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  • In this course, learner explore what disruption is, what drives it, and how it affects organizations
  • An overview of the way disruption has changed over time is provided to illustrate the power and scope of disruption
  • Once learner are able to diagnose disruption, explore ways leaders can defend against and leverage it by examining internal and external drivers and implementing practical offensive and defensive strategies
  • Learner learn to differentiate between innovation and disruption and, more specifically, between sustaining and disruptive innovations
  • This course explains how balancing sustaining and disruptive innovations allows organization to thrive through disruption by preventing creative stagnation or chaos from disrupting organization and how an un-disruptable mindset helps leaders find ways to leverage disruption and methods of defense against it
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Curriculum

Framing Disruption

Defying Disruption: How to Become an Un-Disruptable Leader

Introduction to Demystifying Disruption: Essential Insights for Leaders

Introduction to Framing Disruption

The Origins of Disruption Theory

Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Evolution of Disruption

Following the Course of Disruption: A Historical Timeline

Mapping Disruption: Three Periods in Business History

Shifting Sands: The Changing Landscape of Disruption

Leading through the Storm: Disruption's Influence on Organizations

Framing Disruption Conclusion

Required Reading: Welcome to Demystifying Disruption: Essential Insights for Leaders

Optional Reading: Course Presenter Profiles

Optional Reading: Key Terminologies and Concepts

Go Even Further with Parsons

Required Reading: Deep Dive: Disruption Context and Meaning

Required Readings: Case Studies: Disruption-Drowned Industries

Required Reading: Call to Action: Leadership and Disruption

Optional Reading: Making Disruption Work

Decoding the Difference: Disruption vs. Innovation

Introduction to Decoding the Difference: Disruption vs. Innovation

Investigating Innovation: The Difference Between Sustaining and Disruptive Innovation

Identifying Innovation: The Role of Innovation in Business

Beyond Business: Examining Disruption and Innovation Across Types of Organizations

Leading Disruption in the Not-for-Profit Sector: Q&A with Becky Margiotta

Innovate, Disrupt, or Disappear

The Reality for Organizations: Disrupt or Be Disrupted

Business Barometer: Status Checking an Organization and the Competition

Decoding the Difference: Disruption vs. Innovation Conclusion

Required Reading: Examples of Innovation vs. Disruption

Required Reading: Case Studies: Innovative or Disruptive Not-For-Profits

Optional Reading: Case Studies: Built for Zero

Required Reading: Full Spectrum Strategizing: Big Picture Thinking and Disruption

Defying the Drivers of Disruption

Introduction to Defying the Drivers of Disruption

Baselining Business Models: Characteristics to Re-Examine

Moat Model: Wide Moats Within Business Models

Dissecting Disruption: The Inner Workings of Disruption in Business

Disruption Factors: Businesses in the Disruption Zone

Brewing Business Storms: Understanding Common Drivers of Disruption

Drivers of Disruption: Understanding the Types and Impact

Defying the Drivers of Disruption Conclusion

Required Reading: Understanding the Power of Moats

Optional Reading: Understanding the Power of Moats

Required Reading: Successful Disruption: Examples of Disruptive Businesses

Required Reading: Examples of Drivers of Disruption

Diagnosing Disruption

Introduction to Diagnosing Disruption

Disrupting the Disruptors: The Need for Continuous Vigilance

Creating Space for Innovation and Risk-Taking: Q&A with Yaro Fong-Olivares

Actively Avoiding Disruption: Steps for Defending an Organization

The Leader's Labyrinth: Understanding Organizational Vulnerabilities and Competition

At the Lead: Organizational Leaders and Identifying Disruption

Defenders and Disruptors: Assess, Question, and Challenge Beliefs about Disruption

Moat or Mirage?: Eliminating Illusions About an Organization's Moat

Diagnosing Disruption Conclusion

Demystifying Disruption: Essential Insights for Leaders Conclusion

Required Reading: Surviving Disruption

Required Reading: Tools for Assessing Disruptability

Required Reading: Disruption and Beliefs: How Leaders Can Reframe Their Approach

Optional Reading: Key Takeaways

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