Karen Dillon

Después de haber sufrido un ataque al corazón, cáncer en estado avanzado y un derrame cerebral en tres años sucesivos, Clayton M. Christensen pronunció un breve, pero poderoso discurso, frente a la Clase de graduación de la Escuela de Negocios. Presentó un conjunto de directrices personales que le han ayudado a encontrar sentido y felicidad en su vida, un desafío que incluso los estudiantes más brillantes y motivados encuentran desalentadores. En este libro innovador, Christensen plantea una serie de preguntas: ¿Cómo puedo estar seguro de que encontraré satisfacción en mi carrera? ¿Cómo puedo estar seguro de que mis relaciones personales se conviertan en fuentes duraderas de felicidad? ¿Cómo puedo evitar comprometer mi integridad y permanecer fuera de la cárcel? Aprovechando las lecciones de algunas de las mejores empresas del mundo, proporciona información increíble sobre estas preguntas desafiantes.¿Cómo valorarás tu vida? está lleno de inspiración y sabiduría, y ayudará a los estudiantes, a los profesionales de las carreras intermedias y a los padres a forjar sus propios caminos hacia la realización. How will you value your life? Having suffered a heart attack, late-stage cancer, and stroke in three successive years, Clayton M. Christensen delivered a short but powerful speech to the Graduating Class of the Business School. He presented a set of personal guidelines that have helped him find meaning and happiness in his life, a challenge that even the brightest and most motivated students find daunting. In this groundbreaking book, Christensen asks a series of questions: How can I be sure that I will find fulfillment in my career? How can I be sure that my personal relationships become lasting sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity and stay out of jail? Drawing on lessons from some of the best companies in the world, he provides incredible insights into these challenging questions. How will you value your life? it is full of inspiration and wisdom, and will help students, mid-career professionals, and parents forge their own paths to achievement.

¿Las empresas saben cómo crecer? ¿Cómo pueden crear productos que están seguros de que los clientes quieren comprar? ¿Puede la innovación ser más que un juego de éxito? El profesor Clayton Christensen de la Escuela de Negocios de Harvard tiene la respuesta. Hace una generación, Christensen revolucionó los negocios con su innovadora teoría de la innovación disruptiva. Ahora, él va más allá, ofreciendo nuevas y poderosas ideas. Después de años de investigación, Christensen ha llegado a una conclusión crítica: Los clientes no compran productos o servicios; ellos los "contratan" para hacer un trabajo. Comprender qué hace que los clientes "contraten" un producto o servicio, hará que cualquier empresa puede mejorar su historial de innovación, creando productos que los clientes no solo quieran contratar, sino que pagarán precios más altos para llevarlos a sus vidas; por ejemplo: Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb y Chobani, por nombrar solo algunos. Pero este libro no se trata de celebrar estos éxitos, se trata de predecir nuevos. Este libro establece cuidadosamente el marco provocativo de Christensen, que proporciona una explicación completa de la teoría y por qué es predictivo, cómo usarlo en el mundo real y, lo más importante, cómo no desperdiciar la información que proporciona. Competing Against LuckCompanies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a successful game? Professor Clayton Christensen of the Harvard Business School has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen has come to a critical conclusion: Customers don't buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. Understanding what makes customers "hire" a product or service will help any company improve its innovation record, creating products that customers not only want to hire, but will pay higher prices to bring into their lives; for example: Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb and Chobani to name just a few. But this book isn't about celebrating these successes, it's about predicting new ones. This book carefully lays out Christensen's provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use it in the real world, and most importantly, how not to waste the information it provides.

In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School's graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness. The speech was memorable not only because it was deeply revealing but also because it came at a time of intense personal reflection: Christensen had just overcome the same type of cancer that had taken his father's life. As Christensen struggled with the disease, the question How do you measure your life? became more urgent and poignant, and he began to share his insights more widely with family, friends, and students. In this groundbreaking book, Christensen puts forth a series of questions: How can I be sure that I'll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my personalrelationships become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity--and stay out of jail? Using lessons from some of the world's greatest businesses, he provides incredible insights into these challenging questions. How Will You Measure Your Life? is full of inspiration and wisdom, and will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment.

