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The Disruptive Voice

The Disruptive Voice explores the frameworks of Disruptive Innovation across a wide range of industries and circumstances. Guests include academics, researchers, and practitioners who have been taught and inspired by the late Clayton Christensen.

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119. Right Kind Of Wrong: A Conversation with Amy Edmondson from 2023-12-12T08:00

In this episode, Amy Edmondson, sharing insights from her new book, Listen

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117. Creating Pathways To Opportunity at Western Governors University: A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher from 2023-10-31T07:00

Higher education has long been on an unsustainable trajectory, with rising costs - and subsequent...

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113. The Capitalist's Dilemma: A Conversation with Derek van Bever from 2023-08-08T07:00

"In our view, the crux of the problem is that investments in different types of innovation affect economies (and companies) in very different ways – but are evaluated using the...

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112. The Microstress Effect: A Conversation with Rob Cross and Karen Dillon from 2023-07-18T07:00

Clayton Christensen, in a 2012 Tedx Talk, while drawing on insights from Listen

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111. Creating a Market for Solar Energy in Nigeria: A Conversation with Efosa Ojomo from 2023-06-27T07:00

Nigeria is home to the largest energy deficit in the world. What can be done to address the striking level of energy poverty in the country? Clayton Christensen used to say tha...

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110. Why AI Hasn't Helped Radiology (Until Now): A Conversation with Cameron Andrews from 2023-06-06T07:00

Radiology touches around 80% of all hospital and health system visits, impacting nearly every specialty in medicine. However, the incumbent radiology IT system infrastructure p...

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109. The Application Of Jobs To Be Done At LinkedIn: A Conversation with Craig Mackintosh from 2023-05-16T07:00

In this episode, Craig Mackintosh, Head of User Experience Research at Listen

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107. Beautiful Trauma: A Conversation with Rebecca Fogg from 2023-04-04T07:00

After a shocking accident left Rebecca Fogg with a partially amputated hand, she...

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106. Reimagining Financial Advice For The Modern World: A Conversation with Anders Jones from 2023-03-14T07:00

Currently, over 75% of American households don’t have access to high quality, affordable, and unbiased financial...

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103. Unlocking Opportunities Through The Application of Jobs Theory: A Conversation with Alasdair Trotter from 2023-01-10T08:00

Jobs Theory, when correctly applied, has the potential to be a huge unlock for organizations that have yet to realize the full value from their agile transformations. In order to benefit from th...

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101. Learning To Build: A Conversation with Bob Moesta from 2022-11-29T07:00

This is a true story of one man, his four children, four mentors, and five skills. It began when Bob Moesta’...

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The Disruptive Voice's 100th Episode - Anomalies Wanted from 2022-11-08T08:00

Many listeners will know that Clay had a homemade “Anomalies Wanted” sign in his office at Harvard Business School – it was the backbone of his approach to research and theory building, as he wo...

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99. Rebuilding Arts Audiences Through Customer-Centric Engagement: A Conversation with Ruth Hartt from 2022-10-18T07:00

When you receive a brochure in the mail from your local symphony or visit a website for your regional orchestra, what do you typically see? You’re very likely going to read flowery language abou...

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97. Fueling The Energy Transition: A Conversation With Frank Mycroft from 2022-09-06T07:00:12

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96. Seeing Around Corners: A Conversation with Rita McGrath from 2022-08-16T06:36:42

Clayton Christensen and Rita McGrath, one of the top management thinkers in the world, spent over two decades as both co...

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94. The What, The How, And The Jobs To Be Done Served By The Modern Classrooms Project – A Conversation with Kareem Farah from 2022-07-05T08:00:34

After college, Kareem Farah became a high school math teacher, teaching in the traditional way t...

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93. Bringing The Venture Studio Model to Southeast Asia: A Conversation with Nick Ongkowijaya from 2022-06-14T07:00:21

Southeast Asia is a vibrant, fast-growing, and diverse region of the world, home to vast opportunities, particularly for those supporting market-creating innovations. In this episode, Listen

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88. Using Jobs To Be Done To Build Successful Brands: A Conversation with Taddy Hall from 2022-03-01T10:00:59

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86. How To Grow A Startup Using Jobs To Be Done: A Conversation with Matt Lerner from 2022-01-18T09:00

In 2015, when Matt Lerner jumped from Director at PayPal to early-stage VC and advisor, Clayton Christen...

