The next time Professor Clay Christensen (MBA 1979) has a dilemma, he knows where he'll go for a solution: to HBS alumni.

Christensen, Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), and alumni of the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) course recently published a crowdsourced discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed by Tom Hulme (MBA 2007) and his team at OpenIDEO.

The OpenIDEO model brings a group together in an online forum to solve a specified "challenge." The participating HBS alumni researched the issues of long-term growth and job creation, generated theories of and potential solutions for the issue, and refined and evaluated those ideas.

"It is so much more powerful than the normal academic method of doing research that I will never do that again," says Christensen. "Every time I do research I am going to do crowdsourcing from our alumni."

The project drew on the experience and input of alumni from 14 different classes and a dozen countries.

"We found that the alumni had a desire to relive the classroom experience," says van Bever. "This was a chance to consider big questions with smart people in an engaged environment."

That opportunity didn't end with publication. In the next phase of the project, the entire HBS alumni community and readers of the Harvard Business Review are invited to participate in the creation and dissemination of a toolkit for addressing the Capitalist's Dilemma.

'Dilemma' Discussion Collaborators

The following HBS alumni, faculty members, staff, and others contributed to the crowdsourcing research for the article "The Capitalist's Dilemma" in Harvard Business Review.

Editorial Counsel
Tom Hulme (MBA 2007, OpenIDEO), Professor Karim Lakhani, Professor Gautam Mukunda, Michael Raynor (BDA 2000), Professor William Sahlman

Working Team
Stephanie Goff (HBS Alumni Relations), Chad Losee (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Bryan Mezue (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Taylor Thompson (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Alexis Lefort (HBS Forum for Growth and Innovation), Colin Maclay (HBS Digital Initiative), Emily Snyder (HBS Staff), Matt Tucker (HBS Digital Initiative)

Community Thought Leaders
Nathan Dutzmann (MBA 2009), Andrew Kaplan (MBA 2013), Lisa Kostova Ogata (MBA 2009), Alejandro Paiuk (MBA 2007), João Ferro Rodrigues (MBA 2003), Dan Summers-Minette, Suja Vaidyanathan (MBA 2006), Kyle Welch (DBA 2014)

