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Technological advancements are bringing massive changes in everything around us. It has paved the path for unexpected disruptions across culture, market, industry, processes, and whatnot. Earlier the sellers had more power to dictate a buyer\u2019s journey over products and services. Now technology<\/a> has turned the table completely and made customers more in power for the entire journey. Every decision in a business now needs to be made from the point of view of customers rather than the business itself.<\/p>\n

Digital disruption affects every industry and every business, including B2B companies. Do you know what impact digital disruption can put on B2B companies? If not, check out this blog today!<\/p>\n

What is a Disruptive Innovation or Technology?<\/h2>\n

First thing first, do you know what disruptive technology is?<\/p>\n

To make sure we are on the same page, let us first describe what we mean when we talk about technology bringing disruption to B2B companies. The term disruptive innovation finds its first mention in a book written by Clayton Christensen. The book \u2018The Innovator\u2019s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail\u2019 <\/em>talks about innovative technologies that have the potential to transform an industry completely.<\/p>\n

In the simplest terms, disruptive technology, is the newly introduced technology that can completely change an existing system and how people interact with them. In strict business terms, these are the technologies that transform how consumers interact with a business and buy its products and services.<\/p>\n

Do you need some examples to understand the above explanation? Okay! Let us give you a few examples for your clarity.<\/p>\n

#1 Fax Machine \u2013 The introduction of the fax machine provided a new way of communication that was much fast and more efficient than the existing ones. This transformed the way businesses communicated. This was a disruptive technology.<\/p>\n

#2 Internet \u2013 The Internet is one of the massively disruptive innovations. Before the internet era, businesses relied on magazines, newspapers, radio, and television for advertisements. The internet was not just another medium for advertising. It transformed the entire system of advertising. Earlier advertisements were product-centric<\/a> internet paved the path to making it customer-centric.<\/p>\n

#3 Mobile Phone \u2013 The introduction of mobile phones to the general masses compelled businesses to pay more attention to customers\u2019 individuality. The entire customer journey mapping<\/a> process had to be transformed because of this disruptive technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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