Weekends are time when things slow down a little. Your weekend shouldn’t be two more regular workdays. That’s a sure road to burnout. Take time to refresh yourself. Take time for something different. Take time for some of that reading you can’t find time for during the week.
Here are choice articles on hot leadership topics culled from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms. This week there are articles about disruption.
From Bill Barnett: Why You Don’t Understand “Disruption”
“Big wigs having a conference on disruption is like the Czar creating a bureau on revolutionary thinking. Really want to see disruption? Don’t go to a conference. Go to where people are breaking the rules.”
From Martha Lagace: How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
“Large companies can be easy targets for disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are steps that can keep them ahead of the innovation curve. Rule 1: Don’t emulate startup cultures.”
From the London School of Economics: Automation and disruption in the professional business model
“However, the story of technology and professional work is about to change. A new generation of smart machines appears to threaten the core of the professional business model. Authors such as Richard and Daniel Susskind, and Clayton Christensen have delivered the templates for consultants, lawyers, and accountants to be worried about the automation of even high-value professional activities. In the new digital world, they argue, established professional firms find themselves competing with start-ups developing technology solutions that can make expertise more accessible to a broad audience, respond to unstructured tasks, and induce trust in transactions, eliminating the need for highly-trained professionals.”
From Greg Satell: These 4 Major Shifts Will Drive The 21st Century
“Today, at the beginning of a new century, we are seeing similar shifts that are far more powerful and are moving far more quickly. Disruption is no longer seen as merely an event, but a way of life and the fissures are there for all to see. Our future will depend on our determination to solve problems faster than our proclivity to continually create them.”
From Sean Silverthorne: The Manager’s Guide to Leveraging Disruption
“Clayton M. Christensen’s seminal book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, helped ignite the idea of innovative disruption. His Harvard Business School colleagues have been adding to innovation research ever since.”
Book Suggestions
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) by Clayton M. Christensen
A Guide to Positive Disruption: How to Thrive and Make an Impact in the Churn of Today’s Corporate World by Joanna Martinez
Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey
Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age by Greg Satell
Do you suggest not to work at all in the weekends? I find it productive to get a few hours of work done :)
If it works for you, do it! I think too many of us work more than we should and don’t take large blocks of time off. But lots of folks I know, do exactlyt what you do. They put in a limited amount of time on Saturday to assess the week and think ahead.