Very sad to hear this -- and didn't realize how young he was. He had a huge influence over me, Silicon Valley, and the (oft-misunderstood) concept of disruptive innovation. https://t.co/WKtK17RvEy

— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) January 24, 2020

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. https://t.co/pMcHrNCkQJ

— Deseret News (@DeseretNews) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation influenced Apple, Amazon and Netflix, has died at age 67. @DeseretNews @wsj @nytimes @Forbes https://t.co/KxSjTzQXkj

— Tad Walch (@Tad_Walch) January 24, 2020

"Many think it means newer, better, faster, but what Clay actually found was that a disruptive innovation doesn’t appear as a better product but as one that makes it more accessible or more affordable to a much wider audience.” https://t.co/ERvOeQLpr8

— Chandra (@NCResq) January 24, 2020

Wow. Legend. Truly the best at what he did, and impacted a the entire tech industry in a massive way.

One of the people I admired most in the world. https://t.co/dIZuwr8KDP

— tyler hogge ? (@thogge) January 24, 2020

RIP the man who transformed our thinking on creative destruction - the fuel of our innovation economy. https://t.co/lxffjnILNu

— Gary Shapiro (@GaryShapiro) January 24, 2020

Once had the honor of interviewing @claychristensen (along with @pmarca) and found him even more inspiring personally than in his writings (which is saying something). RIP, Clay, and you will be missed. https://t.co/uXz1LbIP5Q

— Steven Levy (@StevenLevy) January 24, 2020

The late Clay Christensen (1952-2020) believed that the role of every manager is to lay a foundation for future growth. Here are 11 of his most essential articles. https://t.co/PEAyBJtilq

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) January 25, 2020

"Clayton Christensen, the author of the theory of disruptive innovation, dies at 67" ?RIP. I really admired his thinking. His work was always cited (and will be) in presentations, book, articles, research and meetings about innovation and the future. https://t.co/eemhI24aEi

— Brian Solis (@briansolis) January 24, 2020

Sad news. He understood our times better than many. He was an inspiring teacher and tried to use his theories to help people in trouble. https://t.co/iiWEMQn6tS

— María Ramírez (@mariaramirezNY) January 24, 2020

Introduced the words "disruptive technology" and "innovator's dilemma."

A giant of management theory.#RIP https://t.co/TAzLQoVcP6

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) January 24, 2020

Sad news.

In 2005, Clay generously gave an informal guest lecture to a group of us at MIT. His entire talk was about ideas from "How Will You Measure Your Life?" years before he published it. Tremendous impact on me. As Steven noted, his brilliance was rivaled by his kindness. https://t.co/Z62DPnFY8D

— Scott Brinker (@chiefmartec) January 24, 2020

Rest In Peace Professor Christensen.

An intellectual hero and an inspiration.

— Ben Thompson (@benthompson) January 24, 2020

RIP. have referenced the "the innovator's dilemma" so many times in my career while trying to make sense of how companies and leaders handle disruption. gained immensely. https://t.co/kWxkOJ1qiP

— pankaj mishra (@pankajontech) January 24, 2020

I’m stunned at the loss of Clay, one of the best & most memorable teachers I’ve had. At HBS, he was the only prof I had to literally bring healthcare into the classroom when he injected himself with insulin in front of everyone. Incredible man, the world is less without him. https://t.co/f2W3lc5Qbc

— David-Alexandre Gros (@dalexgros) January 25, 2020

Clay Christensen is one of my heroes.

I never got the chance to meet him, but I've spent so much time with his work I feel like I know him. He's made me a better person.

RIP ? https://t.co/rVBmZ9K6oQ

— Nathan Baschez (@nbashaw) January 24, 2020

Few business leaders have had such a direct impact on the design discipline as Clayton Christensen. I use his Jobs To Be Done method all the time. He will be missed! https://t.co/LagfeNTikZ

— Joe Pemberton (@joepemberton) January 25, 2020

Incredibly sad to see the passing of Clayton Christensen. The Innovator's Dilemma is singularly the best explanation of business, strategy, and markets out there. Plus he was an incredibly amazing human. We will miss him.

