Introduction

Paul Michelman, editor in chief of MIT SMR, welcomes attendees to the virtual Disruption 2020 Symposium.

Paul Michelman is editor in chief of MIT Sloan Management Review.

Karen Dillon is a former editor of Harvard Business Review, coauthor of three bestselling books with Clayton M. Christensen, and guest editor for MIT SMR’s Spring issue.

Session 1

Michael Putz and Scott Anthony on how leaders delude themselves about disruption.

Scott D. Anthony (@scottdanthony) is a senior partner at growth strategy consultancy Innosight and coauthor of Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future.

Michael Putz is a strategy and business development executive with two decades of experience driving growth through disruptive innovation and business transformation.

FOR FURTHER READING: “How Leaders Delude Themselves About Disruption” by Scott D. Anthony and Michael Putz

Session 2

Michael Horn on education, disrupted.

Michael B. Horn (@michaelbhorn), coauthor of Choosing College (with Bob Moesta), is the chief strategy officer at the Entangled Group, an education venture studio, and cofounder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank.

FOR FURTHER READING: “Education, Disrupted” by Michael Horn

Session 3

Tucker Marion and Sebastian Fixson on skills the innovation workforce will need.

Tucker J. Marion (@inuvation) is an associate professor of technological entrepreneurship at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

Sebastian K. Fixson (@sebastianfixson) is associate dean of innovation and the Marla M. Capozzi MBA ’96 Term Chair of Design Thinking, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at Babson College.

FOR FURTHER READING: “Four Skills Tomorrow’s Innovation Workforce Will Need” by Tucker J. Marion, Sebastian K. Fixson, and Greg Brown

Session 4

Joshua Gans on to disrupt or not to disrupt.

Joshua Gans (@joshgans) is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

FOR FURTHER READING: “To Disrupt or Not to Disrupt?” by Joshua Gans

Session 5

Amy Webb on the sources of disruption every company should monitor.

Amy Webb (@amywebb) is the founder of the Future Today Institute and professor of strategic foresight at the New York University Stern School of Business.

FOR FURTHER READING: “The 11 Sources of Disruption Every Company Must Monitor” by Amy Webb

Session 6

Max Wessel on ethics in technology innovation.

Max Wessel (@maxwellelliot) is chief innovation officer at SAP.

FOR FURTHER READING: “A Crisis of Ethics in Technology Innovation” by Max Wessel and Nicole Helmer

Session 7

Rita Gunther McGrath on the new disrupters

Rita Gunther McGrath (@rgmcgrath) is a professor at Columbia Business School and the author of The End of Competitive Advantage and Seeing Around Corners.

FOR FURTHER READING: “The New Disrupters” by Rita Gunther McGrath

Session 8

Karen Dillon and Efosa Ojomo on the prosperity paradox.

Karen Dillon is a former editor of Harvard Business Review, coauthor of three bestselling books with Clayton M. Christensen, and guest editor for MIT SMR’s Spring issue.

Efosa Ojomo leads the Global Prosperity research efforts at the Christensen Institute.