A Manager's guide to Disruptive Innovation: Why Great Companies Fail in the Face of Disruption and How to Make Sure Your Company Doesn't - Softcover

Silberzahn, Philippe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1537196685 ISBN 13: 9781537196688

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Somewhere, a startup is at work disrupting your business. What can you do about it? How can your company avoid the fate of once highly successful firms such as Kodak or Blockbuster? This book unravels the mechanisms of disruption, explains why great companies fail, and proposes concrete ways to turn disruptions into opportunities. Its key message is this: Failure in the face of disruption is not due to a lack of creativity, limited resources, or a resistance to change. Failure is the unintended consequence of applying “good” management practices. The solution to success lies in modifying these practices and this book will tell you how. An ideal introduction to the topic, A Manager’s Guide to Disruptive Innovation is packed with interesting case studies and anecdotes of organizations faced with disruptive innovation. This book offers you: • A deep insight into the workings of disruptive innovation • Actionable steps to protect and nurture disruptive projects • Practical suggestions to transform your company’s management practices to become more innovative

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About the Author

Philippe Silberzahn is a recognized expert in innovation and entrepreneurship. He has authored and co-authored five books in French and English on entrepreneurship, innovation, and strategy as well as many academic articles on these topics. As a consultant and management educator, he works with companies confronted to disruptions in their markets, including AXA, Renault Group, Royal Canin, Alcatel-Lucent, Total, Saint-Gobain and EDF. He is an Associate Professor at EMLYON Business School in France. He is also a Research Fellow at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France and a visiting lecturer at HEC Paris, EPFL/HEC Lausanne, and Solvay Brussels School of Business and Economics. He was previously a Research Associate at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Prior to his academic career, he had over twenty years of industry experience as an entrepreneur and CEO, having participated in the creation or acquisition of four high technology firms, and as an international consultant in India, China, Europe and the US. He holds a PhD from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Caen, France, a MS in Management from the Sorbonne University, and an MBA from the London Business School.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1537196685
• ISBN 13: 9781537196688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198