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It's the end of summer and time to finish that summer reading...
So here is a quick list of what I consider great books and a few odd resources on disruption:
- Peter Drucker: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The first book to recognize that apparently inferior products and services and apparently marginal market segments could deliver superior growth;
- Clayton Christensen: The Innovator's Solution: The main framework for disruption and the best book on the subject;
- Bloomberg by Bloomberg; A close-up casebook of a market disruptor before the concept was well understood;
- Guy Kawasaki: The Macintosh Way: Hard to find in print, but a funny and close-up examination of one of the early great disruptors, Apple's Macintosh;
** Other Resources/I hate books **
Q: Hey I don't want to read a bunch of books. Can I get a quick executive report that shows the benefits of disruption?
A: Yes, how about this CEO Guide to the Benefits of Disruption (pdf) from The Disrupion Group's set of tools for managing disruption.
Q: Hey I don't want to read a report. Can I get a presentation?
A: Yes, how about this presentation on Achieving the Benefits of Disruption (pdf)
Q: Any Powerpoints by others?
Q: Hey I hate Powerpoint. Is there a movie I could watch about a stagnant family business in the 1950s in which the CEO takes a disruptive approach to enter a neglected market, ruthlessly eliminating the incumbents and reinventing the organization... Preferably an Academy Award winner, starring Al Pacino?
A: Yes. And there's an MBA study guide too.
Q: Man, Coppola is too heavy. Is there a lighter approach that explains disruption?
A: Yes
Q: I can't run my business using Dilbert. Is there a four-block diagram I can present to the board?
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