Christensen Institute

JANUARY 2, 2024

As the new year dawns, here are four other trends that could change the status quo in 2024. The decline in enrollment in higher education, disruptive alternatives to higher education, demographic declines, and the continued rise in spending by higher education. Indeed, more instability is in store in the year ahead.

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IdeaScale

JULY 6, 2017

Here’s what you need to know about technology trends for 2017. You can also download our disruptive innovation infographic for more information. The post Four Disruptive Tech Trends That Will Impact Your Innovation Strategy appeared first on IdeaScale. Cloud Networks.

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Digital Tonto

JANUARY 29, 2023

We need to learn the telltale signs that an industry is being disrupted. The post 4 Signs Your Industry Might Be Disrupted first appeared on Digital Tonto. Once technology begins to mature, we can expect consolidation, rent-seeking and regulatory capture to follow.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. Recognizing the early signs of these disruptions is key to responding effectively.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 16, 2024

Never mind again that we have been clear that the top schools are unlikely to be affected by the trends we documented. Not only will the top selective undergraduate programs likely be OK, but they almost certainly won’t be “disrupted” at all. Understanding a few aspects of Disruptive Innovation Theory will help illustrate why.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 31, 2023

When you recognize that things change ever so rapidly in the world, you may already feel disrupted before anything has even happened. The negative view many have about disruption is the result of it happening to you, causing you to have to manage a crisis. When the question of “How do we stay relevant?”

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today, the most prominent force of change is digital disruptions. These disruptions have displaced jobs, products, services — nearly anything you can imagine. The Fear of Digital Disruption. What isn’t broken eventually will be by digital disruptions and pretending that the world is not advancing digitally is not the answer.

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Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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Daniel Burrus

JULY 31, 2019

This is the difference between Soft Trends and Hard Trends. If you don’t like a Hard Trend, there isn’t a way for you to change it. However, if you don’t like a Soft Trend, you can easily change it to your advantage. This is a Hard Trend, while a Soft Trend would be whether you will transform your business processes.

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

Staying ahead of market trends can be the difference between success and obsolescence. Trend forecasting, a powerful tool for anticipating market shifts and consumer behaviors, has become a critical component of successful innovation management. But what exactly is trend forecasting, and how does it differ from trend management?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 21, 2021

I am a huge fan of trend spotting and scenario planning. Most companies simply do not understand the insight and the power that developing and interpreting trends and scenarios can provide. Yet far too many companies don't do enough trend spotting and scenario development. Trends are everywhere.

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Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Exponential digital technology is transforming every business process, and massive disruptions are at every turn. The reality is those Three Digital Accelerators are only going to continue to increase, and as a result, digital disruption will become even more widespread than they already are. Are some disruptions detrimental?

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 22, 2023

Through many of my writings, I explore my Hard Trend Methodology where a business leader or organization as a whole realigns their focus on Hard Trend future certainties to determine what they know is certain to happen. This then leads a business or organization to Anticipatory action! Where are you certain technology is headed?

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2022

Of all industries, this one is one that has to be anticipatory in both how they manufacture items, and in foreseeing disruptions and change long before they create problems. Five Tech Trends Impacting the Manufacturing Industry. Now, imagine how elaborate an IT department is needed to keep everything running!

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The past two years were as disruptive as they get for both society and business. The success criteria for the external environment might include customer acceptance, competitive differentiation, market trends, or anything else external to your organization that you don’t control. Let’s kick-off 2022 with a useful tool.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 27, 2021

For those interested in digital disruption and technological advancements , Bitcoin represented so much more than a way to allegedly make money fast like some type of digital wolf of Wall Street. So in banking, the most identifiable Hard Trend in blockchain technology is people’s response to buying Bitcoin. Never Say Never.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 12, 2020

The predictability of disruption as an innovation accelerator is a central component of the Anticipatory Organization Model , focusing closely on how Anticipatory Organizations and Anticipatory Leaders can look at disruption and see enormous opportunities. Hard Trends and the Pandemic.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

From nascent technologies to emerging innovation strategies, we have identified 4 of the key corporate innovation trends to help you get ahead, so that your business will be ready for whatever next year may bring. The Top 4 Innovation Trends for 2021 1.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Part 1 of this blog series, I highlighted that disruption in health care is increasingly present at many points along the consumer value chain. Key takeaways to recall from that first post are as follows: Disruption doesn’t stop where it starts. What happens when disruptors move up-market? Three strategies for the path forward.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 11, 2021

At this point, those who do understand what cryptocurrency is realize the disruptive nature of the concept and how it can upend the banking and financial industry. But the disruption from the concept of a digital wallet and cryptocurrency runs far deeper than just money. Disrupting the Real Estate Industry.

