The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen · first published 1997
Mentioned 16 time(s) by 14 guest(s): 8 recommend. · Suggest a correction · Suggest tags
Stephen Witt on EconTalk (2026-04-13): mention
“…Jensen used to assign The Innovator's Dilemma to all of his executives…”
Sanchan Saxena on Lenny's Podcast (2025-06-01): recommend
“…And the other thing I would say The Innovator's Dilemma. Those are two of my favorite books and highly recommend everybody reading those.…”
Marc Andreessen on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-01-26): mention
“…This is sort of the big breakthrough that Clay Christensen had in the Innovator’s Dilemma, which is sometimes when big companies…”
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John Mark Nickels on Lenny's Podcast (2024-10-06): mention
“…he's obviously known for Innovator's Dilemma, but he wrote a book called How Will You Measure Your Life?…”
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Richard Rumelt on Lenny's Podcast (2024-01-21): recommend
“…Clayton Christensen's stuff about The Innovator's Dilemma is always solid.…”
Noah Weiss on Lenny's Podcast (2023-07-23): recommend
“…Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christiansen, whether you're working a large company and you're suffering it…”
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Nat Friedman on Dwarkesh Podcast (2023-03-22): mention
“…And then Clay Christensen wrote The Innovator's Dilemma.…”
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Bill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-01-26): recommend
“…Innovator's Dilemma, which does an amazing job of describing why startups can compete with big companies.…”
Ken Norton on Lenny's Podcast (2022-07-24): recommend
“…Probably Innovators Dilemma. It's probably my number one favorite book for product managers and product leaders.…”
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Andrew Chen on The Tim Ferriss Show (2021-12-02): mention
“…before Lean Startup and before Innovator's Dilemma and all that kind of stuff…”
Ben Thompson on Conversations with Tyler (2018-10-24): recommend
“…if you want one thing to read about business strategy, I do go back to Clay Christensen's the original The Innovator's Dilemma…”
Drew Houston on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-08-29): recommend
“…the first one is Innovator's Dilemma by Clay Christensen.…”
Drew Houston on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-08-29): recommend
“…Not all of them are as good as the Innovator's Dilemma, but then, yeah,…”
Drew Houston on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-08-29): mention
“…Books like The Innovator's Dilemma or others will illustrate that…”
Tim O’Reilly on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-02-03): mention
“…I’m sorry, his original book is The Innovator’s Dilemma, but he wrote a paper…”
Gillian Hadfield on EconTalk (2017-09-11): recommend
“…Clay Christensen has taught us a lot about that, I think, with the innovators' dilemma.…”