Ready to challenge the status quo?
Our executive learning courses are designed with you in mind.
Disruptive Innovation:
From Theory to Practice
When you understand how to implement the theories of Disruptive Innovation, you gain a whole new perspective on the world, your industry, and your organization. You acquire a powerful new language to explain why a particular strategy will work. And you’re empowered with the confidence that comes from grounding your strategy in rigorous business theory.
This immersive program is designed to deepen your understanding of Disruptive Innovation and introduce you to associated frameworks so that you can guide your organization toward growth with clarity and confidence.
Small class sizes allow for deep connection and collaboration with leaders in diverse industries, and our instructors have close ties to our late founder Clayton Christensen, the father of Disruptive Innovation.
You’ll learn to:
Stop guessing; start designing products and services customers actually want and need
Manage business model innovation with confidence
Identify opportunities to launch Disruptive Innovations; navigate and overcome internal resistance to them
Recognize the drivers of customer demand
Scope and size markets more accurately
Identify the building blocks of a culture of innovation
What makes this program unique?
This is not your average executive education program. You’ll experience:
Small class sizes
Interactive setting
High-impact, personalized learning experience
Rigorous content in digestible sessions
Theory application in both B2B and B2C case studies
Faculty who studied and worked extensively with Clayton Christensen
A network of forward-thinking peers
Who should participate?
This course is ideal for those who want to not only better understand the Theories of Disruptive Innovation, but also to learn how to implement them in the real world. Participation is not limited to any specific industry or seniority level, although the insights are most helpful to those in positions to directly influence outcomes, including:
Operating company executives
Technical individual contributors
Business owners
Team managers
Investors from venture capital, private equity, and other capital markets
What’s in it for you?
Course Details
2024 Sessions:
Session 1: March 19-April 12; Tuesdays and Thursdays (final session is Friday April 12)
Session 2: September 10-October 4; Tuesdays and Thursdays (final session is a Friday October 4)
Format: Live online
Schedule: Part-time (download brochure below for more details)
Cost: $4,950
Registration Deadline: One week prior to session start date
Class size is limited to optimize learning. Early registration is encouraged.
Instructors Include:
Ann Christensen
President and CEO, Christensen Institute
Ann Somers Hogg
Senior Research Fellow, Healthcare, Christensen Institute
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About Christensen Institute Executive Learning
Christensen Institute Executive Learning unpacks valuable insights grounded in the research of the late Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen. As one of the world’s foremost innovation and management experts, Professor Christensen’s work has influenced a generation of business leaders. Coupled with the latest research from the Institute, Professor Christensen’s extensive body of work offers a unique, invaluable framework for understanding what causes innovations—and ultimately industries—to fail or thrive.
Launched in 2021, our live-online courses provide a high-impact opportunity to learn from faculty and peers in small-group, interactive settings. Participants emerge with the ability to harness the power of Disruptive Innovation to build impactful organizations.