Introduction to technology evolution and disruptive innovations

An introduction to technology evolution and disruptive innovations, mostly based on the works of W. Brian Arthur and Clayton Christensen. Did this video for a class at the computer science department at the University of Oslo, but hope to reuse it in many other settings.

Here is a blog post with some reflections on making the video: https://appliedabstractions.com/2020/03/23/a-teaching-video-with-some-reflections/

If you don't want to watch the whole video (and if you are not a student, you probably don't), here is a short table of contents (with approximate time stamps):

0:00 - 2:00 Intro, some details about recording the video etc.

Technology evolution
2:00 - 6:00 Why technology evolution is important, and an overview of technology innovation/evolution processes
6:00 - 9:45 Standard engineering
9:45 - 12:50 Invention
12:50 - 15:50 Structural deepening
15:50 - 17:00  Emerging (general) technology
17:00 - 19:45 Substitution
19:45 - 25:00 Expansion, including dominant design
25:00 - 27:30 Structuration
27:30 - 31:30 Architectural innovation (technology phases)
31:30 - 31:45 BREAK! (Stop the video and get some coffee...)

Disruptive innovations
31:45 - 38:05 Introduction and theory
38:05 - 44:00 Excavator example
44:00 - 46:00 Hairdresser example
47:00 - 47:35 Characteristics of disruptive innovations
47:35 - 49:40 Defensive strategies
49:40 - 53:00 Things take time - production and teaching...

53:00 - 54:30 Fun stuff

Видео Introduction to technology evolution and disruptive innovations канала Espen Andersen