Purpose – This article aims to examine an existential question that all long‐established firms need to face: is there an effective competitive response to counter disruptive innovation, and if so, what is it? Design/methodology/approach – The paper evaluates current alternatives to dealing...

Purpose – Veteran managers trained to respect hierarchical systems are daunted by the fundamental changes in thinking and culture that are required to implement the Agile continuous innovation approach to manufacturing. Though widely hailed by software developers it has been slow to catch on...

Purpose – The author analyzes why the transformation of customers from passive consumers to their new role as, in effect, the determining partners in corporate strategy has produced the need for a fundamental rethinking of how a corporation must be led and managed.”...

Purpose – The author adds six books to a cannon of books that together delineate the emerging practice and theory of radical management. Design/methodology/approach – The author identifies the mismatch between modern business' need to achieve continuous innovation in product development and...

Purpose – Once executives understand how Agile and Scrum can manage the extraordinary complexities of software development, they will realize they can use the same management expertise to manage the mounting complexity of the rest of their business. Design/methodology/approach – The author...

Purpose – The author has found that some companies are learning to thrive by adopting a customer-centric model of continuous innovation. He describes their practices. Design/methodology/approach – These masters of the new creative economy have abandoned many of the major pillars of twentieth...

Purpose – After firms have made a technological breakthrough they need to practice continuous innovation to delight their customers so they will be able to keep dominating those markets in an enduring fashion. This masterclass aims to address the question, “So what’s involved in this rapid...