— Aaron Levie (@levie) January 24, 2020

Without Christensen’s work & insight, I probably wouldn’t have called my company Disruptive Analysis (I set it up in 2002).

RIP https://t.co/20eMHpg1No

— Dean Bubley (@disruptivedean) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen https://t.co/jHgZnaTeCk // Very sad news. Not only was Clay an deeply influential business researcher and thinker, he was an incredibly kind person. I have many fond memories of discussing platforms and early thoughts on disruption visiting HBS, Fall 1998.

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) January 24, 2020

This should be a way more engaged tweet. Hard to overstate his impact on tech thinking.

— ???Bot Influencer (@sonicdeath) January 24, 2020

There are few truly & wholly good people in the world. Clay was one. It’s a very sad day. https://t.co/Zl6uAcyxvH

— megan quinn (@msquinn) January 24, 2020

RIP Clayton Christensen. One of my favorite articles by him is How will you Measure Your Life. "It's easier to hold on to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold on to them 98% of the time. You've got to define for yourself what you stand for" https://t.co/XArttpVVN8

— Chandra R. Srikanth (@chandrarsrikant) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen was a giant in innovation, twice named most influential business thinker in the world. He had a great mind and cared deeply about people. My heart and prayers are with my friends, the Christensen family. #utpol https://t.co/BfrRTe25Uu

— Rep. Ben McAdams (@RepBenMcAdams) January 24, 2020

They say "success has many fathers" and while there are many rightful claim to parenting & pioneering in the modern Corporate Innovation movement, there is only one father: Clay Christensen. https://t.co/TRs3MTT83J

— Mark Silva (@marksilva) January 24, 2020

I learned a lot from all his books and articles. People overuse “disruption” and rightly critique his mis-call of the iPhone, but he overflowed with actionable wisdom from the professional to the personal.

The promulgator of Job To Be Done, did his job well. https://t.co/hQ3rN3tC8c

— Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen is best known for his theory of "disruptive innovation," but he published a number of seminal articles on management, exploring everything from organizational structure to M&A. Here is a collection of 11 essential articles. https://t.co/YXp5OyZ53e

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) January 24, 2020

This is terrible news. Clayton Christensen invented a lot of the ideas we now take for granted in the startup world.https://t.co/r3c4jE96jN

— Paul Graham (@paulg) January 25, 2020

"It's easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time." -- Clayton Christensen, giant of enterprise, RIP

— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) January 24, 2020

“There’s no better way to judge the importance of a business thinker than to assess the stature of the people whom he or she influenced. By that standard, Clayton Christensen....had few peers.” https://t.co/GFOyw0rk10

— bill_fischer (@bill_fischer) January 25, 2020

Rest In Peace one of the last true giants of the management field: https://t.co/bzqDYPUHDD

— Eric Ries (@ericries) January 24, 2020

My 2nd day of entry into business world after my biochem PhD I had @claychristensen as my prof for 2 days straight at @babson mini MBA. Aug. 2001. He had just written #InnovatorsDilemma. I had no idea the mark this man would go on to make on business, healthcare, educ'n & society https://t.co/6c0JVqkrNd

— Zayna Khayat, PhD (@ZaynaKhayat) January 24, 2020

The author of The Innovators Dilemma passes. He coined “disruptive innovation” - an innovation that initially looks inferior, but only to incumbents. Then it quickly opens up a totally new market. Andy Grove said it should have been “crummy technologies.” https://t.co/KqiqI5e58u

— Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher) January 25, 2020

A nice piece on Clay Christensen -- may he rest in peace -- by my former colleague Brad Wieners https://t.co/rAo2EHBPpS; h/t @BradStone

— Tom Giles (@tsgiles) January 24, 2020

RIP. I never heard anyone say something bad about him or his work. A rare thing in our time. https://t.co/YQBOSsQBzX

— Shreef ☯️ (@shreef) January 24, 2020

This morning at HBS, I participated in a session with a student who worked for Clayton Christensen, and a professor who named his son after Clayton. We were not aware of this sad news. https://t.co/vCSd4NVbIZ

— Jennifer Lum (@lum) January 24, 2020

?? Going through some old Clayton Christensen gems… https://t.co/ykz0qWeJtZ pic.twitter.com/E7hwN3SRJw

— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) January 24, 2020

He had a huge impact on how I viewed disruption and why companies failed and I know he had a huge impact on others. I saw his book in many offices as I did my interviews with tech pioneers.

— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) January 24, 2020

His work disruptive innovation was ground breaking for me and I also appreciate that he challenged business leaders to think about their impact on the world with, “How will your measure your life?” May he Rest In Peace. https://t.co/P1EieOzQWf

— Philippe??‍? (@phildpp) January 24, 2020

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. https://t.co/bKxQlf9T9A

— Newley Purnell (@newley) January 24, 2020

파괴적 혁신이라는 말을 만들어낸 크리스 크리스텐슨 하버드대 교수가 향년 67세로 별세 https://t.co/TAJDZvx5Rv 젊은 시절 한국선교사 경험을 가지고 있어 한국말도 하고 한국에 대한 애정도 있던 경영학의 대가. 삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다. pic.twitter.com/PzeGwcsU9O

— 에스티마 (@estima7) January 25, 2020

RIP Clayton Christensen.

Love this quote from @deseretnews' obit:

“Clay created a way of thinking that gave others the tools and framework to discover things that had never been thought of before, to see things they could never have seen on their own" https://t.co/QpNWgB33Ar

— Tanay Jaipuria (@tanayj) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence https://t.co/kufc33Q30w

— Teresa AlarcosTamayo PhD (@teresaalarcos) January 25, 2020

It is with a very heavy heart and a tremendous amount of gratitude I share the passing of My Teacher, My Mentor and My Dear Friend Clay. I am honored and humbled for the time he shared with me. Thank you my friend. God Speed. https://t.co/qItUZmJvbW

— Bob Moesta (@bmoesta) January 24, 2020

「イノベーションのジレンマ」で知られるクレイトン・クリステンセン氏が1月23日、67歳で死去。近年は disruption という言葉が一人歩きしていたことを憂いてたんですね。名指しでベンチャーキャピタリストが「本を読まずに用語を使う人たち」と揶揄されてる。RIP https://t.co/AWwUpTyiDj

— Ken Nishimura / 西村賢 (@knsmr) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence. https://t.co/BwsqpHWbHj

— Dave (@davewiner) January 24, 2020

Sad day for innovation. Professor Clayton Christensen, father of the concept "disruptive innovation" passed away today. Rest in peace.https://t.co/i7JGrDDrbd
Cc @oalcoba @guillerdorron @ealmirall @XavierLesauvage @xamores

— Xavier Ferràs (@XavierFerras) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67, Christensen died Thursday evening of complications from cancer treatment in Boston, Massachusetts. RIP Clay. https://t.co/TcSPx54QtE

— Joe Haslam ☘ (@joehas) January 24, 2020

One of the best men I’ve ever met has returned home. No one is more deserving of a heavenly reward than Clayton Christensen. He was my greatest mentor in business and life. Rest In peace, Clay. @claychristensen https://t.co/O6uyNH9Sce

— Rich Alton (@richalton) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence - Very influential mgmt guru https://t.co/urCKbas42j

— kris gopalakrishnan (@kris_sg) January 25, 2020

What a loss.

Clay was a profoundly good person. A heart and mind that were equally "great". https://t.co/slluCFnuTb

— Nilofer Merchant (@nilofer) January 24, 2020

Clay Christensen's work deeply influenced how I thought about not only tech & business, but also life. "How Will You Measure Your Life?" helped me through tough times post-college. Years later I met him at @a16z Summit and thanked him in-person. RIP.https://t.co/qzVSm9sQp7

— Li Jin (@ljin18) January 24, 2020

⁦I took a class from ⁦@claychristensen⁩ in business school. I learned a lot. But nothing in comparison to the lessons he taught me these past 20+ years through the exemplary life he led. We lost a remarkable man https://t.co/chpFjpdZwN

— Brian Rolapp (@brianrolapp) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence.
Apple’s Steve Jobs, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Intel’s Andy Grove looked to influential management thinker. https://t.co/cFAXP7Hmbn