Contributors
Jeremy Adams, MBA 2007
Hassan Ahmed, MBA 2011
James Allworth, MBA 2010
Joaquin Altenberg, MBA 2002
Karoline K. Andersen
Frank Andrasco, MBA 2001
Anthony Archibald, MBA 2011
Rebecca Arnold, MBA 2010
Xavier Aubry, MBA 2001
Jens Audenaert, MBA 2008
Marie-Jose Bahnam, MBA 2008
Deirdre Bannon, MBA 2006
Sara Vicente, MBA 2009
Christine Bave, MBA 2008
Daniel Beck, MBA 2009
Levi Belnap, MBA 2013
Roman Belotserkovskiy, MBA 2009
Kelly Bennett, MBA 2008
Varun Bhartia, MBA 2014
Rajesh Bilimoria, MBA 2002
Benjamin Black, MBA 2013
John S. Bracken
Privahini Bradoo, MBA 2008
Jahanzeb Burana, MBA 2010
Bob Burt, MBA 1964
Shirley Cardona, MBA 2012
Patricia Chacon, MBA 2012
Ethel Chen, MBA 2008
Steven Choi, MBA 2000
Karan Chopra, MBA 2013
Carol Choy, MBA 2012
Ann Christensen, MBA 2009
Michael Christensen, MBA 2011
Gale Clark, MBA 2008
Zhalisa Clarke, MBA 2008
Matthew Commons, MBA 2007
Jason Copeland, MBA 2002
Michael D'Amato, MBA 1977
Graham Davis, MBA 2007
Laura Day, MBA 2009
Horace Dediu, MBA 1996
Erika Diamond, MBA 2007
Jacob Donnelly, MBA 2011
Daniel Dornbusch, MBA 2003
Ahmed El Oraby, MBA 2011
Andres Engel, MBA 2010
Yoni Engelhart, MBA 2010
Michael Etzel, MBA 2013
Melissa Fensterstock, MBA 2012
Kristy Friedrichs, MBA 2007
Libbie Fritz, MBA 2011
Allison Fry, MBA 2012
Nikhil Gadkari, MBA 2006
Carlos Galvez, MBA 2007
Vivek Garg, MBA 2009
Michael Genstil, MBA 2002
Jason Gibson, MBA 2008
Robin Glass, MBA 2007
Blake Gottesman, MBA 2008
Michael Graffeo, MBA 2006
Paul Grosskopf
Bryan Grulke, MBA 2010
Girish Gupta, MBA 2012
Anne Haack, MBA 2001
Mary Haile, MBA 2013
Charles Hale, MBA 2001
Assaf Harlap, MBA 2010
Ryan Harper, MBA 2009
T. Scott Harper, MBA 2009
Christie Hunter Arscott
Karen Harris, MBA 1999
William Hauschen, MBA 2010
Adam Heltzer, MBA 2009
Mitchell Hesley, MBA 2007
Julia Hoover, MBA 2008
Michael Horn, MBA 2006
Rangena Hotaki, MBA 2008
Roger Dean Huffstetler, MBA 2009
Jennifer Hyman, MBA 2009
Faye Iosotaluno, MBA 2008
Santiago Izaguirre, MBA 2006
Dinkar Jain, MBA 2010
Cristian Jitianu, MBA 2012
Charu Juneja, MBA 2003
Stephan Kam, MBA 2007
Maria Karaivanova, MBA 2009
Thomas Karthaus, MBA 2007
Brian Kaufmann, MBA 2010
Michael Keating, MBA 2007
Tanya Khakbaz, MBA 2010
Andrew Kim, MBA 2009
Emily Kloeblen, MBA 2012
Chris Klomp
Olya Klueppel, MBA 2003
Kurtis Knight, MBA 2007
Yannis Katsarakis, MBA 2007
Jeremy King, MBA 2009
Cecily Kovatch MBA 2002
Dmitry Kozachenok, MBA 2013
Jason Kreuzinger, MBA 2008
William Kunz, MBA 2007
Wendy Lane
Ethan Laub, MBA 2008
Luke Leininger, MBA 2007
Arian Lewis
Nicholas Ling, MBA 2013
Charmian Love, MBA 2007
Alec Machiels, MBA 2001
Kerin Maganzini, MBA 2007
Krishna Mahesh, MBA 2005
Louisa Malkin, MBA 2013
William Marble
Lauren Margulies, MBA 2009
Sarah Marsh, MBA 2005
Shashaank Mathur, MBA 2008
Rory McDonald
Matthew McDonough, MBA 2007
Lyssa McGowan, MBA 2005
Lindsay McGregor, MBA 2013
Rebecca McKillican, MBA 2007
Sara McKinley, MBA 2007
Rahul Mehendale, MBA 2003
Surya Mendonca, MBA 2004
Craig Mestel, MBA 2009
Avaleigh Milne, MBA 2012
Smriti Mishra, MBA 2012
Andrew Mondi
Teresa Monteiro, MBA 2008
Gautam Mukunda
Dave Munichiello, MBA 2009
Reese Neumann, MBA 2006
Nadine Ngouabe-Dlodlo, MBA 2008
Akhil Nigam, MBA 2007
Matt Noble, MBA 2012
Tim O'Reilly
Kevin O'Brien, MBA 2005
Jason Orgill, MBA 2011
Felipe Oyanedel, MBA 2004
Sampath Kumar Pamu
Sohil Parekh, MBA 2008
Debra Peattie, MBA 1996
Andrew Perlmutter, MBA 2011
Wrede Petersmeyer, MBA 2010
Christine Phillpotts, MBA 2009
Joshua Plavner, MBA 2013
John Poulin
Matthew Prince, MBA 2009
Wen Qiu, MBA 2012
Anisha Raghavan, MBA 2008
Veena Ramaswamy, MBA 2011
Manuel Ramos, MBA 2004
Kenny Rebeira, PMD 79, 2004
Jon Redmond, MBA 2006
Jemine Rewane, MBA 2009
John Richardson, MBA 2012
Diego Rodriguez, MBA 2001
Sarah Rose, MBA 2012
Christina Royce, MBA 2012
Jon Rudoe, MBA 2006
Rob Ryman, MBA 2008
Alex Saltzman, MBA 2012
Joshua Sandberg, MBA 2011
Steven Sarao
Christian Sarkar
Emily Sawtell, MBA 2005
Alex Scandurra
Kurt Scherer, MBA 2004
Amol Shah, MBA 2013
Randy Shayler, MBA 2012
Brian Shaw, MBA 2007
Richard Sherrington, MBA 2014
Evan Shore, MBA 2011
David Si, MBA 2011
Salvatore Siino, MBA 2002
Marcus Simon, MBA 2005
Evan Sketchley, MBA 2013
Gary So, MBA 2007
Vadim Sobolevski, MBA 2007
JP Soltesz
Ryan Starks, MBA 2012
Justin Steele, MBA 2009
Will Stemberg
Allen Stoddard, MBA 2013
Kate Stoughton, MBA 2013
Alberto Suarez, MBA 2005
Sharmila Sudhakar, MBA 2007
Matthew Sueoka, MBA 2009
Stephanie Swingle, MBA 2013
Elsa Sze, MBA 2014
Schumpeter Tamada
Gilbert Tang, MBA 2008
Karen Tang, MBA 2013
Srdjan Tanjga, MBA 2007
Erin Teague, MBA 2010
Malcolm Thompson, MBA 2006
Thanh Tran
Maxeme Tuchman, MBA 2012
Alain Van Den Eynde MBA 2014
Andrew Van Pelt, MBA 2009
Peter Velikin, MBA 2003
Anne Vigier, MBA 2011
Jay Vincent
Peter Vu, MBA 2013
Rafael Walkiewicz, MBA 2004
Ben Wanamaker, MBA 2013
Dina Wang, MBA 2012
Jeff Wang, MBA 2013
M. Tres Watson, MBA 2007
Max Wessel, MBA 2011
Jeffrey Wheeler, MBA 2014
Derek White
Bryan Wynn, MBA 2014
Andrei Yarmak, MBA 2012
Rie Yano, MBA 2010
Zack Zackrison, MBA 2011
Damian Zajac, MBA 2011
Lin Zhao, MBA 2013
Jie Zheng, MBA 2010
Ying Zhou, MBA 2013
Eric Zuncic, MBA 2010

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