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It's time to lay an unsuccessful idea to rest.
I don’t often get to write these words, but there is a new must-read blog post on educational technology by a venture capitalist. Rethink Education’s Matt Greenfield argues that there is no generalized bubble in ed tech investment; rather, the problem is that the venture community has a habit of systematically betting on the wrong […]
Some of our best ideas are in the rearview mirror.
What happens when the predicted disruption didn't occur?
A decade of genre-busting innovation has us primed for transformative companies. But stratospheric expectations are killing fledgling startups.
Capitalism excels at innovation but is failing at maintenance, and for most lives it is maintenance that matters more
How well does Clayton M. Christensen’s theory describe what actually transpires in business?
How to get past the status quo in order to innovate.
"Dematurity" as alternative to being disrupted: responding to lots of little changes.
People use "disruption" so much that it's become a dumb buzzword. But the theory of disruptive technology is essential for understanding the modern world.
Clayton Christensen continually predicts that Apple will be disrupted because his theory does not incorporate the importance of the user experience.
Clayton M. Christensen’s popular theory of disruption is founded on panic, anxiety, and shaky evidence.
It’s the most pernicious cliché of our time.
“I’m the Emerging Technologies Librarian at UNC.” “So what does that mean?” Every time I meet someone new at work, that’s how the conversation goes. My response usually consists of arm flailing and a disjointed summary of my duties. I’m working on that. But I think people mostly don’t know what my job defines as […]
In business, surprises signal uncertainty–a phenomenon to be avoided and feared. But those unexpected events can also point the way toward an innovative approach you didn’t consider before.
They've called for a leap into online learning, but demonstrate no understanding of that field. They use the popular language of disruption theory without understanding any of its mechanisms.
This would make a good comedy if we were viewing it in the distant past. Instead it's a tragedy.
This would make a good comedy if we were viewing it in the distant past. Instead it's a tragedy.