Disruptive innovation is much more difficult than we think

Disruptive innovation is much more difficult than we think

– Belle DeMont The age-old quip that “people love change, as long as everything stays the same” perfectly illustrates why genuine disruptive innovation is painstakingly difficult to achieve.

To look at the present culture of nurturing ‘innovation’, one would think all that is necessary to achieve innovation is to build the cliched sandboxes, ecosystems, superclusters, or discovery districts, or to host a series of innovation-themed conferences, summits, or other gatherings and that good ideas will inevitably ‘cross-pollinate’ and from there be painlessly implemented by a society of eager adopters.

However, the historical and contemporary realities of disruptive innovation are far different. […]

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