Export-Import Team 9
Export-Import Team 9
Export-Import Team 9
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Robotics
Energy
Cloud
computing
3D Printing Mobile
Technology Internet
Next-gen
storage
solutions
Stages of Disruptions
Disruption of
Incumbent
Appealing
Convergence
• Phase One: Disruption of Incumbent
A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that
moment is entirely hindsight. (For example, when did BlackBerry get disrupted by the iPhone, film by digital imaging
or bookstores by Amazon?) A new technology, product or service is available, and it seems to some to be a limited,
but different, replacement for some existing, widely used and satisfactory solution. Most everyone is familiar with
this stage of innovation. In fact, it could be argued that most are so familiar with this aspect that collectively our
industry cries “disruption” far more often than is actually the case.
Perspective of
Task-oriented
social work
perspective
organization