Previously, I summarized Keller and Husig’s (2009) framework for evaluating disruptive potential of a software. In this post, I will attempt to summarize how they applied that framework to their case study of Google vs Microsoft for their office applications. First, its important to remember that “Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else” (Clayton Christensen). Therefore, we will evaluate the process of Google Docs potentially disrupting Microsoft Office. By the …
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Previously, I studied the works of Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation. In this post, I will be building on those notes with a specific focus of attempting to forecast the disruptive innovations in the software industry. Framework to forecasting the disruptive innovation in Software Keller and Hüsig (2009) noted that there is “a lack of definite frameworks for [forecasting] identification of disruptive innovations”. Thus, they developed a new framework to answer their thesis question of “whether web applications post a …
Previously, we chronologically reviewed the works of Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation. In this post, I will be focusing on the “disruptive innovation” at play in business-to-business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS). There are now a handful of B2B SaaS companies that started at the “low-end of the market” (Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen) by focusing on small-to-medium businesses (SMB). Why is that the case? Does Christensen’s theories explain this? According to Tomasz, Partner at Redpoint, “I believe we’re seeing …
In Understanding the complete works of Christensen on Innovation, I pieced together Clayton’s theories to be understood holistically – from the beginning to now. In this post, I review the criticism against his theories with the goal of further strengthening the understanding and the use of critical thinking when working with his theories. As with most popular works, Christensen’s theories have been a target of criticism. In the earlier post, I briefly touched on some book-specific research to supplement and …
Clayton Christensen has been the undisputed expert on Disruptive Innovation. In this post, I will breakdown his complete works on disruption – a theory of competitive response to an innovation. His theories have been relevant to me in my interests of entrepreneurship, product management, and trying to articulate world’s problems. The content of this summary is derived from Christensen’s books of The Innovator’s Dilemma (1997), The Innovator’s Solution (2003), Seeing What’s Next (2004), and Competing Against Luck (2016). Lastly, I …