The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen - Paperback

Good book!

I was prepared for a lot of blah blah, not for this book and it's content.If you have to read one book about preparing yourself or your company to disruptive technology or more over understanding how new technologies, as immature it could be, might become disruptive in the next few years or decades, this is it.I see why apple is so successful with some of their products: why they prepared iPad on the early 2000s, for example, and they launched at a precise point of the time (on an emerging market), when it could do something useful with WiFi, 3G, and an ARM chip powerful enough for the web, and what was probably the vision that makes them do it, the iPad Pro, a laptop replacement for the consumer market. More than 10 years ago.Sometimes, just to be able to understand needs, to be able to draw a curve, could project you on the next decade, and make you successful like no other!

The Innovator's Dilemma provides solid and detailed examples of industries that have gone through radical and disruptive change, with learnings for each that provide leaders insights into what to look for within your own background. Yes disruptive technology can be a game changer but the book discusses that perhaps it is not the disruption itself but how leadership anticipates and responds.I would have given this a five star, but I do find some of the case studies provide to much detail about the industry that I find is not necessary to get the point across, yet I understand the need for the detail as you need to understand the context, stage and how the industry got there.

Exceptional book.I have been very curious as to how healthcare could undergo the same disruption, that has been so clearly demonstrated in the disk drive and backhoe business. The theory of disruption curiosly seems to make a very compelling case in this field.I have picked up the innovators prescription for healthcare and cannot wait to begin reading it.I would like to ask Clayton Christensen if there is a case for the Indian satellite industry and disruptive innovation, if I get a chance that is.Sandeep attawar

This and Everett Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation are two books that should be on everyone's shelves. While Christensen focuses on technology adoption, his message of disruption applies across all business. A lot of marketing and organizational theories and approaches have been built on the back of this book, so its a fundamental starter for anyone involved in creating and marketing new products, services, ideas, etc.