A Pros & Cons List for Disruption

A Pros/Cons List for Disruption

by: Ben Washburn

Disruption can be viewed as positive or negative and good or bad.?In this post share, I look at polar opposites of these issues with this list of focus items.

-??????Perspective of disruption

-??????Liability

-??????Context of content and year referenced for relevance

-??????Interference

-??????Innovation

-??????Positive changes

-??????Solve a problem

-??????Change stigma

-??????Putting others out of business

Staying out of the way, in your own lane or choosing not to “disrupt” could create a better path towards long-term opportunity from those not experiencing the consequences of being disrupted.?

While making business decisions as a professional, it takes time to discover over the long-term for other professionals and business leaders to truly understand how you have not only navigated your career but how much integrity you display as you choose what, who, why or when to disrupt if even at all.?

Disruption certainly does innovate and change.?Perhaps it is social media or financial technology or general acceptance of newly devised strategies or ways of doing business or solving problems or enhancing an annual buzz word.?

Most professionals can reflect back on small and big decisions alike to remember vividly those decisions they acted upon and the why.

For disruptive innovators and disruptive entrepreneurs, the theme of disruption becomes the focal point of how to approach work tasks and proceed in business.?

This post share should not be read or interpreted as an “either or” nor a “pick-one” type of post of:

a.)??To disrupt

b.)?Not to disrupt

but rather a balance of where you are at in your life with personal and business all while being professional in business and a little more open with personal and how you tell and share your story to others.?

For 2021 and beyond in a post-pandemic world, we all are navigating what to do next with our time, time being our best and greatest asset.

That is:

a)???A certain fact

b)??The same for everyone

c)???Navigating roads traveled for our business and personal time

so disrupt first the good like your schedule, timing of a decision, your focus or health, priorities and shift towards family obligations and even do a monthly payment plan session if you recently experienced a hardship or disruption in your financial life over the last year or so by beginning a new budget and make it happen!

For those entrepreneurs, founders, intrapreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs that want to land on hardcore expert advice from business experts in technology and MIT alums, I would highly recommend and point you to the success of Brad Feld and his team and his recent book.?More on that book and an awesome Q/A on it are on Crunchbase.

Take the time to do your own pros and cons list on anything you are thinking about that may look and feel like disruption.?This 15-minute process is going to leave you with a working action plan to better navigate your decisions around any and all disruption.???

Ben Washburn, MMI.