LISTEN: 5 key takeaways from 'The Innovator's Dilemma,' the best book on disruption ever written

• Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and author of the seminal work of business theory, "The Innovator's Dilemma," died yesterday at age 67, Deseret News first reported. 
• In his book, which was first published in 1997, Christensen describes how established companies are displaced by competition when they fail to self-disrupt.
• Takeaways from the book spawned a new framework for thinking about innovation that continues to resonate today.
• Despite its status as a touchpoint, its application is sometimes seen as limited even as many lessons are still highly useful. 
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