Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Innovator’s Dilemma reveals an astonishing paradox in business: successful companies tend to fail not because they do anything wrong, but because they do everything right. The theory explains why giants like Blockbuster collapse while disruptors like Netflix rise, showing how the S-curve of innovation and seemingly inferior technologies can reshape entire industries—an idea first introduced by professor Clayton Christensen.

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Script: Jonas Koblin
Cartoon artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Producer: Selina Bador
Voice artist: Matt Abbott
Coloring: Sasalux
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda
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00:00 The paradox
00:20 Blockbuster's blindspot
01:20 Netflix's breakthrough
01:44 Why leaders fail
02:40 The S-curve
03:25 Disruptive jump
03:46 What do you think?
04:11 Ending
04:25 Patrons credits

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