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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
The dilemma- Disruption theory vs reality?
Uber is not an example of Disruption Apparently not according to Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen in the December, 2015 edition of HBR. The good professor is best remembered for coining the term disruption and developing a ground-breaking theory on how...
What is your disruption goal?
Disrupt the customer experience not the industry Everyone wants to disrupt everything. Or so it seems. Uber has disrupted the taxi industry, Amazon the book industry etc etc. But here is the problem. I don't think these companies originally set out to disrupt their...
How to respond to Disruption?
What to do when you have been disrupted? Test cricket matches played over 5 days have been around for over 150 years. Yet dwindling crowds has suggested that they were showing all the signs of disruption. One day cricket then the 20:20 version provided a seemingly...
The ABCD of Disruption
A,B,C,D...... What's the next letter in this pattern? It's of course the letter 'E' according to the alphabet we are all familiar with. The Alphabet is a pattern. Our brain likes to think in patterns because it's more efficient. Now let's imagine an organisation or...
Why disruption is like a king hit
We need a new analogy to talk about disruption I was facilitating a disruption training course yesterday for a group of leaders and i found myself describing disruption in terms of a king hit. A king hit is when someone comes up from behind and hits another person....
Has Test Cricket been Ubered?
Is Test Cricket another example of Disruption? Test Cricket has been played for over a 100 years. It was considered the ultimate test of cricketing ability over 5 days - hence the name Test Cricket. But lately audiences and players are voting with their feet. Many of...
A disruptive idea – Sculptures by the Sea
Welcome to the world's largest annual free-to-the public outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculptures by the Sea starts today for a 3 week period around the foreshores of Bondi Beach in Sydney. From its humble beginnings in 1997 where it ran as a one day event, it now...
How to run a Hackathon
What works & what does not? The Australian Government recently ran a hackathon on new ideas and suggestions to boost innovation in the country. A hackathon or ideaathon is a concept pioneered in the software or IT industry which basically means gathering a group...
Why business owners should see The Martian
The best business movie of the year is not about business There is a new movie in town called The Martian which all business owners should see. It's not about business. But it's a wonderful movie about many of the qualities that make small and medium business owners...