Education Quotes by Clayton M. Christensen

10 Education quotes by Clayton M. Christensen

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Clayton M. Christensen’s ten succinct statements bring his disruption lens to the classroom. He challenges readers to rethink traditional structures and consider how innovative models can reshape teaching and learning.

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We are awash in content that needs to be taught, yet the vast majority of colleges give a large portion of their…

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Colleges would compete by adding professors, enhancing programmes or building nicer facilities. So they competed by making institutions better.

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For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

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From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided…

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What the purpose of my life is about is I want to become the kind of person that God wants me to…

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The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only…

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“Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn…

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“Notwithstanding the intense pressure on faculty members to publish, nationwide surveys indicate that they value teaching as highly as scholarly research.6 For…

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“Every hour I spent doing that while at Oxford, I wasn’t studying applied econometrics. At the time, I was conflicted about whether…

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“One of the most vexing dilemmas that stable corporations face when they seek to rekindle growth by launching new businesses is that…

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“Identifying disruptive footholds means connecting with specific jobs that people—your future customers—are trying to get done in their lives.”

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The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth.

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“disruptive technology should be framed as a marketing challenge, not a technological one.”

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The only way all people can have the opportunity to choose or reject the gospel of Jesus Christ is for us, without judgment, to…

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The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make…

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By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own…

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Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of…

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“the breakthrough researcher first discovers the fundamental causal mechanism behind the phenomena of success. This allows those who are looking for “an answer” to…

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“In contrast, investing time and energy in your relationship with your spouse and children typically doesn’t offer that same immediate sense of achievement. Kids…

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In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I'm a father, a spouse, a good member…

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For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

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“When commercializing disruptive technologies, they found or developed new markets that valued the attributes of the disruptive products, rather than search for a technological…

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