Disruptive Innovation
Disruptathon Emerges as Industry Innovation Forum
The January 20th Disruptathon for Telecom/Media marked the beginning of Disruptathon as an industry innovation platform and forum. The public events are designed to highlight an industries brightest innovations while allowing up to 100 key stakeholders to provide feedback on those innovations. The events result in a critical data set for industry innovators and a [...]
Starbucks Via – Defense or Disruption?
My brother called from the west coast to tell me that Starbucks was pushing its new Via coffee pretty hard in a store near his Silicon Valley office. His first assumption was that Starbucks was trying to keep customers that were cutting down on in-store coffee purchases. I believe he was part right. Starbucks has [...]
The Importance of Understanding Disruptive Innovation
The term “disruptive innovation” is starting to become more commonly used, especially in the tech sector. However, I am finding that many people I talk to don’t understand it well and few have incorporated it into their corporate culture or product development lexicon. Given the state of the economy and the rapidly changing business landscape, [...]