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Underneath, you’ll find more detail on the book, based on the material and the ideas that it contains. It’s different for every chapter, and so there are a range of links. Some of these are articles; some are cases and there are also some books linked off of it. We hope you find these helpful.
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Prologue
The original article at Harvard Business Review:
How Will You Measure Your Life
Chapter 1: Just Because You Have Feathers
The importance of theory:
Why Hard Nosed Business Executives Should Care About Business Theory?
Watch Clay explain the theory of Disruptive Innovation:
The Model of Disruptive Innovation, Explained
Chapter 2: What Makes Us Tick
The Incentive Theory Paper:
Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure (Jensen and Meckling)
Two Factor, or Motivation Theory:
One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?
Chapter 3: The Balance of Calculation and Serendipity
The case of Honda in America:
Honda (A)
The case of Honda in America (part B):
Honda (B)
The paper outlining deliberate and emergent strategy:
Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent (Mintzberg & Waters)
“What has to prove true for this to work?”
Discovery Driven Planning (MacMillan & McGrath)
Chapter 4: Your Strategy Is Not What You Say It Is
How to manage the strategy process:
Managing the Strategy Development Process
The Sonosite Case:
Sonosite: A View Inside
Chapter 5: The Ticking Clock
Theory of Good Money and Bad Money:
There is Good Money and there is Bad Money
The Case of Iridium:
The Rise and Fall of Iridium
The Origin & Evolution of New Business:
The Origin and Evolution of New Business (Amar Bhide)
Stall Points:
Stall Points (Olson and Van Bever)
Disrupting Class:
Disrupting Class (Christensen, Johnson, Horn)
Chapter 6: What Job Did You Hire That Milkshake For?
Jobs to be Done Theory:
Integrating Around the Job to be Done
The Case of Ikea:
Ikea Invades America
Chapter 7: Sailing Your Kids on Theseus’s Ship
When to insource, and when to outsource:
Getting the Scope of the Business Right
Understanding capabilities:
Is Your Organization Capable of Disruptive Growth?
The Ship of Theseus:
The Ship of Theseus
Chapter 8: Schools of Experience
The Right Stuff:
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
Schools of Experience:
High Flyers (Morgan McCall)
The Case of Pandesic (Part A):
Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (A)
The Case of Pandesic (Part B):
Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (B)
Chapter 9: The Invisible Hand Inside Your Family
Theory of Culture:
What Is An Organization’s Culture?
Article on Pixar’s Culture:
How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
Document Detailing Netflix’s Culture:
Netflix Culture Document
Chapter 10: Just This Once
Thinking at the Margin:
Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to do New Things
The case of Netflix:
Netflix