  • Define core competence: when and how to consider scope changes

  • Learn how to create organizational capabilities to deliver a purpose brand

  • Develop, align, and evolve effective business models

  • Manage parallel strategy processes for core business and new growth initiatives, assembling the right team to provide oversight and support

Program Format

  • 6
    days on the HBS campus
  • 12–15
    hours of pre-program work

Case materials and a detailed schedule will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for senior executives, general managers, or business owners responsible for setting strategic direction for their organizations.

Individuals and teams are welcome to attend. Sending two or more representatives from your organization fosters teamwork and amplifies program impact.

HBS also offers a self-paced, online version of this program for individuals with less work experience or teams over 20.

Global Perspective

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7%
Africa
14%
Asia Pacific
18%
Europe
12%
Latin America
12%
Middle East
37%
North America

Top Industries Represented

  • 22%

    Financial

  • 9%

    High Technology

  • 8%

    Nonprofit Services

  • 7%

    Health Care

  • 7%

    Raw Materials / Energy

  • 6%

    Chem/Pharma/Bio

  • 5%

    Consumer Products

  • 5%

    Manufacturing

  • 5%

    Real Estate / Construction

  • 4%

    Professional Services

Experience

Years Worked

  • 2%

    Less than 10 years

  • 12%

    10-14 years

  • 24%

    15-19 years

  • 25%

    20-24 years

  • 21%

    25-29 years

  • 10%

    30-34 years

  • 4%

    35-39 years

  • 2%

    40 or more

Companies That Have Participated

  • Accenture
  • Anglo American
  • Citibanamex
  • Intel
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Fidelity
  • Globo
  • Maersk Group
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Samsung Group
  • Saudi Telecom
  • Verizon

Teaching Team

All our executive education programs are developed and taught by a team of widely recognized HBS faculty. Many are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

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The HBS Experience

This in-person program takes place on our storied campus where you'll live and learn at the heart of Boston's vibrant business, academic, and technology hubs.

At HBS, every detail is carefully calibrated to drive your success. Living arrangements and classrooms that spark connection. Unrivaled academic resources. And rejuvenating fitness, dining, and cultural amenities.

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The dedicated Executive Education area of campus features multiple classroom buildings and three residence halls around a quad

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Our well-appointed residence halls feature private bedrooms, living group lounges, and courtyards to fuel vibrant discussions

Admissions

We admit applicants on a rolling, space-available basis, so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

The selective admissions process is based on professional achievement, organizational responsibility, and the admissions criteria for each program as described in Who Should Attend. There are no formal educational requirements for HBS Executive Education programs.

Learn more about the admissions process and requirements.

Admissions Quick Facts

Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.