— FurorRises (@FurorRises) January 25, 2020

クレイトン・クリステンセン氏が亡くなられたとのこと。「イノベーションのジレンマ」はじめ著作や論文から多くのことを学ばせて頂きました。ご冥福をお祈りいたします。

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence https://t.co/48NofAwi6Y

— とくさん (@nori76) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence https://t.co/w6eq41sW0u

— Ariel Arrieta (@aarrieta) January 25, 2020

“Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.” #ClaytonChristensen left behind a beautiful legacy. https://t.co/HFLU7D7hAQ

— Third Hour (@thirdhour_) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence - I took his ideas to heart when I started @AliveCor. RIP https://t.co/ofkbBCRQnp

— David E. Albert, M.D (@DrDave01) January 25, 2020

The world's innovators have a sad heart today. RIP Clay, you inspired and advised so many!! Thank you for your generous brilliance ?#innovation #thinkers

Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence - Deseret News https://t.co/r685UKYuuB

— C Todd Lombardo (@iamctodd) January 24, 2020

The late Clay Christensen (1952-2020) believed that the role of every manager is to lay a foundation for future growth. Here are 11 of his most essential articles. https://t.co/PEAyBJtilq

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen is best known for his theory of "disruptive innovation," but he published a number of seminal articles on management, exploring everything from organizational structure to M&A. Here is a collection of 11 essential articles. https://t.co/YXp5OyZ53e

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) January 24, 2020

"The role of every strategic manager is to lay a foundation for future growth" ?? RIP @claychristensen

Here's a compilation of his best 11 articles, by @HarvardBiz ? https://t.co/M6lcUOkWan#innovation #business #management #strategy #leadership

— Claudio M. Camacho ✨ (@claudiomkd) January 25, 2020

"Clayton Christensen died on Jan. 23, 2020. Here we present some of his seminal HBR pieces." https://t.co/zi194DeX08 @HarvardBiz

— Rich Duszak, MD (@RichDuszak) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen, father of ‘disruptive innovation’, has passed away. If you haven’t caught up on his work yet, here’s a great selection. #RIPhttps://t.co/K7UjsWfgIH

— Parminder Singh (@parrysingh) January 25, 2020

RIP Clayton

The Essential Clayton Christensen Articleshttps://t.co/imD1LNXbaH#innovation #startup #tech@andi_staub @jblefevre60 @maxjcm @HaroldSinnott @sallyeaves @finteched @dinisguarda @Stevewal63 @debashis_dutta @amalmerzouk @AkshayKurhade12 pic.twitter.com/UVY6ZLjLx0

— Damien de France ? ?️ (@Damien_CABADI) January 25, 2020

Clay Christensen has passed away. My remembrance. https://t.co/ShrJ81oEgU

— Joshua Gans (@joshgans) January 24, 2020

such a lovely touching tribute from @joshgans https://t.co/zdXOMTKFQj -- my first day in academia, when I was visiting HBS as a prospective PhD student in 2010 was headlined by a Christensen talk. It's been hard to top that talk in all my years since. RIP.

— Abhishek Nagaraj ?️ (@abhishekn) January 24, 2020

I had the fortune of studying under Clayton Christensen at @HarvardHBS. It saddens me to learn of his passing. He was just 67.

He was a brilliant man, an incredible thinker, and one of the best teachers I ever had. https://t.co/3WBHjURKV3

— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 25, 2020

"Disruption hasn't treated kindly the companies that have ignored it."

