Books and articles
"One of the best management books of 2023!"
"Tiny moments of stress barely register but the build-up of these microstresses — triggered by work or domestic pressures — can take a terrible toll. 'Microstress seeps into our thoughts, saps our energy, and diverts our focus. Little by little, it's stealing our lives,' write Cross and Dillon in this highly relatable analysis of the problem — and guide to how to rise above it."--Andrew Hill, The Financial Times
"One of the more surprisingly powerful books of personal philosophy of the 21st century."
New York Times best-seller, now translated into 30 languages around the world. From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen and former HBR editor Karen Dillon comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.
Wall Street Journal best-seller
How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss?
After years of research, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen and his co-authors have come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim—that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation—is wrong. Customers don’t buy products or services; they “hire” them to do a job.