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85. An Out Of The Box Model for Education: A Conversation with Amar Kumar from 2021-12-14T08:00

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many parents opted or were directed by their children’s schools to enroll students in online learning. However, for a number of reasons – including...

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84. The Senior Leadership Dilemma: A Conversation with Alex Slawsby and Christian Stadler from 2021-11-16T09:00

The challenges faced by senior leaders seeking to transform well-established organizations are well documented. What’s more, roadmaps for tackling these challenges are widely available. Still, i...

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82. K-12 School Systems, Seize This Moment! A Conversation with Thomas Arnett from 2021-10-05T09:00

Tom Arnett is Senior Research Fellow – Education at Listen

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82. K-12 School Systems, Seize This Moment! A Conversation with Thomas Arnett from 2021-10-05T09:00

Tom Arnett is Senior Research Fellow – Education at Listen

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81. Innovation at Johnson&Johnson: A Conversation with Dr. William Hait from 2021-09-20T09:00

In this episode, Dr. William Hait, Global Head of Johnson & Johnson External Innovation, discusses how the...

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80. From the Archives: Clayton Christensen On The Power of Good Theory and a Common Language from 2021-09-01T09:00

In honor of The Disruptive Voice's 80th episode, along with the start of the new academic year at Listen

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79. The End Of An Era: A Conversation with Steve Kaufman from 2021-08-02T09:00

Back in 2003, Steve Kaufman was the first partner who Clay brought on to teach the BSSE course with him, ...

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78. Shining A Light On Dark Kitchens: A Conversation with Prashant Srivastava and Sam Pogosov from 2021-07-19T10:00

One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been the acceleration of many industry trends that had already been underway in 2019. The ever-increasing pace of change in the restaurant industr...

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76. The Juggernaut's Journey: A Conversation with Snigdha Sur from 2021-06-15T10:00

Snigdha Sur is a Harvard Business School alumna and founder of Listen

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74. Electric Cars For Everyone: A Conversation with John de Souza from 2021-05-18T10:00

John de Souza is an entrepreneur and investor who, over the course of his career, has accumulated a great ...

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73. The Secret Lives of Customers: A Conversation With David Duncan from 2021-05-04T10:00

Along with his work as a Managing Director at Innosight, the consulting firm co-founded by Clayton Christensen and Listen

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72. Making Your Own Luck in Emerging Economies: Innovative Strategies for Creating New Markets from 2021-04-19T10:00

In this episode, Efosa Ojomo returns to The Disruptive Voice to discuss his latest research at Listen

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70. Applying the Minimill Playbook: A Conversation with CEO of Norsk Titanium, Mike Canario from 2021-03-16T10:00

Many students of Clayton Christensen’s will be familiar with the US Steel case that he wrote as a graduate student in the 1990s, one that is still used today in the BSSE curriculum at Harvard Bu...

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69. Bioengineering at Scale, A Conversation with Anna Marie Wagner of Ginkgo Bioworks from 2021-02-26T11:00

We're delighted to begin Season 4 of The Disruptive Voice with Anna Marie Wagner, Senior Vice President...

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68. Remodeling Venture Capital, with Elliott Parker from 2021-01-14T11:00

In the early days of venture capital, investors played a dual role as financiers and innovators, partnering with their portfolio companies to design and develop their operations from the ground ...

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67. Long Life Learning and Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet: A Conversation with Michelle R. Weise, PhD from 2020-12-10T11:00

Michelle Weise is an expert in higher education and in the development of more innovative workforce and tale...

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66. Defending The Castle Against Disruptors: Jean Wright, MD/MBA on Innovation in Healthcare from 2020-11-24T11:00

Over a year ago, The Forum for Growth & Innovation team ventured to North Carolina to learn about the ways in which a group of innovators had spread the gospel of disruption to the senior leader...

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65. Can Hyper-Localized Automation Transform Grocery Shopping? from 2020-11-11T11:00

Online grocery shopping isn't (really) ca...

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64. Your Best Friend's Voice: A Conversation With Amelia Lin, Founder and CEO of Saga from 2020-10-28T10:00

When was the last time you heard your best friend's voice? This question is at the heart of this week's episode of The Disruptive Voice. We're now seven months into a global pandemic that has to...

