Preface
Introduction: The Golden Age of Innovation Is Now
PART IWhy Exponential Disruptions Are Happening More Quickly and More Often
1 The Technological Basis of Breakthrough Disruption
2 The Unexpected Consequences of Advancing Technologies
3 The Old Innovator’s Dilemma versus the New Innovator’s Dilemma
PART IIWhy Top-Down Innovation Efforts Usually Fail
4 False Assumptions, Broken Models, Wasted Effort
5 The Rules of the Game Have Changed in Critical Ways
6 What Has Not Changed
7 The Eight Deadly Sins That Disable Change Efforts
PART IIIWays to Build Innovative, Exponentially Developing Companies
8 “Don’t Buy This Jacket”: Subverting Retail Expectations
9 Platform Technologies and Marketplaces
10 How to (Dis)organize for Innovation
11 The Tactics of Innovative Companies
12 Change Management and Company Culture: An Innovation Manifesto
13 How to Recognize and Use the Strengths of Incumbency
14 From Dinosaurs to Eagles: Four Case Studies
15 Innovation Management in Government
Conclusion: You Can’t Ignore It; How Can You Embrace It?
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors