“Every hour I spent doing that while at Oxford, I wasn’t studying applied econometrics. At the time, I was conflicted about whether… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
What the purpose of my life is about is I want to become the kind of person that God wants me to… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“At a more serious level, the desirability of aligning our actions with the more powerful laws of nature, society, and psychology, in… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“As I look back on my own life, I recognize that some of the greatest gifts I received from my parents stemmed… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“Indeed, while experiences and information can be good teachers, there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“resisting the temptation whose logic was “In this extenuating circumstance, just this once, it’s OK” has proven to be one of the… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“Identifying disruptive footholds means connecting with specific jobs that people—your future customers—are trying to get done in their lives.” — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“In the words of Andy Grove: “To understand a company’s strategy, look at what they actually do rather than what they say they will do.”…. Here is a way to frame the investments that we make in the strategy that becomes our lives: we have resources – which include personal time, energy, talent and wealth – and we are using… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share
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. — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“disruptive technology should be framed as a marketing challenge, not a technological one.” — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
The only way all people can have the opportunity to choose or reject the gospel of Jesus Christ is for us, without judgment, to… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
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… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“the breakthrough researcher first discovers the fundamental causal mechanism behind the phenomena of success. This allows those who are looking for “an answer” to… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“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… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
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… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core. — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
