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Radical innovation vs. disruptive innovation
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A lot of the time these two labels are used randomly for effect by people wanting to sell books and blog space. In general I guess you could say that 'radical' means coming up with something very different from the current solution, whereas 'disruptive' means something that disrupts the established market. So, for example, I would argue that Uber has been disruptive in the taxi market, but it wasn't particularly radical - in the UK we already had cars like this we called minicabs, not taxis, and Uber connected that with a smart app. Disruptive but not radical.
But all these terms are subjective - what's radical to one is not radical enough to others. In the end the labels don't matter. What matters is what you can make work.
67 months ago
I agree with both Alan Arnett and Michael Fruhling.
Disruptive innovation causes disruption to an existing market by creating a faster, better, and smarter model -- just like the classic Uber example to the taxi cab industry, Airbnb to hotels, etc.
On the other hand, while it attempts to sell books and drive eye-balls (just like what Alan Arnett said), radical innovation is set to create new, stand-alone categories -- new ways of doing new things. I think Blockchain has the potential for radical innovation.