disruption

I am deep in my willed habits. From the outside, I suppose I look like an unoccupied house with one unconvincing night-light left on. Any burglar could look through my curtains and conclude I am empty. But he would be mistaken. Under that one light unstirred by movement or shadows there is a man at work, and as long as I am at work I am not a candidate for Menlo Park, or that terminal facility they cynically call a convalescent hospital, or a pine box. My habits and the unchanging season sustain me. Evil is what questions and disrupts.

Innovation and disruption are ideas that originated in the arena of business but which have since been applied to arenas whose values and goals are remote from the values and goals of business. People aren__ disk drives. Public schools, colleges and universities, churches, museums, and many hospitals, all of which have been subjected to disruptive innovation, have revenues and expenses and infrastructures, but they aren__ industries in the same way that manufacturers of hard-disk drives or truck engines or drygoods are industries. Journalism isn__ an industry in that sense, either.Doctors have obligations to their patients, teachers to their students, pastors to their congregations, curators to the public, and journalists to their readers--obligations that lie outside the realm of earnings, and are fundamentally different from the obligations that a business executive has to employees, partners, and investors. Historically, institutions like museums, hospitals, schools, and universities have been supported by patronage, donations made by individuals or funding from church or state. The press has generally supported itself by charging subscribers and selling advertising. (Underwriting by corporations and foundations is a funding source of more recent vintage.) Charging for admission, membership, subscriptions and, for some, earning profits are similarities these institutions have with businesses. Still, that doesn__ make them industries, which turn things into commodities and sell them for gain.

Disruption is, at its core, a really powerful idea.

Winter arrived with December, and the world continued to suffer the loss of the Internet and most forms of communication. Supply chains were disrupted. The only mass form of personal communication was the letter, and postal workers were having their worst year ever, as they were actually meeded. Food was becoming scarcer and more expensive, as was fuel for vehicles and heating. Major cities experienced riots on a regular basis, spurred on by religious fervor and want. Civilization was on the brink of collapse.

Unexpected clashes between past and present may arouse a surge of bewilderment, but __ime_ can be a redeemer and heal mental wreckage. Time might prove to be a dependable ally and a reliable coach to find a new inspiring sequel for the future. (__isruption_)

Companies preach creativity, hire for conformity and call consultants when they fail who tell them to be more creative.

The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.

Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

The business world is littered with the fossils of companies that failed to evolve. Disrupt or be disrupted. There is no middle ground.

Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living at a level most people can't.

Insight and drive are all the skills you need. Everything else can be hired.

Those that recognize the inevitability of change stand to benefit the most from it.

A negative mind will never find success. I have never heard a positive idea come from a person in a negative state.

The customer is always right...even when they're wrong.

Speed to fail should be every entrepreneur's motto. When you finally find the one idea that can't be killed, go with it.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.