Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.

Clayton M. Christensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1952

Topics

GoodBusinessBadWhyDifficult

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.

Jock Sturges

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It is always comforting to be around people you like and know!

Anna Ewers

PeopleYouKnowAlwaysComforting

I have always been surrounded by women with strong personality and feminine: my mother, my sister, my aunts, my friends. I am fascinated by the look they can have - simple details such as a step, a way of speaking, a gesture, a way of wearing a garment.

Jeanne Damas

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When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins to harm the folk who look like the folk who want to be in charge. Martin Luther King, Jr., understood this, Malcolm X understood this, James Baldwin really understood this.

Michael Eric Dyson

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I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster.

Siri Hustvedt

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The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.

Josiah Strong

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I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

Dolores O'Riordan

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President Trump has had business leaders at the table. He's listening; he's engaging and making decisions that will help us grow the economy and, ultimately, U.S. manufacturing jobs.

Dennis Muilenburg

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Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.

Dean Kamen

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My wife is a very talented singer. She sang a lot on 'Roswell,' and I am embarrassed to sing around her.

David Walton

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Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

Christopher Guest

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After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine.

Claire Forlani

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