NewGround Technologies

Superbly written and inspiring article at Forbes about the health challenges faced by highly regarded author and Harvard professor Clayton Christensen. Christensen’s influential book, The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, is a must read for every business person, as it captures and explains the essence of the process of innovation, as well as its impact on competition. (I found this book to be far more useful in the context of developing and/or evaluating business strategies and investment opportunities than Michael Porter’s Competitive Strategy, a standard text for many business/competitive strategy courses.) The article speaks through the words of Christensen, his wife, his three highly accomplished adult children, his doctors and his colleagues and paints the picture of a person who not only has accomplished much, but also served as a model for how to live life by always striving to serve others. Don’t miss this article!

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