From the world's leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple's Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader--student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child--forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Klejton M. Kristensen ta jogo spivavtori proponujut novatorske rishennja do spravzhnikh i trivalikh zmin. Pravilni innovatsiji ne tilki budujut kompaniji, ale j budujut krajini. Paradoks protsvitannja viznachaje mezhi zagalnikh modelej ekonomichnogo rozvitku i proponuje novu osnovu dlja ekonomichnogo zrostannja, zasnovanogo na pidprijemnitstvi ta innovatsijakh, scho tvorjat rinok. Ideji v tsij knizi dopomozhut kompanijam, jaki vidchajdushno pragnut spravzhnogo, dovgostrokovogo zrostannja, pobachiti realnij, stijkij progres tam, de voni ranishe zaznavali nevdachi. Knizhka bude korisnoju dlja pidprijemtsiv, publichnikh upravlintsiv ta politikiv, dopomagajuchi jim krasche rozumiti zakoni rinku ta paradoks protsvitannja, jakij, na dumku avtoriv, vidbuvajetsja vseredini krajini, a ne prikhodit zzovni. Perekladach Olena Zamojska

La pobreza global es uno de los problemas más grandes del mundo. Desde la educación hasta la atención médica, la infraestructura para erradicar la corrupción, se han ofrecido demasiadas soluciones, pero que se basan en ensayo y error. Esencialmente, el plan a menudo es identificar áreas que necesitan ayuda, inundarlas de recursos y esperar ver cambios a lo largo del tiempo. Pero la esperanza no es una estrategia efectiva. ¿Cómo es posible que naciones que reciben millones de dólares en ayuda sigan siendo pobres? Christensen sugiere una mejor manera. El tipo correcto de innovación no solo construye empresas, sino que también construye países. La Paradoja de la Prosperidad identifica los límites de los modelos comunes de desarrollo económico, que tienden a ser esfuerzos de arriba hacia abajo, y ofrece un nuevo marco para el crecimiento económico basado en el espíritu empresarial y la innovación de creación de mercado, para analizar países como Japón, Corea del Sur, Nigeria, Ruanda, India, Argentina... y México. The Prosperity ParadoxGlobal poverty is one of the world’s most vexing problems. For decades, we’ve assumed smart, well-intentioned people will eventually be able to change the economic trajectory of poor countries. From education to healthcare, infrastructure to eradicating corruption, too many solutions rely on trial and error. Essentially, the plan is often to identify areas that need help, flood them with resources, and hope to see change over time. But hope is not an effective strategy. How is it possible for nations that receive millions of dollars in aid to remain poor? Christensen suggests a better way. The right kind of innovation not only builds companies, but also builds countries. The Prosperity Paradox identifies the limits of common models of economic development, which tend to be top-down efforts, and offers a new framework for economic growth based on entrepreneurship and market-making innovation, to analyze countries like Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Rwanda, India, Argentina... and Mexico.

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it. There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress. This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, it embeds itself in our minds and accumulates daily, one microstress on top of the other. The long-term impact can be debilitating. Unregistered microstress weighs us down, damages our physical and emotional health, and contributes to a decline in our well-being. What's more, microstress is baked into our lives. The source is seldom a classic antagonist, such as a demanding client or a jerk boss. Instead, it comes from the people with whom we are closest: our friends, family, and colleagues. The good news is that once you understand microstress, you can fight back. Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain the science behind the phenomenon. They also share the secrets of a small set of people who've endured their share of microstress but have still managed to cultivate relationships that enable them to thrive both at work and in life. Compelling interviews with these high achievers bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress and ultimately how to find purpose—purpose that helps you break free from this quietly invasive force that's stealing your life.

