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Competing Against Luck

Clayton Christensen · 2016

Mentioned 8 times across 3 podcasts · 2019–2025

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20192025

Where it's mentioned

2025

Inside Google's AI turnaround: The rise of AI Mode, strategy behind AI Overviews, and their vision for AI-powered search | Robby Stein (VP of Product, Google Search)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Oct 2025 · 37:06

“this jobs to be done framework which is one of the things that you know i'm i'm a big fan of and and you know clayton christensen's book on competing against luck um is one of my favorite books on this topic ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 11s

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He saved OpenAI, invented the “Like” button, and built Google Maps: Bret Taylor on the future of careers, coding, agents, and more

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 2025 · 82:07

“competing against luck which was the the uh book that produced jobs to be done which is a framework i really believe in ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s

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A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up,” early employee at 37signals)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Mar 2025 · 101:18

“if if you're really curious about the general spirit of jobs to be done then competing against luck is a really good intro ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s

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2024

Bret Taylor - The Agent Era - [Invest Like the Best, EP.386]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Sep 2024 · 81:55

“he wrote a book called competing against luck which created this framework called jobs to be done ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s

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2023

The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 2023 · 49:02

“if you look at competing against luck it was written with taddy hall and ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s

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2020

The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)

Masters of Scale · Aug 2020 · 11:39

“one of the top staff picks at dropbox is a book called competing against luck ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

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2019

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – How to Build a Great Product

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Nov 2019 · 17:47

“i came across clay christensen's book competing against lock ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s

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Take on Goliath — and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston

Masters of Scale · Sep 2019 · 10:51

“competing against luck by clay christensen and karen dillon ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s

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