Joseph L. Bower - Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave

In part 2 of our series to honour the work, life and theories of Clayton Christensen, Joseph Bower unpacks that famous HBR article, "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" This article spawned the book, "The Innovator's Dilemma" Joe Bower s the father of "Resource Allocation theory" included in his 1970 groundbreaking book, Managing the Resource Allocation Process. He has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for over five decades where he is the Donald K. David Professor Emeritus. He was Clayton Christensen’s doctoral thesis adviser and worked with Clay to develop and stress-test his theories.

Just some of the topics covered in this episode: 

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:01:46 Managing Resource Allocation
• 00:02:57 Dissertation Supervisor for Clayton Christensen
• 00:04:11 Traits of Great Leaders
• 00:06:19 Resource Allocation
• 00:08:44 Group Decision Making
• 00:26:56 The Human Element of Change
• 00:46:46 Advice for Changemakers and Leaders
• 00:51:25 Getting People to Change Their Mind
• 00:56:29 Final Thoughts on Clayton Christensen