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The Personal Computer Was A Disruptive Innovation Relative To The Mainframe Because It Enabled Even A Poor Fool Like Me To Have A Computer And Use It, And It Was Enabled By The Development Of The Micro Processor. The Micro Processor Made It So Simple To Design And Build A Computer That Ib Could Throw In Together In A Garage. And So, You Have That Simplifying Technology As A Part Of Every Disruptive Innovation. It Then Becomes An Innovation When The Technology Is Embedded In A Different Business Model That Can Take The Simplified Solution To The Market In A Cost-effective Way.

If A Company Truly Wants To Resolve The Innovator's Dilemma, It Does Need To Be Able To Create Wave After Wave Of Disruptive Innovation. And Those Disruptive Innovations Will Typically Grow To The Point Where They Do Cause Some Pain For Leading Companies. But Most Disruptive Innovations Create Substantial New Growth Before They Cause That Pain.

When I Have My Interview With My God, Our Conversation Will Focus On The Individuals Whose Self-esteem I Was Able To Strengthen, Whose Faith I Was Able To Reinforce, And Whose Discomfort I Was Able To Assuage—a Doer Of Good, Regardless Of What Assignment I Had. These Are The Metrics Of That Matter In Measuring My Life. This Realization, Which Occurred Nearly Fifteen Years Ago, Guided Me Every Day To Seek Opportunities To Help People In Ways Tailored To Their Individual Circumstances. My Happiness And My Sense Of Worth Has Been Immeasurably Improved As A Result.

In A Large Successful Company Where Your Power Base As Ceo Isn't All That Secure, It's Hard For A Ceo To Pursue A Truly Disruptive Strategy.

Quite Often Startups Were First Out Of The Gate With A Sustaining Technology. But Somehow The Leaders Got The Technology And Stayed Atop Their Industries. Sometimes They Acquired The Startup; Sometimes They Just Developed The Technology As A Follower And Used Their Muscle And Mass To Win. But They Always Won.