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Jan 2020

Clayton Christensen, guru of disruptive innovation and Latter-day Saint leader, dies at 67

By Tad Walch

Apple’s Steve Jobs, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Intel’s Andy Grove looked to influential management thinker

SALT LAKE CITY — Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation made him a key influence on Silicon Valley powerhouses like Netflix and Intel and twice earned him the title of the world’s most influential living management thinker, died Jan. 23 at age 67.

His brother, Carlton, told the Deseret News that Christensen died Thursday evening of complications from cancer in Boston, Massachusetts, where he had been a notable part of the Latter-day Saint community for over 40 years. He was considered an equally robust spiritual thinker.

Michael Horn, who co-founded the Clayton Christensen Institute, said it would remain committed to his legacy and continue his work.

“Clay leaves behind an incredible tree of researchers and acolytes and practitioners who will continue to not only spread what he learned in his lifetime but also continue to improve the theory, ultimately, and not only that theory but the other theories that Clay developed,” Horn said.

2 comments

Lee Anderson

Any way to get the full article in an 8×11 format.

    michaelbhorn

    You’d have to contact the Deseret News directly.

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