Epic Disruptions

Advance Praise for Epic Disruptions:

“This warm, funny, and intelligent book brings Clayton Christensen’s theories to life—a delightful romp through major disruptions, offering historical surprises and deep insights into innovations that literally changed the world.” — Rita McGrath, professor, Columbia Business School; author, Seeing Around Corners; and top-ranked strategist

“Deep, important ideas about disruption, shared by a master storyteller and frontline thinker on innovation. Read this if you want to understand the past—and the future—of radical change.” — Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, author, What’s Your Problem?; coauthor, Innovation as Usual

“A compelling blend of historical ideas and the latest business-school theory. I had a great time reading this book and learned so much.” — Tim Harford, author, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

“What does Julia Child have to do with gunpowder or jaywalking? That is the fun part of this delightful and provocative book. The serious part is understanding the ‘predictably unpredictable’ forces of disruption that no business or industry can afford to ignore.” — Charles Wheelan, author, Naked Economics and Naked Statistics

“What connects gunpowder, the printing press, Pampers, and iPhones? Scott Anthony’s engaging new book reveals powerful lessons for today’s business leaders from these world-reshaping disruptions.” — Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School; author, Right Kind of Wrong and The Fearless Organization

Scott D. Anthony is a clinical professor of strategy at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where his research and teaching focus on the adaptive challenges of disruptive change. He previously spent more than twenty years at Innosight, a growth strategy consultancy founded by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. Thinkers50 named Anthony the world’s ninth most influential management thinker in 2023 and named him the world’s leading innovative thinker in 2017.