Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

Clayton Magleby Christensen is an American scholar, educator, author, business consultant, and religious leader who currently serves as the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School of Harvard University. He is best known for his theory of "disruptive innovation"—first introduced in his first book, The Innovator's Dilemma—which has been called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century.

Christensen is also a co-founder of Rose Park Advisors, a venture capital firm, and Innosight, a management consulting and investment firm specializing in innovation.

✵ 6. April 1952 – 23. January 2020   •   Other names 克雷頓‧克里斯汀生
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Famous Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

“It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.”

Intro (2012 edition)
1990s, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997)
Source: How Will You Measure Your Life?

“Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself — and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves.”

Christensen (2011) in: Harvard Business Review (2011) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. p. 12
2010s

Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

“So the people using the Android operating system are now Motorola, Samsung, LG. And they are killing Apple: now, Android accounts for about 80 percent of the market.”

"Disruptive Genius" in Harvard Magazine (July-August 2014) http://harvardmagazine.com/2014/07/disruptive-genius
2010s

“[Descriptive research provides] an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics of a situation or phenomenon.”

Johnson & Christensen (2004) Seeing What's Next. p. 302 as cited in: L.M. DeBruhl (2006) Leave No Parent Behind. p. 9
2000s

“Disruptive technologies typically enable new markets to emerge. There is strong evidence showing that companies entering these emerging markets early have significant first-mover advantages over later entrants.”

Source: 1990s, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997), p. 3; cited in: Parminder Bhachu (2004), Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion, the Diaspora Economies. p. 172

“Low-end disruption occurs when the rate at which products improve exceeds the rate at which customers can adopt the new performance.”

Christensen cited in: Philip Kotler, John A. Caslione (2009) Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in the Age of Turbulence. p. 23
2000s

“I think [the Vista fiasco] will allow [Apple] to survive for a bit longer.”

Rebutting Clayton Christensen on Apple's 'Troubled' Future http://seekingalpha.com/article/5633-rebutting-clayton-christensen-on-apples-troubled-future-aapl-msft-dell in Seeking Alpha (11 January 2006)
2000s

“All of the points that [Professor Lepore] raised were not just wrong, but they were lies. Ours is the only theory in business that actually has been tested in the marketplace over and over again. … And for her to take that on, to take me on and the theory on – I don't know where the meanness came from.”

"Harvard Management Legend Clay Christensen Defends His 'Disruption' Theory, Explains The Only Way Apple Can Win" in BusinessInsider (28 October 2014) http://businessinsider.com/clay-christensen-defends-disruption-theory-2014-10
2010s

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