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63. Understanding Demand-Side Sales with Bob Moesta from 2020-10-14T10:00

Why are there no sales professors at the Harvard Business School or anywhere else, for that matter? Given that selling products and services is such a fundamental aspect of business, it may surp...

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62. COVID-19 and the Educator's Dilemma: A Conversation with Michael Horn from 2020-09-29T14:50:54

This week, as the New York City public schools scramble to re-open Listen

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61. Business Model Innovation at Innosight: A Conversation with Erika J. Meldrim from 2020-09-15T13:55:38

Over the course of the twentieth century, the growth of the consulting industry was fueled by a series of sustaining innovations that strongly influenced the practice of management and corporate...

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60. Overcoming the Capitalist's Dilemma, with Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services from 2020-09-01T10:00

In The Capitalist's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen and Derek van Bever highlighted a persisten...

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59. La Bohème In The Living Room? Pope Ward On The Transformation of Arts Organizations During COVID-19 from 2020-08-18T10:00

Here at The Disruptive Voice, we've applied the theory of Jobs To Be Done to healthcare, education, poverty, and religion, among many other topics. This week we're considering the reasons that p...

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58. The View From the Desk by Clay's Office from 2020-08-03T13:39:48

On this week's episode of The Disruptive Voice, we're delighted to bring you a conversation with Erin ...

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57. Eat, Sleep, Innovate: A Conversation with Scott D. Anthony from 2020-07-15T13:11:12

As the coronavirus continues to reshape the world, we turned to Scott D. Anthony, Managing Direct...

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56. Disruption Amidst Disruption: FinTech in the Age of Coronavirus from 2020-06-30T19:43:46

This week on The Disruptive Voice we're delighted to bring you a timely conversation with Professor Luis Vice...

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54. Disruption and New Patterns of Media Consumption, with Shilpa Bisaria from 2020-05-29T14:15:07

Do you remember having cable TV? Many of us do not. Over the last twenty years, the media landscape has been transformed amidst waves of disruption, technological innovation, and changi...

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53. Reflections on The Prosperity Paradox, with Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo from 2020-05-22T16:55:52

This week on The Disruptive Voice, we're delighted to introduce you to Euvin Naidoo and Listen

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52. Leadership and Commitment in Times of Crisis from 2020-04-30T20:35:55

Twenty years ago, Mark W. Johnson and Clayton Christensen co-founded...

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51. The Future of BSSE, with Rory McDonald from 2020-04-15T11:44:51

This week on The Disruptive Voice, we're delighted to introduce you to Professor Rory McDona...

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50. From the Archives: Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower on Resource Allocation from 2020-04-02T17:01:31

In the midst of this global coronavirus crisis, we at The Forum for Growth & Innovation are reflecting on how we can lend our hands and hearts to meet the needs o...

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49. Disruption and the Democratization of K-12 Education: A Conversation with Thomas Arnett from 2020-03-19T20:08:14

This week on The Disruptive Voice, we are delighted to bring you a conversation, recorded in early March, with Listen

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48. Disrupting Healthcare with Dr. Mahek Shah: How Tech Companies, The Patient Experience, and Innovations are Paramount to Transforming the Healthcare Industry from 2020-02-28T16:48:46

In the US, many go bankrupt due to the extraordinary high costs in our healthcare system.  On an annual basis, Listen

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47. Micromobility and The Future of Transportation: A Conversation with Horace Dediu from 2020-02-07T16:19:29

Here at Harvard Business School, we are mourning the recent passing of Profess...

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46. Journalism and Politics in an Age of Disruption: A Conversation with Bob Cohn from 2020-01-17T15:14:31

In 2009, at a time when The Atlantic was a 152 year old publication known chiefly for its erudite monthly magazine, Listen

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44. Choosing College: Bob Moesta and Michael Horn on Why We Hire Education from 2019-12-20T22:40:35

It’s the most wonderful time of the year but for many high school seniors it means one thing: college application deadlines! This week on The Disruptive Voice, as...

