When Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen coined the term “disruptive innovation,” he had a precise meaning for “disruption.” But the word came to mean everything and nothing. Scott D. Anthony, author of Epic Disruptions, breaks down how the “disruption” sticker got slapped onto everything, why the distinction matters, and how misuse of the concept spread. A key “burden of innovation” moment: language shapes strategy, and confusion has consequences.

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.

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