Reflection on ‘Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave’ Joseph Bower, Clayton Christensen

Bower and Christensen outline the consistent failure of businesses to stay at the top of their industries when faced with disruptive change. They explain why this occurs and offer suggestions for how businesses can avoid being left behind. They conclude that paradoxically the reason many businesses fail to remain leaders is that they stay too close to their customers. This close attention to customers makes them successful in the first place but can leave them flatfooted when faced with innovative changes.

Reflection on Mark’s Review of Zittrain’s “The End of the Internet”

You’ve written a clear and compelling explanation of the book and why you liked it. Despite the title and cover photo of a train track running off a cliff, you capture Zittrain’s positive can-do approach to the challenges facing generative technologies.