Clayton M. Christensen
Harvard professor and innovation theorist
Clayton M. Christensen (1952-2020) was a Harvard Business School professor who developed the theory of disruptive innovation, introduced in The Innovator's Dilemma.
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American Born 1952 in Salt Lake City, United States Died 2020
About Clayton M. Christensen
Clayton M. Christensen was an American academic and business consultant, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1952. He died in January 2020. He held the Kim B. Clark professorship in business administration at Harvard Business School. He introduced the idea of disruption in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma. Thinkers50 ranked him the top business thinker in the world in 2011 and 2013. His other books include Competing Against Luck and How Will You Measure Your Life?. Christensen co-founded Innosight, a consultancy focused on innovation, and Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm. He also co-founded the Christensen Institute, a non-profit think tank. He was among the originators of the Jobs to Be Done approach to development. Beyond business, he served as a church leader and author within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.