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BIG BANG DISRUPTION

Paul Nunes Larry Downes

Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation

BIG BANG DISRUPTION presents a startling new framework for understanding how cloud computing, mobile device proliferation, and digital service development now afford upstarts and competitors the potential to completely upend business models across a range of industries.
Not so long ago, people spent hundreds for a GPS unit in their car. Then, between the invention of the iPhone and Google Maps, you didn’t need one anymore. That was the instantaneous end of Tom Tom and Garvin. One day those companies were thriving, and the next they were doomed.

Like the portable GPS, Airbnb is killing the hotel industry. Spotify is crippling radio and music sellers. Smartphone apps have single-handedly killed the calculator, digital camera, and even alarm clock industries. New disruptive innovations are being produced overnight. Most industries are blindsided by their latest competition. It can happen in any industry. No business is safe.

BIG BANG DISRUPTION presents a startling new framework for understanding how tech innovations can devastate a company or industry seemingly overnight. Larry Downes and Paul Nunes offer here critical insights and strategies companies can use to protect themselves against the next big thing.

Downes and Nunes detail the five stages of big bang innovation for both entrants and incumbents. They show leaders how to foresee the next big bang disruption that might be headed their way and take action before it is too late. Downes is a consultant and author on the impact of disruptive technologies on business and policy. His previous book, Unleashing the Killer App, was one of the biggest business bestsellers of the 2000s. He is a columnist for both Forbes and CNET and writes regularly for other publications including Slate, The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Business Review, and USA Today.

Paul Nunes is the Global Managing Director of Research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance. His research findings have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BusinessWeek.com, Forbes.com, The Los Angeles Times, and The Chicago Tribune. He is also the co-author of Jumping the S-Curve and Mass Affluence, and the Senior Contributing Editor at Outlook, Accenture’s journal of thought leadership.
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Published 2014-01-07 by Portfolio

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Published 2014-01-07 by Portfolio

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Wow! Big Bang Disruption beautifully captures how technology has changed the speed and cycle of innovation. It is a primer on dizzying change in many industries and a strategy manual for any entrepreneur or CEO who must understand disruptive innovation to survive and prosper. A compelling must-read!

The authors deliver a groundbreaking outline for dealing with the inevitable increase in business disruptions caused by new technology. Read more...

Big bangs are everywhere and are happening faster each year and with bigger impact. People in every industry would be well advised to follow the unconventional strategies outlined in this book. Big Bang Disruption got my company energized to innovate ahead of the curve and drive change rather than become victims.

Author's article with excerpts from BIG BANG DISRUPTION: The Faster a New Technology Takes Off, the Harder It Falls Read more...

People think in straight lines and are surprised when there is a sharp takeoff. Larry Downes and Paul Nunes teach us to anticipate exponential growth and think outside the line and onto the curve. Their observations on life and business are seminal for the way we work and live.

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Everyone has heard of the Innovator’s Dilemma, but this book is about the Innovator’s Nightmare. What should you do if your business is disrupted virtually overnight? Reading this book is the best action you can take to fend off a Big Bang Disruption.

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