Disruptive Innovation: Strategies for a Successful Enterprise
"Put simply, it's the most practical theoretical course you'll ever take."
"Put simply, it's the most practical theoretical course you'll ever take."
Summary
More than 20 years ago, late HBS professor Clayton Christensen introduced a revolutionary concept that transformed the business world and is still widely applied today: disruptive innovation. In this program, Christensen's team will help strategic decision-makers understand how disruption works and determine when to invest in core versus disruptive business models. As you gain insight into the ways that evolving industries, technologies, and competitive forces can affect your business, you will be better prepared to harness innovation, lead breakthrough change, and sustain enterprise success.
This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More
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Summary
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More than 20 years ago, late HBS professor Clayton Christensen introduced a revolutionary concept that transformed the business world and is still widely applied today: disruptive innovation. In this program, Christensen's team will help strategic decision-makers understand how disruption works and determine when to invest in core versus disruptive business models. As you gain insight into the ways that evolving industries, technologies, and competitive forces can affect your business, you will be better prepared to harness innovation, lead breakthrough change, and sustain enterprise success.
This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More
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Create and sustain a strong position in an evolving industryCreate and sustain a strong position in an evolving industry
- Analyze how the structure of an industry may change
- Avoid having your business disrupted by others
- Achieve differentiation and better margins
- Assess your company's capabilities
- Sustain core businesses while enabling innovation
- Avert common problems that lead companies into decline
Drive innovationDrive innovation
- Align your organization around innovation initiatives
- Rethink your product, market and strategy
- Apply disruptive theories to complex problems and opportunities
- Build the skills and vision critical to leading change
Make better decisions through strategic analysis and predictive frameworksMake better decisions through strategic analysis and predictive frameworks
- Adopt a strategic mindset and skillset
- Apply theories of causality to understand why things happen the way they do
- Accurately predict the impact of strategic actions
- Better articulate your strategic questions and goals
- Assess the risks and opportunities presented by actions such as:
- Ignoring sunk costs and making decisions at the margin
- Implementing a strategy of low-cost positioning
- Scaling fast to take advantage of network effects
- Outsourcing activities that are not your current core competence
- Sourcing new leaders from inside the firm
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Who Should Attend
The program is appropriate for senior executives, general managers, or business owners who are responsible for setting strategic direction for their organizations.
Attendance by two or more individuals from your organization will foster teamwork and enhance the program's impact.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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Who Should Attend
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The program is appropriate for senior executives, general managers, or business owners who are responsible for setting strategic direction for their organizations.
Attendance by two or more individuals from your organization will foster teamwork and enhance the program's impact.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
Dive Deeper into the ExperienceDevelop strategic-thinking skills and gain methodologies for making decisions.Participants of Disruptive Innovation share how the program helped them when facing threats.Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.Professor Clayton Christensen's landmark theory is revealed.
Learning and Living at HBS
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
"Put simply, it's the most practical theoretical course you'll ever take."