Michael E. Raynor
Website: www.michaelraynor.com

 Interview with Michael Raynor (17 min.)

Michael E. Raynor, of Deloitte Consulting LLP, is the Distinguished Fellow with Deloitte Research. He works with senior executives in the world's leading corporations across a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and manufacturing. In his client work and research Michael explores the challenges of corporate strategy and innovation.

His first book, The Innovator's Solution, co-authored with Professor Clayton M. Christensen, has been on the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller lists, and won several "best book of the year" awards in 2003. His second book, The Strategy Paradox, will be released by Currency/Doubleday in February 2007.

In addition, Raynor has published extensively in managerial and academic journals and teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and has taught at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He has a doctorate from the Harvard Business School, an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Harvard University. He lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

The Strategy Paradox: Why committing to success leads to failure (and what to do about it) By Michael E. Raynor Currency/Doubleday, February 2007 Buy at Amazon or Barnes & Noble

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth By Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor Harvard Business School Press, 2003 Buy at Amazon or Barnes & Noble