What a fitting #Epilogue

Thank you, @ClayChristensen for inspiring generations in #innovation https://t.co/Ey0RBWXDJj#RIP #BeTheChange #AtriumHealthProud #InnovationEngine pic.twitter.com/bysf8g6gDR

— Rasu Shrestha MD MBA (@RasuShrestha) January 25, 2020

A previously unpublished interview with Clayton Christensen about business, God, and Star Wars https://t.co/feEoG40gYF

— Quartz (@qz) January 25, 2020

A previously unpublished interview with Clayton Christensen about business, God, and Star Wars https://t.co/e2uuOKYwAF via @qz

— Vakaviti (@vakaviti) January 25, 2020

Clayton Christensen, the hugely influential management thinker, died this week. In 2016, I talked with him about his new book and then we spoke at length about his Mormon faith, which didn’t make it into the article. Here is that unpublished interview: https://t.co/kUzXY1JHsy

— Oliver Staley (@Ostaley) January 25, 2020

I’m very sad. We lost a great thinker, and wonderful person—and for many of us a good friend. Latter years were spent encouraging people to do the right thing. https://t.co/WscB02f0gl

— Don Tapscott (@dtapscott) January 25, 2020

RIP Clayton Christensen. Author of ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’. https://t.co/1pNacYcTZI

— Oluyomi Ojo (@OluyomiOjo) January 24, 2020

Clay was truly a giant. I was fortunate to have him as an instructor and learned unforgettable life lessons. His intellect, humor and caring set him apart. And his devotion to his family set an example for us all. May his memory be for a blessing https://t.co/UcAFd1Svgl

— David Aronoff (@dba) January 24, 2020

破壊的イノベーションのクレイトン・クリステンセン教授、亡くなったのか...。67才。まだ若い。勉強させていただきました。ご冥福をお祈りします。 / Clayton Christensen, father of "disruptive innovation," dies at 67 https://t.co/lQ0coktCS4

— のだよ (@nodayo) January 24, 2020

RIP Clayton Christensen, whose "Disrupting Class" caused big ripples in K-12 education circles. Twelve years after its publication it's hard not to acknowledge how prescient it seems now. https://t.co/LX9XrUepQB

— Beth Hawkins (@beth_hawkins) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen, father of "disruptive innovation," passed away yesterday at 67...https://t.co/9MP1oASFQn

— Patrick McCray (@LeapingRobot) January 24, 2020

「人生に最も影響を与えた一冊は？」と言われたら

『イノベーション・オブ・ライフ ハーバード・ビジネススクールを巣立つ君たちへ』ですhttps://t.co/Ouvyxzh9I5

ご冥福をお祈りします

Clayton Christensen, father of "disruptive innovation," dies at 67 - Axios https://t.co/95AY3kf060

— Takaya Ishiguro / 石黒 卓弥 (@takaya_i) January 24, 2020

Heaven’s turn to be disrupted! I learned a lot from his work. Peace! ⁦@nathancortez⁩ https://t.co/ZQtZTMeKYG

— Nicolas Terry (@nicolasterry) January 25, 2020

So sorry to hear of Clayton Christensen's passing. His teachings stretched my mind, as I am sure they did for many others, impacting companies and people. RIP. https://t.co/x6WgfBE7ZX

— Mahan Tavakoli (@Mahany) January 25, 2020

Here’s to you Mr. Christensen ?https://t.co/pB1PVHZKqO

— Santosh Sankar ⚡? (@santoshsankar) January 24, 2020

This makes me very sad. Clayton Christensen thought differently in a business world that all thinks the same. We need him now more than ever. Rest in peace.https://t.co/L7ONQWakJQ

— Jon Shell (@jonrshell) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen, father of "disruptive innovation," died yesterday at age 67.https://t.co/T6wBJd6wiW

— Axios (@axios) January 24, 2020

sad day for Prof. Christensen's family, HBS, and the entire field of business and management. https://t.co/u34EVJI0Ou

— Yael Cockayne (@grushkay) January 24, 2020

Just heard the sad news about Prof. Clayton Christensen's passing. I had the privilege of taking his course at @HarvardHBS. Not only was he one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking educators, but also a man deeply in touch with his moral compass. https://t.co/Hpy3CQ9TWu

— Ry Sullivan (@rysullivan) January 24, 2020

Clayton Christensen, father of "disruptive innovation," dies at 67 https://t.co/JLKygiEqR9

— Aaron Pressman (@ampressman) January 24, 2020

This makes me very sad. Clayton Christensen thought differently in a business world that all thinks the same. We need him now more than ever. Rest in peace.https://t.co/L7ONQWakJQ

— Jon Shell (@jonrshell) January 24, 2020