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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A seminal work by bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen. In his international bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen exposed this crushing paradox behind the failure of many industry leaders: by placing too much focus on pleasing their most profitable customers, these firms actually paved the way for their own demise by ignoring the disruptive technologies that aggressively evolved to displace them. In The Innovator's Solution,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society--on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health--Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines help us, or will they replace us? In the past decade alone, Google introduced us to driverless cars, Apple debuted a personal assistant that we keep in our pockets,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A leading business journalist takes us inside a business revolution: the upstart brands taking on the empires that long dominated the trillion-dollar consumer economy. Dollar Shave Club and its hilarious marketing. Casper mattresses popping out of a box. Third Love's lingerie designed specifically for each woman's body. Warby Parker mailing you five pairs of glasses to choose from. You've seen their ads. You (or someone you know) use their products....
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Whatever your sector or industry, if youre responsible for your organizations ability to use change as a transformative opportunity, youll appreciate the dramatic impact this book will have on you, your leadership, and your organization. --
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The pace of disruption only seems to be accelerating. For companies large and small, startups and multinational giants like Cisco, employees must find a way to innovate their companies and stay ahead of the competition. As the head of Innovation Strategy and Programs at Cisco, Alex Goryachev believes that workers can't wait for innovation to come from the top down -- it has to happen at every level of an organization. In Embracing Innovation, Goryachev...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction draws on cutting-edge research to argue that what we need today is not revolution but reform: pro-competitive policies that enable innovation while compensating for the disruption it causes"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"From drones to Mars rovers -- an exploration of the most innovative use of robots today and a provocative argument for the crucial role of humans in our increasingly technological future. In Our Robots, Ourselves, David Mindell offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of robotics today, debunking commonly held myths and exploring the rapidly changing relationships between humans and machines. Drawing on firsthand experience,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The same learning curve model that helps you "Build an A Team" can be used to build yourself into the person you want to be. In Disrupt Yourself, Johnson shows us what this curve looks like and how to ride it. She lays out seven strategies for successfully riding the wave of personal disruption: take the right risks; play to your distinctive strengths; embrace constraint; battle entitlement; step back to grow. Give failure its due; be discovery driven....
10) The Airbnb way: 5 leadership lessons for igniting growth through loyalty, community, and belonging
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"New from bestselling author Joseph Michelli! How Airbnb has disrupted the hospitality industry for unparalleled success-critical lessons that apply to any 21st Century business. No one understands better than Joseph Michelli how businesses create and leverage world-class customer experiences. Over the past decade, Michelli has guided businesses in human experience transformation and revealed how Starbucks, Zappos, Mercedes, and other top companies...
11) Crux
Author
Series
Nexus novels (Ramez Naam) volume 2
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, far more dangerous place. In the USA, the freedom fighters of the Post-Human Liberation Front use Nexus to turn men and women into human time bombs aimed at the President and his allies. The first blows in the war between human and post-human have been struck"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Bibliomotion, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Are you a high potential charting your course within your current organization, a leader trying to jumpstart innovative thinking in your company? Or are you ready to do something new? Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different - they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist. An expert in driving...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, automotive, medical technology, retail. Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its way into many industries around the world. But the truth is, it has just begun its odyssey toward cheaper, better, and faster predictions to drive strategic business decisions-powering and accelerating business. When prediction is taken to the max, industries transform. The disruption that comes with such transformation is yet to...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
A roller-coaster tour through our obsession with the future - and what's at stake when we neglect our present. Tech bloggers livecast the launch of the latest Kindle, crowds form serpentine lines outside of Apple stores on the eve of new iPhone releases, stock markets surge and recede on rumours of what Intel and Microsoft have in the pipeline, and, on college campuses across the country, universities offer master's degrees in Future Studies. Meet...
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