The Case Against Disruptive Innovation

Several researchers and experts share their views against the concept of disruptive innovation. They state that the use of the term as an all-purpose concept can distract focus from the real issues with emergent products and companies. Michael Raynor states that disruption, like innovation, is a well-formed English word with a non-technical meaning, while Christensen has attached to that word a very specific meaning. Other researchers show that people use this term in a number of ways that has nothing to do with Christensen's work, and are yet deeply invested in invoking the findings of that work.