As part of our strategic partnership with the BYU Management Society, we thought you might be interested in an upcoming event the Management Society is hosting featuring Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business Professor, Bestselling Author, and Area Seventy). Please note that to attend, you need to register by TODAY. I apologize for the late notice, and any inconvenience this may cause.
Professor Christensen's timely topic will be, "Shared Mechanisms behind the Failure of Successful Countries, Companies, and Families." Here are the details of the event:
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: 9th Floor - Hart Senate Office Building - Corner of Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE (Northeast of the Capitol)
Cost: FREE (includes box lunch)*
RSVP Instructions: Seating is limited. To ensure your seat, register by Friday, December 12, at:
https://marriottschool.byu.edu/mgtsoc/members/calendar/index.cfm?find=39
Click on "Dec", click on the event under "December 18".
· This lunch is for all interested.
· Friends and colleagues are especially invited.
· No affiliation with BYU required.
· Contact Dan Ricks with any questions at danricks@gmail.com .
*Previously there was a $15 charge to cover catering costs, but thanks to an anonymous sponsor, box lunches will be provided.
Professor Christensen is currently the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. His research and teaching interests center on the management issues related to the development and commercialization of technological and business model innovation. Specific areas of focus include developing organizational capabilities and finding new markets for new technologies.
Professor Christensen is the bestselling author of five books, including his seminal work The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) which received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book of the year, The Innovator's Solution (2003), and Seeing What's Next (2004). Recently, Christensen has focused the lens of disruptive innovation on social issues such as education and health care. Disrupting Class (2008) looks at the root causes of why schools struggle and offers solutions, while The Innovator's Prescription (late 2008) examines how to fix our healthcare system.
Professor Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He worked as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of Korea from 1971 to 1973 and speaks fluent Korean. He continues to serve in his church as an Area Authority Seventy, and is extensively involved in other activities in the community. He and his wife, Christine, live in Belmont, MA. They are the parents of five children.