The idea for Exponent was hatched when Ben and James were arguing about Ben’s article What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong a year ago. In this episode, we finally reach a resolution to the question about how Apple escapes disruption. Plus, whether or not Xiaomi is a threat to Apple, personal development philosophies, and more (sorry, we went a bit long…)

Links

• Ben Thompson: How Apple Creates Leverage, and the Future of Apple Pay – Stratechery
• John Siracusa: OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review (Conclusion) – ArsTechnica
• Ben Thompson: What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong – Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Growing Apple at WWDC – Stratechery
• James Allworth: The 787’s Problems Run Deeper Than Outsourcing – Harvard Business Review

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @monkbent, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

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