Scott D. Anthony is a globally recognized expert on navigating disruptive change and a passionate optimist about humanity’s capacity to adapt in a constantly evolving world. He is a Clinical Professor of Strategy at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, where he teaches courses on leading disruptive change, horizon scanning, and AI-enabled decision-making.

Scott’s work builds on more than two decades of field research and close mentorship under Clayton Christensen, spent over 20 years at Innosight, and is the author of several influential books, including his latest, Epic Disruptions.

In this first part of our conversation, we discuss:

1. The meaning of innovation: something different that creates value
2. How the meaning of “innovation” shifted from something dangerous to something sacred
3. Scott’s first encounter with Clayton Christensen and The Innovator’s Dilemma
4. What makes disruptive innovation different from incremental or sustaining change
5. Clay Christensen’s regret over how the term “disruption” has been misused
6. The four big questions Scott poses about innovation
7. What Gutenberg’s printing press reveals about collective creativity and unintended consequences
8. The predictable and unpredictable nature of innovation
9. Lessons from a failed medical tourism venture on testing real demand
10. How watching behavior matters more than listening to surveys

To learn more about Scott’s work, you can find him at: 

https://www.innosight.com/ 

Books and resources mentioned:

• Epic Disruptions (https://epicdisruptions.com/) (by Scott D. Anthony)
• The Innovator’s Dilemma (https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244) (by Clayton M. Christensen)
• The First Mile (https://www.innosight.com/insight/the-first-mile/) (by Scott D. Anthony)

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