Collaborative Transformation

Yesterday, I had the honor of speaking at the SEAK Conference on Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians on dealing with disruptive change.  Disruptive change, as described by Prof. Christensen*, refers to an innovation that applies a different set of values, displaces an established technology, and creates new markets and value networks.  Examples include the computer and telecom [...]

Collaborative Disruption

 I am responding to feedback from a seminar participant who asked for summaries of books relating to healthcare. Through Executive Book Summaries to which I subscribe, I came across a provocative recently published book, The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care, by Clayton Christensen, Jerome Grossman, and Jason Hwang.  Although I do not [...]