Monday, November 12, 2012

Outliers Lurk Before They Leap


Enter the black swan

At ballet rehearsal:
Director: Everything is going smoothly, the four cygnets do their triddle-traddle across the stage, nice contrast with da-dah! Entrance of you as Odile, the black swan.
Svetlana: Very metaphorical.
Director: The black swan was already a metaphor for the unexpected event caused by an outlier. Tchaikovsky put it in his ballet, and Joseph Schumpeter may have been thinking “black swan” when he proposed “creative destruction.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb extended it to history, science, finance and technology and then Clayton Christensen called it by another name, “disruptive innovation” referring mainly to technology.
Svetlana: So the story of Swan Lake is a metaphor for business?
Director: Not yet, but someone’s bound to latch onto it.
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Voice-over
For a short film on "Disruptive Innovation" go here

What more can we say?
Art foreshadows science. 
Outliers lurk before they leap. 

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

120
What does the term "disruptive technology and diruptive innovation" mean?

A.Disruptive technology means inventions and New ideas. Disruptive innovation means destruction to traditional industries.

In society, there are many disruptive technology and innovations. They are very useful but we shouldn't forget that they cause environmental problems.

Anonymous said...

110
Q Name three hardware innovations which disrupted ICT industries.

A Offset printers, Bulky CRT monitors, Print reference works.

I use Skype, but I didn't know when Skype started and who set it up.
I could learn about these, so I thought this movie was interesting.

103 said...

Q who suggested the term black swan and as a metaphor for what?

A Nassim Nicholas Talb used the Black Swan as a metaphor.

I laerned the inovation.
It is useful and nessesary it for people.

122 said...

I couldn't find the answer.

Thanks to diruptive innovation, our life became rich. I'm looking forward to disruptive technology and diruptive innovation produced from now on.

102 said...

Q.What disruptive innovation occurred in the automobile industry and who pioneered it?

A.Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 1910 speading up production and leading to a drop in prices.

I use skype when I have to talk with my seminar's member and so on.
This is very useful because I don't have to pay money.

Anonymous said...

131
Q.Name three areas where conditions are right for a disruptive innovation.

A.Packaging, Entertainment and Messaging.

Business ripe for disruption.
I think there are a lot of disruptive technology, so I am curious about it.

Anonymous said...

131
Q.Name three areas where conditions are right for a disruptive innovation.

A.Packaging, Entertainment and Messaging.

Business ripe for disruption.
I think there are a lot of disruptive technology, so I am curious about it.

Anonymous said...

106

Q Name three software innovations which disrupted ICT industries.

A,online versions, online newsand blogs.faster bloadband and personal wifi.

Disruptive innovations make our life convenient and useful. If they are not created, we will be in trouble. I think they will bring us good advantages.

Anonymous said...

134

When did Skype start and who set up?
It started in 2003 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zenstorm.

I live comfortably by Distruptive Innovations. I often use skype when i talk with friends who live in my hometown.
Because i don't mind money, i can talk for a long time.

126 said...

Q. Give an example of John Dvorak's counterpoints against the idea of disruptive technology.

A. Microcomputer........maybe I don't know.

Disruptive Innovations caused us to progress with good meaning. We enjoy the benefits of the Innovations, so must not forget that there is benefits.

Anonymous said...

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ï¼—. X-ray equipment, electronic keyboards, LED lights.


Of course, an Innovation is good. But I think something new have demerits and things in the past have merits. So new things are not always good.