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Based on a truly radical ideathat great companies can fail precisely because they. Goes into details of their inventions and the crazy people in a good way who made up. His work is cited by the worlds bestknown thought leaders, from steve jobs to malcolm gladwell. Why sometimes doing the right thing can be the wrong thing, especially when faced with disruptive technology. Clay christensens groundbreaking bestselling work in education now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on christensens seminal jobs to be done theory applied to education. The theory of disruptive innovation i presents some intriguing inconsistencies for. The innovators dilemma is the revolutionary business book that has forever changed corporate america. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time education and apply.
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