Executive Learning Course

Disruptive Innovation:
From Theory to Practice

Take the guesswork out of innovation. Shape the future with confidence.

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Course Overview

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. All instructors have close ties to our late founder Clayton Christensen, the father of Disruptive Innovation.

  • 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 

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

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

Real World Results

See what participants are saying

This course was exactly what I needed to synthesize my previous exposures to Clayton Christensen’s theories. I’d learned a lot about the theories on my own, but this course allowed me to collaborate with other people, putting the theories to work in analyzing real-world examples and determining for ourselves what the lens of the various theories would say. It was a week full of surprisingly deep conversations and personal connection.
Parker Moffat
Vice President, Rose Park Advisors
I highly recommend Christensen Institute’s Executive Learning courses to anyone looking to further their education and lead their team into the future. Classes are well designed, focused, and include classmates from a diverse set of industries and backgrounds; this provides fresh perspectives and conversations from talented professionals with different ways of thinking and approaches to problem-solving and decision-making. The faculty…ground the lessons and concepts in real-world examples of practical application.
Christine Wu Spieth
Global Marketing Specialist, Colgate-Palmolive
It’s not a hyperbolic endorsement to assert that applying the lessons taught by the wonderful people at the Christensen Institute has life altering potential…there aren’t enough words…to describe my gratitude and deep sense of enrichment achieved taking this course. Do yourself the tremendous favor of signing up and joining the family!
Jacob Melby
Director, Fairpoint Mutual
The presenters are extraordinary at delivering Christensen’s theories that support business growth and sustainability. This research can positively impact any organization and challenge the status quo thinking. It’s a lot to unpack but worth your investment!
Gisele Larose
Executive Director, WebStudy Foundation
The course has helped shift my mindset away from the obsessive focus on competitive specs that I had unconsciously developed over years spent as a product line manager. It’s helped me understand how that kind of tunnel vision can ultimately lead you astray and distract from understanding exactly what it is that the consumer is trying to accomplish.
Chris Grant
Senior Manager of Growth Strategy & Innovation for TTI Floor Care North America
Before this course, we tried to cram a new product into a sustaining innovation and target our existing customers. But repeatedly, we struggled to uncover demand for those customers. This course gave me the insight to look towards the bottom of the market for possible non-consumers. Doing this helped us uncover a market of non-consumers that looks to be an excellent product-market fit for us.
Eduardo Hernandez
User Experience Architect, American Specialty Health

Instructors Include:

Ann Christensen

Ann Christensen

President and CEO, Christensen Institute

Michael Horn

Michael Horn

Co-Founder, Chairman, and Distinguished Fellow, Christensen Institute; Senior Strategist, Guild Education

Rich Alton

Rich Alton

Director of Emerging Research at the Christensen Institute

Efosa Ojomo

Efosa Ojomo

Director, Global Prosperity, Christensen Institute

Bob Moesta

Bob Moesta

President & CEO of the Re-Wired Group; Research Fellow, Christensen Institute

Ann-Somers Hogg

Ann Somers Hogg

Senior Research Fellow, Healthcare, Christensen Institute

Course Details

2024 Dates:

Session 1: March 19-April 12; Tuesdays and Thursdays (final session is Friday April 12)

Session 2: September 10-October 3; Tuesdays and Thursdays (final week has one extra session on Wednesday, October 2nd)

Format:

Live online

Schedule:

Part-time (download brochure below for more details)

Cost:

$4,950

Registration Deadline:

One week prior to session start date

Capacity:

Class size is limited to optimize learning. Early registration is encouraged.

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