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> [ If the theory accurately predicts what they \[scientists\] see, it confirms that it's a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn't lead them to believe, that's what Thomas Kuhn calls an anomaly. The anomaly requires a revised… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/if-the-theory-accurately-predicts-what-they-scientists-see-it/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

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> [If you want to make better theory, you've got to use the best that's available and look through the lens of another discipline to see if you can uncover more anomalies. By looking at the phenomena of failure from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/if-you-want-to-make-better-theory-you-ve-got-to-use-the-best-that-s/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

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## More by Clayton Christensen

> [But actually theory is very practical. Gravity is a theory, for example. It allows you to predict that if you step off a cliff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/but-actually-theory-is-very-practical-gravity-is-a-theory-for-example/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/in-our-lives-and-in-our-careers-whether-we-are-aware-of-it-or-not-we/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/many-of-the-factors-that-we-think-will-cause-motivation-such-as-fair/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [People in private equity complain that they have so much capital and so few places to invest. But you have lots of entrepreneurs trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/people-in-private-equity-complain-that-they-have-so-much-capital-and/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [If you're successful and growing, you can manage any way you want to. Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/if-you-re-successful-and-growing-you-can-manage-any-way-you-want-to/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [A sustaining innovation makes better products that you can sell for better profits to your best customers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/a-sustaining-innovation-makes-better-products-that-you-can-sell-for/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/purpose-must-be-deliberately-conceived-and-chosen-and-then-pursued/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [The mistake that makes launching a venture expensive is when you try to make a disruptive technology so good that it can compete on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/the-mistake-that-makes-launching-a-venture-expensive-is-when-you-try/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [What you need is a fundamental humility - the belief that you can learn from anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/what-you-need-is-a-fundamental-humility-the-belief-that-you-can-learn/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/this-is-why-i-belong-and-why-i-believe-i-commend-to-all-this-same/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [I think this is one reason why the Lord invented the Internet - so members can teach one another how to succeed in assignments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/i-think-this-is-one-reason-why-the-lord-invented-the-internet-so/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [Because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/because-these-firms-listened-to-their-customers-invested-aggressively/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [At the beginning of almost every industry, the available products and services are so expensive to own and complicated to use that only people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/at-the-beginning-of-almost-every-industry-the-available-products-and/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [Management has to provide the coordinating mechanism between what the supplier provides and what the user needs in not-good-enough situations where product architecture is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/management-has-to-provide-the-coordinating-mechanism-between-what-the/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

> [When you're thinking about your next product or current product and wondering how to make it different so you don't have competition, understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/when-you-re-thinking-about-your-next-product-or-current-product-and/)

[Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/)

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