An Engineer's Dilemma

STABILITY ENGINEERING – Volume 9 www.manhattanproject20.com 1 117-50-D The Engineer's Dilemma Dedication This chapter is dedicated to Professor Clayton Christensen, my honored teacher. Professor Christensen taught us that intelligence, discipline, and hard work are not always sufficient. Entire industries can be disrupted, not because their leaders are incompetent, but because the systems in which they operate are evolving faster than their assumptions.