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Acuvate

AUGUST 17, 2020

5 Major Future of Work Trends Post COVID-19 The COVID-19 disruption has completely overhauled the entire business landscape by actively driving significant workplace transformations. The post 5 Major Future of Work Trends Post COVID-19 appeared first on Acuvate. In the last couple of months, […].

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Time passing is a Hard Trend, or future certainty that is constantly occurring , and no matter how you savor the present, you know that in some way you always plan for what comes next. But there is good news; humans can be anticipatory and find a way to take new positions alongside disruptive digital technology!

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2023

At the Christensen Institute, we wondered if they might disrupt universities’ master’s degree programs. Companies like Casper and Harry’s epitomized the trend. McGrath’s analysis of why companies like Casper lacked enduring disruptive value also reveals the central flaws in coding bootcamps’ initial direct-to-consumer models.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 14, 2021

We’ve seen cycles come and go—everything from music trends that emulate days gone by to past decades of fashion making a comeback. Trends Are Cycles. Hard Trends and Soft Trends sound similar to the concept of cycles, don’t they? If we begin with Hard Trends, a future certainty means we know it will happen.

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Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Some minor disruptions get in your way, so you and your team make some adjustments to your product. While doing so, you start to consider other problems that may disrupt the newest iteration of this product you’re working on, and when it’s ready, start advertising to the local population your business is founded in.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Nearly every day, an individual with that inkling takes the leap into entrepreneurship, hoping to positively disrupt an industry, make a difference in the world, or become the next Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, to be remembered for something they created that did not exist before them. Leveraging Cycles for Positive Disruption .

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2019

Airbnb disrupted hotels. Now big travel and hospitality companies are going after the next disruptive innovation themselves before getting blindsided yet again. My research, consulting and speaking give me a glimpse into the fledgling trends and upstarts that will one day become tomorrow’s business behemoths.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Unlike traditional innovation efforts, which are often focused on incremental improvements to existing products or services, corporate venturing aims to drive growth by embracing riskier, more disruptive innovations. Among the core functionalities of these tools are technology scouting and trend management.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s not about what I think will happen in 2024, but instead what theories of disruptive innovation would suggest. Without further ado, let’s dive into three trends, plus a bonus, to look for in the year to come. won’t disrupt health care, despite claims to the contrary. But are they likely to disrupt incumbents’ offerings?

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For some, the post-coronavirus “new normal” is a frightening concept that rattles their status quo, while others are taking this moment to seize new opportunities afforded to us by a global disruption, as COVID-19 has proven to be. You may be asking yourself: How is that possible? New Opportunity Puts Significance Over Success.

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Daniel Burrus

JUNE 15, 2022

Determining each person’s individual health and wellness needs, or recommending lifestyle changes to each individual that specifically suits his or her needs might seem almost impossible, but thanks to some of the transformative Hard Trend technologies growing rapidly this year and beyond, that pipe dream is fast becoming reality.

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Yet2

MAY 11, 2022

A major trend yet2 has observed over the last several years in our technology scouting projects is more companies are using scouting to identify Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) to partner with. The post Scouting’s hottest trend: Contract Manufacturing Organizations appeared first on yet2.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 23, 2018

Similarly, Blockbuster experienced almost the exact same disruption. The fact of the matter is, Schumpeter's 'creative destruction' will occur more rapidly and more frequently, and we need to be anticipating disruptive innovation, if not simply welcoming it and accepting it. That's the natural order of things.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

These rapidly evolving technologies are not just incremental improvements —they represent seismic shifts that are disrupting the very foundations of how we work, live, and interact with the world. The use of synthetic data is disrupting fields like healthcare, finance, and retail, where data privacy is paramount.

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