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43. Why Did You Hire HBS? from 2019-12-01T02:30:45

The holidays are always a time of reflection and here at The Forum we’re looking inward to understand why people hire Harvard Business School to earn an MBA. Listen

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42. Disruption and Electrification in the Auto Industry, Featuring Cliff Maxwell and Ned Calder from 2019-11-15T19:57:44

This week on The Disruptive Voice we bring you a conversation between Cliff Maxwell and Listen

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41. The Future Is Already Here—It’s Just Not Very Evenly Distributed: A Conversation with Hari Nair from 2019-10-27T15:44:51

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40. Should Your Customers Trust Your Business? from 2019-10-08T12:45:39

This week on The Disruptive Voice, Derek van Bever is joined in the studio by venture capitalists Listen

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39. Shaping the Work: Design and Development Through the Lens of Jobs Theory from 2019-09-24T13:20:39

This week on The Disruptive Voice, Shaye Roseman, a former Research Associate at The Listen

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38. Why Do People Hire (and Fire) Employers? from 2019-09-09T14:44:56

The best independent projects that BSSE students take on after completing the course have (at least) one thing in common: They are important—relevant to our students’ interests, as well...

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37. A Jobs To Be Done Masterclass with Andrew Glaser and Bob Moesta from 2019-08-15T14:57:36

This week on The Disruptive Voice, Derek van Bever, Director of The Forum for Growth & Innovation and Senior Lecturer a...

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36. "The World Isn't Waiting For Us": Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare from 2019-07-30T19:04:24

When Ann-Somers Hogg, Director of Innovation at Atrium Health, came to Cambridge to teach about disruption in he...

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35. Why Do People Hire Religion? from 2019-07-16T17:23:35

And now for something completely different: What can we learn by looking at changes in religious affiliation through the lens of Jobs to Be Done? Why are rising generations “firing” organized re...

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34. Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption – Six Years Later from 2019-06-26T23:58:45

Through the lens of Jobs To Be Done, MBA graduates Jasmyn Beausejour and Nicolas Kernick...

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33. Solving the Problem of Fit: Todd Rose and Bob Moesta from 2019-05-06T14:57:21

A not to be missed conversation. We sit down with Bob Moesta and Todd Rose, Harvard professor and aut...

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32. Integration by the Book: Insights from my time at Arrow Electronics from 2019-04-09T15:30:50

Professor Derek van Bever speaks with BSSE case protagonist BJ Hess, former Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Arrow Electronics, to discuss the difficulty of business mergers and in...

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31. Integrating Theory into Your Organization: Black Duck by Synopsys from 2019-03-29T12:00

The Disruptive Voice hits the road, heading to Listen

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30. Revisiting Resource Allocation in the Firm from 2019-03-18T14:35:28

Before returning to our Jobs to Be Done theme, we thought we'd share a little about how some of Clay's theories came to be. On the show today, hear Clay talk with one of his mentors, Listen

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29. Intercom, and Architecting a Company on Jobs to Be Done from 2019-03-04T18:33:07

Continuing our focus on Jobs to Be Done, Derek is joined by Intercom Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor, to discuss how Intercom's model was built from the ground up with the fram...

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28. Wyzant - Strategic Restructuring Around Jobs To Be Done from 2019-02-12T06:00

In this episode, we talk with HBS alum Levi Belnap, VP of Business Development at Wyzant, a leading t...

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26. What Really Creates Prosperity? from 2019-01-17T05:01

Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon, co-authors with Clayton Christensen on The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty, discuss the story behind their newly-release...

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25. Getting the Categories Right: Applying theories to Venture Capital from 2018-12-21T21:01:03

Just what is the job of an investor? Forum member Curtis Arledge talks to Listen

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24. Butterfly Network: Innovating at the Low End in Ultrasound from 2018-12-03T21:18:49

In this episode, Forum member and Research Associate Shaye Roseman is joined in the HBS studio by Darius Shahida, MBA class of 2019 and Chief of Staff at Listen

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23. Disruptive Innovation in Action: Reinventing Higher Education from 2018-11-20T20:11:21

We sat down with Dr. Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University, to discuss disruptive innovation in higher education. Our conversation touches on Paul’s own background, studen...

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22. Clay Christensen&Chet Huber: Reaching Critical Mass from 2018-10-12T16:48:48

Harvard Business School Professors Clay Christensen and Chet Huber sit down to discuss frameworks taken from Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise and applied to HouseSetter, the compa...

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21. Bob Moesta: Spotting Non-Consumption from 2018-07-09T21:02:54

We sat down with Bob Moesta, the President and CEO of The ReWired Group, and pioneer of the Jobs To Be Done Theory. The topic: spotting and strateg...

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20. Q&A session with Professor Clayton M. Christensen from 2016-09-06T18:55:47

We've built this podcast on top of the ideas taught in Professor Clayton M. Christensen's signature course at the Harvard Business School, Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE)....

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19. What if we viewed nonconsumption as a competitor with Efosa Ojomo (MBA 2015) from 2016-08-30T17:02:18

If nonconsumption were a company in Nigeria (or any other emerging market), it would almost certainly have a monopoly in many of the country's major industries. Yet investors and multinational c...

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18. 3 most useful theories for a board member with Professor Steve Kaufman (MBA 1965) from 2016-08-10T17:37:27

During Steve Kaufman’s 14 years as CEO of Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), the company completed over 50 acquisitions and grew from a $300 million US-centric corporation to a $12 billion global en...

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17. Agriculture: the once and future king of Nigeria with Folusho Olaniyan from 2016-07-13T14:14:02

Agriculture was once the leading industry in Nigeria, but decades of mismanagement caused the industry to decline. Today, the nation which once had a promising export crop business must import f...

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16. Reflections on Marginal Cost at U.S. Steel by Clay Christensen from 2016-07-01T16:00

BSSE students and alumni will know all too well why Professor Clayton Christensen was so excited to learn in 2015 that U.S. Steel was Listen

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15. Is Uber disruptive? from 2016-06-30T16:00

Nothing like using a trick question to rile up five theory experts who have st...

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14. Using JTBD as an entrepreneur — Laura Day (MBA 2009) from 2016-06-29T16:00

Laura E. Day (MBA 2009) spent one year (2014–2015) at the Forum for Growth and Innovation stud...

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13. The capabilities and limitations of the World Bank with Efosa Ojomo from 2016-06-28T16:00

The World Bank was founded in 1944 to facilitate post-war Reconstruction and today has grown to encompass five affiliated institutions dedicated to eradicating poverty worldwide. In this episode...

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12. BlackRock: Gregory Duggan and Ravi Umarji (MBA 2016) — BSSE Research Paper from 2016-06-27T16:00

Founded in 1988, BlackRock (BLK) has grown from being a provider of fixed income investment products into the preeminent global asset manager that it is today. Unlike its major competitors, Blac...

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11. Business Model Innovation with Tom Bartman from 2016-06-26T16:00

The value of and necessity for an organization to innovate its business model is rarely disputed in discussions of how to best survive in today’s rapidly changing economy, yet in an odd paradox,...

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10. American Express: Joe Costa (JD/MBA 2016) and Jeff Cui (JD/MBA 2017) — BSSE Research Paper from 2016-06-25T16:00

“It’s a funny feeling to find yourself talking about JP Morgan and calling them 'low-end', but such is the nature of disruptive innovation: as a theory of competition, the labels it employs are ...

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9. Stories from the ground — on building a market creating company in Ghana from 2016-05-05T16:00

Moringa is recognized as a miracle tree across the tropics worldwide for its n...

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8. BSSE research Paper | Square Capital — Caroline Anastasi and Lyndsey Billings from 2016-04-12T16:00

Launched at the end 2009 to bring payment processing to small businesses previ...

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7. Rethinking primary and secondary education in Nigeria with Michael Horn from 2016-04-05T16:00

Nigerian law mandates that students must attend school for nine years, but alm...

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6. BSSE Research Paper | Asian Paints — Aishwarya Ramakrishnan and Neha Rambhia (MBA 2016) from 2016-03-30T16:00

In post-independence India in the 1950’s, the paint industry was close to non-...

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4. Higher education in Nigeria today — for the lucky few, often only with marginal upside from 2016-02-29T17:00

In the 1980’s, Nigeria’s universities were known for their leading research in...

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3. Low oil prices are great for Tesla with Tom Bartman from 2016-02-23T17:00

The current state of gas prices has many wondering about the future of electri...

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2. Betterment - Krishna Kantheti (MBA '16)&George Rudolph (MBA '16) from 2016-02-02T17:00

Forum Director and BSSE Professor Derek van Bever talks to students about thei...

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1. Efosa Ojomo and what RPP’s think of building wells in Nigeria from 2016-01-27T17:00

63.2 million people in Nigeria don’t have safe access to water.

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