Is the future brighter for companies that have disrupted entire industries? In the case of Apple, Scott Anthony and Michael Putz aren’t so sure. In a recent post on the HBR Blog Network [link], the two authors posit “The Industries Apple Could Disrupt...
Computers have invaded the modern classroom. Is that good? Our use of computers (especially laptops), smartphones and tablets is indeed an important new behaviour that likely will have lasting implications in the field of education. From younger children who play...
IBM’s Institute for Business Value (@IBMIBV) has a 24-page report that you need to read to begin to grasp the big changes coming in the world economy. Written by Saul Berman, Anthony Marshall and Nadia Leonelli, “Digital disruption: Preparing for a very...
There are no cemeteries for corporations, but perhaps there should be. Such burial grounds for those who were once mighty in the marketplace might force managers to think harder and to focus further out. It might help reduce the complacency that pervades so many...
You may be in an industry that is so basic, so fundamental, that the idea of a “next” probably seems absurd. Take sandbags. I’m not sure how many companies make sandbags, but there are lots of places that sell them. Worldwide. Which makes sense:...
Could it be that your company is going out of business and nobody knows it? I ask that simply because there are many people now talking about “disruptive technologies”. What are those? Think of it as a trend that will never go away. McKinsey published a...