O chem Obychno vse izmenenija produkta proiskhodjat putem prob i oshibok. dobavljaetsja funktsional, modifitsiruetsja vneshnij vid, a dalshe - mozhno tolko nadejatsja, chto eto srabotaet. Na samom dele innovatsii mogut byt kuda bolee predskazuemymi, i kuda bolee pribylnymi. V svoej novoj knige "Zakon uspeshnykh innovatsij" Klejton Kristensen rasskazyvaet, chto dlja uspekha vazhno odno. ponjat, chto pobuzhdaet pokupatelej sovershat svoj vybor. Vy uznaete, kak ponjat zadachi klientov i smozhete tochno sprognozirovat uspekh svoikh novovvedenij. Kniga okazhetsja poleznoj, esli. Vy ustali tratit svoi resursy na proekty, tolku ot kotorykh odin pshik Vy khotite sozdavat tovary i uslugi, kotorye klienty tochno budut pokupat, da esche i platit za nikh bolshie dengi Vy khotite konkurirovat - i pobezhdat tekh, kto otdaet uspekh innovatsij na otkup udache Tsitata Ogromnye massivy informatsii, sobiraemye kompanijami, ne organizovyvajutsja takim obrazom, chtoby dostoverno predskazyvat uspekh tekh ili inykh idej. Vmesto etogo dannye govorjat lish o tom, chto "etot klient pokhozh na togo", "etot produkt obladaet takimi zhe tekhnicheskimi kharakteristikami, kak i tot", "eti ljudi veli sebja tochno tak zhe v proshlom" ili "68% pokupatelej govorjat, chto predpochitajut variant A variantu B". No podobnaja informatsija, po suti, ne ukazyvaet na to, pochemu klienty delajut imenno takoj vybor. Ob avtorakh Klejton Kristensen - professor v Garvardskoj shkole biznesa, avtor devjati knig, pjatikratnyj laureat Premii Makkinzi za luchshuju statju Harvard Business Review i souchreditel chetyrekh kompanij, vkljuchaja Innosight, konsaltingovuju firmu, zanimajuschujusja innovatsijami. V 2011 i 2013 godakh on byl nazvan naibolee vlijatelnym myslitelem biznes-sfery v rejtinge Thinkers50. Teddi Kholl - direktor Cambridge Group i rukovoditel proekta Nielsen's Breakthrough Innovation. On pomogaet rukovoditeljam vysshego zvena sozdavat uspeshnye novye produkty i sovershenstvovat innovatsionnye protsessy. On takzhe aktivno sotrudnichaet s rukovoditeljami na razvivajuschikhsja rynkakh v kachestve konsultanta proekta Endeavor and Innovation Without Borders. Karen Dillon - byvshij redaktor Harvard Business Review i soavtor bestsellera The New York Times "Strategija zhizni". Vypusknitsa Kornellskogo universiteta i shkoly zhurnalistiki Medilla Severo-Zapadnogo universiteta. V 2011 goda fond Ashoka nazval ee samoj vlijatelnoj i vdokhnovljajuschej zhenschinoj mira. Devid Dankan - starshij partner Innosight. Idejnyj vdokhnovitel i konsultant rukovoditelej po innovatsionnym strategijam i razvitiju, pomogajuschij im vyderzhat podryvnye innovatsii, obespechit ustojchivoe razvitie i preobrazovat kompanii s tselju dolgosrochnogo protsvetanija.

How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovatorâ??s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.

Clayton M. Christensen, the author of such business classics as The Innovator’s Dilemma and the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life, and co-authors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity, and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change. Global poverty is one of the world’s most vexing problems. For decades, we’ve assumed smart, well-intentioned people will eventually be able to change the economic trajectory of poor countries. From education to healthcare, infrastructure to eradicating corruption, too many solutions rely on trial and error. Essentially, the plan is often to identify areas that need help, flood them with resources, and hope to see change over time. But hope is not an effective strategy. Clayton M. Christensen and his co-authors reveal a paradox at the heart of our approach to solving poverty. While noble, our current solutions are not producing consistent results, and in some cases, have exacerbated the problem. At least twenty countries that have received billions of dollars’ worth of aid are poorer now. Applying the rigorous and theory-driven analysis he is known for, Christensen suggests a better way. The right kind of innovation not only builds companies—but also builds countries. The Prosperity Paradox identifies the limits of common economic development models, which tend to be top-down efforts, and offers a new framework for economic growth based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation. Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon use successful examples from America’s own economic development, including Ford, Eastman Kodak, and Singer Sewing Machines, and shows how similar models have worked in other regions such as Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Rwanda, India, Argentina, and Mexico. The ideas in this book will help companies desperate for real, long-term growth see actual, sustainable progress where they’ve failed before. But The Prosperity Paradox is more than a business book; it is a call to action for anyone who wants a fresh take for making the world a better and more prosperous place.

