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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

Airbnb disrupted hotels. Now big travel and hospitality companies are going after the next disruptive innovation themselves before getting blindsided yet again. As part of a new series of articles I’m writing called Everything Transformed , I’m focusing on the widespread disruption of just about every industry on the planet.

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New value networks: The missing piece in the K–12 disruption equation

Christensen Institute

Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. What are the necessary elements for disruption?

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

The lighter you are, the more likely you are to be more flexible and adaptive to respond to more disruptive challenges being faced by industries that are undergoing the shift to being more “digitally enabled” Alibaba is very much a good asset orchestrator. A new moment of recognition for me was tucked away in my past research.

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Why ‘system transformation’ is likely a pipe dream

Christensen Institute

Ever since I wrote Disrupting Class in 2008, I’ve been publicly in favor of transforming education, not merely reforming it (although I do work in both spheres). An entire value network disruptively displaced an entire value network. In other words, a system disrupted a system. Here’s a simple example to illustrate why.

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Are you Ready to use this Economic Downturn to Become Recession Proof?

Daniel Burrus

But as I have mentioned to clients and colleagues many times over the course of my career: Agility will never set you ahead of disruption; it will only give you momentary peace of mind. A brief example of an organization that capitalized on the 2008 recession in remarkable ways is Lego. Opportunity is everywhere — always !

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

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The Personality of a Business: More Than Just a Brand Image

Tullio Siragusa

Case Study: Airbnb’s Personality Shift and Rebranding Background: Founded in 2008, Airbnb started as a platform that allowed homeowners to rent out their spaces to travelers. While it disrupted the traditional hotel industry, its brand personality was initially centered around affordable travel accommodation.