Disruptive Innovation for Social Change

December 1, 2006 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Exhibitions, Informal/Formal Connections

This article explains the concepts of disruptive innovation and catalytic innovation, a subset of disruptive innovation. Disruptive innovations challenge industry incumbents by offering simpler, good-enough alternatives to an underserved group of customers, whereas catalytic innovations can surpass the status quo by providing good-enough solutions to inadequately addressed social problems.

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Clayton Christensen

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Harvard University

Heather Baumann

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New Profit

Randy Ruggles

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Collaborative Innovation Services

Thomas Sadtler

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Resource Type: Research Products

Discipline: Education and learning science | Social science and psychology

Audience: Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators

Environment Type: Media and Technology | Public Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Exhibitions | Informal/Formal Connections

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