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How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen. After beating a heart attack, advanced-stage cancer and a stroke in three successive years, the world-renowned innovation expert and author of one of the best selling and most influential business books of all time – The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen delivered a short but powerful speech to the Harvard Business School graduating class. He presented a set of personal guidelines that have helped him find meaning and happiness in his life – a challenge even the brightest and most motivated of students find daunting. Akin to The Last Lecture in its revelatory perspective following life-altering events, that speech subsequently became a hugely popular article in the Harvard Business Review and is now a groundbreaking book, putting forth a series of questions and models for success that have long been applied in the world of business, but also can be used to find cogent answers to pressing life questions: How can I be sure that I’ll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse, my family and my close friends become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity (and stay out of jail)? How Will You Measure Your Life? is a highly original, surprising book from a singular business figure. It’s a book sure to inspire and educate readers – companies and individuals, students of business, mid-career professionals, and even parents – the world over.

Quali scelte devono compiere le aziende per riuscire a crescere? Come possono creare prodotti che i clienti desiderino acquistare? L’innovazione può essere programmata ed essere dunque qualcosa di più di una semplice scommessa legata al caso e alla buona sorte? Clayton Christensen, professore della Harvard Business School, ha provato a fornire una risposta a questi interrogativi, offrendo alle aziende una nuova prospettiva a partire dalla quale sviluppare innovazione di prodotti e servizi. Dopo anni di ricerca, Christensen e i suoi collaboratori sono giunti a una conclusione fondamentale: l’idea, da tempo diffusa tra le aziende di tutto il mondo, che il modo più efficace per innovare consista nel conoscere il maggior numero di informazioni possibile sui clienti è sbagliata. Questi ultimi non si limitano infatti ad acquistare prodotti o servizi: chiedono a essi di svolgere un compito molto specifico in una determinata circostanza. Per utilizzare la metafora di Christensen, i clienti “assumono” i prodotti e li “licenziano” quando non ne hanno più bisogno. Gli autori sostengono che, riuscendo a individuare ciò che spinge i clienti ad “assumere” un prodotto o un servizio, qualsiasi organizzazione potrà migliorare i suoi processi innovativi, creando prodotti e servizi che i clienti vorranno portare con sé nella loro vita, e per avere i quali saranno ben disposti a pagare un premio. La Jobs Theory offre nuove speranze di crescita a tutte quelle aziende frustrate da anni di sforzi e investimenti che non hanno portato ai risultati sperati. Il libro descrive attentamente l’innovativo approccio studiato da Christensen e collaboratori, offrendo una spiegazione completa della teoria e il motivo per cui essa è efficace, ma, soprattutto, spiega come utilizzarla concretamente nel mondo reale e come non sprecare le conoscenze che è in grado di fornire.

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations. The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller–one of the most influential business books of all time–innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right–yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator’s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. Sharp, cogent, and provocative–and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time–The Innovator’s Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.

The best of Clayton Christensen’s seminal work on disruptive innovation, all in one place. No business can afford to ignore the theory of disruptive innovation. But the nuances of Clayton Christensen’s foundational thinking on the subject are often forgotten or misinterpreted. To achieve continuing growth in your business while defending against upstarts, you need to understand clearly what disruption is and how it works, and know how it applies to your industry and your company. In this collection of Christensen’s most influential articles–carefully selected by Harvard Business Review’s editors–his incisive arguments, clear theories, and readable stories give you the tools you need to understand disruption and what to do about it. The collection features Christensen’s newest article looking back on 20 years of disruptive innovation: what it is, and what it isn’t. Covering a broad spectrum of topics–business model innovation, mergers and acquisitions, value-chain shifts, financial incentives, product development–these articles illuminate the impact and implications of disruptive innovation as well as Christensen’s broader thinking on management theory and its application in business and in life. This collection of best-selling articles includes: “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave,” by Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen, “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change,” by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf, “Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the Cure,” by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott Cook, and Taddy Hall, “Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things,” by Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman, and Willy C. Shih, “Reinventing Your Business Model,” by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann, “The New M&A Playbook,” by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Alton, Curtis Rising, and Andrew Waldeck, “Skate to Where the Money Will Be,” by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Matthew Verlinden, “Surviving Disruption,” by Maxwell Wessel and Clayton M. Christensen, “What Is Disruptive Innovation?” by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Rory McDonald, “Why Hard-Nosed Executives Should Care About Management Theory,” by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor, and “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen.