Constraint Driven Innovation

Successful innovation requires the management of multiple contexts: those of the customer, the offering itself, the business model for the offering, and the strategic aims of the hosting corporation. An approach to managing these contexts and the constraints they...

Business Model Innovation in Practice

Business model innovation is often the key to capturing value from innovation. Developing and implementing new business models in practice, however, is difficult and fraught with risk. This paper discusses a systematic approach to developing new business models and...

Paul Polak on Innovation to Reduce Poverty

Paul Polak has dedicated himself to the proposition that corporations can help the 2.6 billion people in the world living on less than $2 a day—and make a profit doing so. His various ventures are all dedicated to finding practical solutions to attack poverty at its...

Clay Christensen discusses Managing Disruption

Clay Christensen defined the term disruptive innovation after studying why companies fail while listening to their best customers and making what seem like good business decisions. In this interview, he discusses how to identify, think about, and manage disruptive...