Buzzword 2011.8 - Disruption

15 Dec 2011 • 1 min read

Disruption is the new black. Clayton Christensen began the authorial trend with his management classics on disruptive innovation. He’s gone on to “disrupt” health and class. I contributed to the meme with Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector. Others have written on disrupting homelessness, media, technology, and manufacturing.

Here's a report from the Alliance for Children and Families called Disruptive Forces: Driving a Human Services Revolution. Disruption may soon replace innovation as the most overused and underdefined term in the social economy.