Clayton M. Christensen, the author of such business classics as The Innovator's Dilemma and the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life, and co-authors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity, and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change. Global poverty is one of the world's most vexing problems. For decades, we've assumed smart, well-intentioned people will eventually be able to change the economic trajectory of poor countries. From education to healthcare, infrastructure to eradicating corruption, too many solutions rely on trial and error. Essentially, the plan is often to identify areas that need help, flood them with resources, and hope to see change over time. But hope is not an effective strategy. Clayton M. Christensen and his co-authors reveal a paradox at the heart of our approach to solving poverty. While noble, our current solutions are not producing consistent results, and in some cases, have exacerbated the problem. At least twenty countries that have received billions of dollars' worth of aid are poorer now. Applying the rigorous and theory-driven analysis he is known for, Christensen suggests a better way. The right kind of innovation not only builds companies--but also builds countries. The Prosperity Paradox identifies the limits of common economic development models, which tend to be top-down efforts, and offers a new framework for economic growth based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation. Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon use successful examples from America's own economic development, including Ford, Eastman Kodak, and Singer Sewing Machines, and shows how similar models have worked in other regions such as Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Rwanda, India, Argentina, and Mexico. The ideas in this book will help companies desperate for real, long-term growth see actual, sustainable progress where they've failed before. But The Prosperity Paradox is more than a business book; it is a call to action for anyone who wants a fresh take for making the world a better and more prosperous place. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Clayton M. Christensen, the author of such business classics as The Innovator's Dilemma and the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life, and co-authors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity, and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change. Global poverty is one of the world's most vexing problems. For decades, we've assumed smart, well-intentioned people will eventually be able to change the economic trajectory of poor countries. From education to healthcare, infrastructure to eradicating corruption, too many solutions rely on trial and error. Essentially, the plan is often to identify areas that need help, flood them with resources, and hope to see change over time. But hope is not an effective strategy. Clayton M. Christensen and his co-authors reveal a paradox at the heart of our approach to solving poverty. While noble, our current solutions are not producing consistent results, and in some cases, have exacerbated the problem. At least twenty countries that have received billions of dollars' worth of aid are poorer now. Applying the rigorous and theory-driven analysis he is known for, Christensen suggests a better way. The right kind of innovation not only builds companies--but also builds countries. The Prosperity Paradox identifies the limits of common economic development models, which tend to be top-down efforts, and offers a new framework for economic growth based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation. Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon use successful examples from America's own economic development, including Ford, Eastman Kodak, and Singer Sewing Machines, and shows how similar models have worked in other regions such as Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Rwanda, India, Argentina, and Mexico. The ideas in this book will help companies desperate for real, long-term growth see actual, sustainable progress where they've failed before. But The Prosperity Paradox is more than a business book; it is a call to action for anyone who wants a fresh take for making the world a better and more prosperous place. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently offer the spectacle of twins who share an insular closeness and perform a supposed alikeness--standing side by side, speaking and acting in unison. Treating twinship as a cultural phenomenon, this first comprehensive study of twins in American literature and popular culture examines the historical narrative--within the discourses of experimentation, aberrance and eugenics--and how it has shaped their representations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for. How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim-that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation-is wrong. Customers don't buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. Understanding customers does not drive innovation success, he argues. Understanding customer jobs does. The "Jobs to Be Done" approach can be seen in some of the world's most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. But this book is not about celebrating these successes-it's about predicting new ones. Christensen contends that by understanding what causes customers to "hire" a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers not only want to hire, but that they'll pay premium prices to bring into their lives. Jobs theory offers new hope for growth to companies frustrated by their hit and miss efforts. This book carefully lays down Christensen's provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use it in the real world-and, most importantly, how not to squander the insights it provides.

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for. How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim--that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation--is wrong. Customers don't buy products or services; they hire them to do a job. Understanding customers does not drive innovation success, he argues. Understanding customer jobs does. The Jobs to Be Done approach can be seen in some of the world's most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. But this book is not about celebrating these successes--it's about predicting new ones. Christensen contends that by understanding what causes customers to hire a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers not only want to hire, but that they'll pay premium prices to bring into their lives. Jobs theory offers new hope for growth to companies frustrated by their hit and miss efforts. This book carefully lays down Christensen's provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use it in the real world--and, most importantly, how not to squander the insights it provides.

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How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovatorâ??s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.