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Once a darling of the disruption crowd, MoviePass is no more; the stock is valued at zero… CEO and CFO have departed, the Board has resigned en mass …. the courts are holding the junk that’s left.
Investors are eager to plow vast sums of money into companies that offer “disruptive” products and services. Often the basis of this disruption is investor-subsidized predatory pricing or cash-burn machines.… Read more
“A plan to influence others to act in your interests”
I’ve been preparing for a session at Singapore Management University’s Future Ready Forum, by researching about the digital impact on business.
One critical element of this is the view that with digital media gaining huge traction, it’s fashionable to talk about those bumbling, fumbling traditional media owners. Slow and stupid, so the thinking goes, they are sure to get run over by nimbler, smarter digital upstarts.… Read more
Over the past four weeks I’ve reviewed Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory, identified other factors involved in disruption, looked at how damaging this can be to certain industries, and using Apple as a case study shown that depending on your industry and your business strategy you could become a victim or a victor in the disruption wars.
So how in this uncertain and complex business environment can I avoid being disrupted, beyond sticking to my strategy?… Read more
Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked about the dangers of disruptive innovation. I’ve presented Christensen’s initial theory, then explored other factors that can contribute to disruption, and last week illustrated how dangerous disruption can be to industries and companies and YOU.
It certainly seems like an unstoppable juggernaught if your industry is “disrupted”.
So let’s go back to the first example of a disrupted industry – mobile phones- to see if all is lost.… Read more