If incumbents can’t transform healthcare, disruption will.
A MedCity Influencer responds to a post that calls into question the value of the theory of Disruptive Innovation, as conceived by Harvard academic and management expert Clayton Christensen.
Advocating for evolution, not disruption, in healthcare
Healthcare doesn’t shatter and reanimate as the terms "disruption" and "disruptive innovation" suggest. It evolves. Even groundbreaking technologies in history show the transformation happening over time and with continuous building upon prior advances.
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