Clayton Christensen quotes

Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time. (Clayton Christensen)
Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives. View quote
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Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of "just this once. View quote
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The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way weve taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when its too late. View quote
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There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too. View quote
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It's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. View quote
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An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better. View quote
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Almost always great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before. View quote
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The only useful information about the market will be what I create through expeditions into the market, through testing and probing, trial and error, by selling real products to real people who pay real money. View quote
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The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness. View quote
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Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning. (Clayton Christensen)
Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you'll never become that person. View quote
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If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late. View quote
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You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented. View quote
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In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between our deliberate strategies and the unanticipated alternatives that emerge. View quote
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Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession. View quote
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Watching how customers actually use a product provides much more reliable information than can be gleaned from a verbal interview or a focus group. View quote
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There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual procedures and units of care. But there is not a single billing code for patient adherence or improvement, or for helping patients stay well. View quote
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Only the general manager can mold the resources, processes, and values that affect innovation, into a coherent capability to develop and launch superior new products and services repeatedly. View quote
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I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues. View quote
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Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults. (Clayton Christensen)
We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it. View quote
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Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents. View quote
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This is one of the innovator's dilemmas: Blindly following the maxim that good managers should keep close to their customers can sometimes be a fatal mistake. View quote
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Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things. View quote
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