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Macquarie University

Innovation and emerging technology: Be disruptive

‘Disruption’ has become a buzz word in the business world. But what is a disruptive change-maker? In this course you will learn how to deploy disruptive strategic thinking to develop or protect your organisation’s competitive advantage. The most innovative and successful companies have all fundamentally disrupted and reshaped existing industries, or created completely new ones. But which strategies and technologies can you use to be disruptive and take the next step for your organisation? Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will enhance your ability to think strategically and become your organisation’s disruptive change-maker.

Status: Market Analysis
Status: Business Transformation
BeginnerCourse17 hours

Featured reviews

AL

4.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2025

Course provides a high level summary of how to disrupt with innovative technology. But it would be more useful to cover less ground and get into details of fewer ideas.

VA

5.0Reviewed Jul 21, 2020

Great course, good use of literature and the presentations were crystal clear. I enjoyed the course and Learned a great deal.

AH

5.0Reviewed Jan 12, 2021

The course opens the lid on what disruption means, what drives it and importantly what businesses can do to capitalize on it and protect their market share.

HF

5.0Reviewed Aug 26, 2021

Every lesson was filled with a lot of concise information and straight-forward methods for identifying key characteristics of disruptive innovation and the tools to achieve it. Great course.

JF

5.0Reviewed Oct 14, 2022

I​ts a amazing course, it help to better understand the way in which technology truly helps in our daily lives and also the way technology has changed this world for ever.

SS

5.0Reviewed Mar 2, 2021

This gives details in brief in simple way and easy to understand. More valuable than I thought in the beginning. Thank you Professor....

PG

5.0Reviewed Dec 26, 2021

It is quite thoughtful and nicely designed course. Given lot of insight on innovation and disruptive technologies and protective strategies. A real thought provoking course.

OJ

5.0Reviewed Aug 23, 2020

Great learning experience. Would be grateful if I can get some of the notes (Okeimieibi.jimgeorge@wemabank.com or jimgeorgesomina@gmail.com). Thank you.

AS

5.0Reviewed Sep 29, 2020

The course is very relevant in today scenario. The content is great in every aspect. It broadens the thinking and its application.

AA

5.0Reviewed Oct 1, 2020

I had learnt disruption is key to innovation & the learning was backed up with strong national and international case studies. Good learning experience.

CA

5.0Reviewed Mar 15, 2022

The course was very difficult but I was able to do it without any problems, also to thank the instructor who is a very good explainer!

MJ

5.0Reviewed Aug 21, 2020

Very descriptive and a good mix of video, reading material and discussion prompts. This is one of the best online course I have completed so far.

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