Comments on: The Ultimate Swiss Army Knife http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/06/11/the-ultimate-swiss-army-knife/ The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Cordeiro http://mcguireslaw.com/2010/06/11/the-ultimate-swiss-army-knife/#comment-3376 David Cordeiro Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:51:09 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=4822#comment-3376 This is a great illustration of Christensen' theories of Disruptive Innovation. Disruptive innovation doesn't initially try to compete against the established, specialized solution, e.g., first generation phone cameras versus dedicated digital cameras. Rather they compete against non-consumption, e.g., having no scissors or camera handy at all. Thanks to the power of sustaining innovation, however, it is only a matter of time before that low mega pixel camera on the phone that was "just good enough" begins to eclipse and displace the functionality of the specialized appliance. Now if only it was running WebOS... :-) This is a great illustration of Christensen’ theories of Disruptive Innovation. Disruptive innovation doesn’t initially try to compete against the established, specialized solution, e.g., first generation phone cameras versus dedicated digital cameras. Rather they compete against non-consumption, e.g., having no scissors or camera handy at all.

Thanks to the power of sustaining innovation, however, it is only a matter of time before that low mega pixel camera on the phone that was “just good enough” begins to eclipse and displace the functionality of the specialized appliance.

Now if only it was running WebOS… :-)

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