Disrupting Yourself (2013)
24mIntermediate2013-11-19
Authors

Whitney Johnson
Consultant and Thought Leader on Disruption and Innovation
Course details
"Disruptors" secure a foothold by coming up with ideas and innovations that eventually upend their entire community or industry. Disrupting yourself is the secret to breaking into a new field, never settling for less, and achieving more. In this course, author, Harvard Business Review blogger, and consultant Whitney Johnson walks you through her seven-step model to disrupt yourself and move to the next level in your career. Discover how to take the right risks, play to your strengths, embrace constraints, and more in this short course.
Skills covered
Career ManagementCareer DevelopmentLimited Series
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Defining disruptive innovation
1. Disrupting Yourself
- 02 - Taking the right risks
- 03 - Playing to your distinctive strengths
- 04 - Embracing constraints
- 05 - Battling entitlement
- 06 - Stepping back (or sideways) to move forward
- 07 - Planning for failure
- 08 - Letting your strategy emerge
Conclusion
- 09 - Wrapping up