The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong
Summary. Lepore critiques the widespread adoption of disruption theory in business and innovation discourse, arguing that the concept has become oversold and misapplied. She examines how disruption rhetoric dominates consulting, education, and venture capital, often promoting panic and exaggerated claims about technological and market change without grounding these ideas in rigorous evidence or historical context.
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Lepore, J.. (2014). The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong. The New Yorker. http://www.itcnetwork.org/resources/1004-the-disruption-machine-what-the-gospel-of-innovation-gets-wrong.pdf
Lepore, Jill. “The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.” The New Yorker, 2014. http://www.itcnetwork.org/resources/1004-the-disruption-machine-what-the-gospel-of-innovation-gets-wrong.pdf.
Lepore, Jill. 2014. “The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.” The New Yorker. http://www.itcnetwork.org/resources/1004-the-disruption-machine-what-the-gospel-of-innovation-gets-wrong.pdf.
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