This action may take on disruptive dimensions, but not violent in the sense of destroying life or property: it will be militant nonviolence.
Two years back, McKinsey Global Institute put out a report on disruptive technologies, one of which was the automation of knowledge work.
While these criticisms are fair, theories on disruptive innovation suggest that disruption in its early stages is often dismissed as a "toy".
This paper presents an analysis of these types of disruptions and synthesizes the literature on disruptive technologies and Kondratieff's long waves.
A consulting firm he started popularizes his work, while a hedge fund run by one of his sons puts money to work betting on disruptive technologies.
The Egyptian government responded to those questions Saturday night, pledging a new crackdown on disruptive protests and reactivating the emergency law allowing indefinite detentions without trial, one of the most reviled measures enacted under former President Hosni Mubarak.
On June 8th Reform, a think-tank, staged a conference on "disruptive innovation" in health care.
Mr Christensen published his first article on disruptive technology in 1995 and his book on "The Innovator's Dilemma" in 1997.
By the summer HBX will roll out courses taught by Clayton Christensen (on "disruptive strategy") and Michael Porter.
What kind of education is a topic that will be much debated at Davos, to judge from several scheduled sessions on disruptive universities and the like.
