Gary Hamel
Gary Hamel
Dr. Gary P. Hamelis an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
rights corporations individual
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
imagination problem predictions
The problem is not one of prediction. It is one of imagination.
stupid wealth stupid-questions
Only stupid questions create wealth.
opportunity growth way
An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.
stupid writing garden
As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.
lying ambition innovation
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision. [first-line bold by author] [2002] p.23
roles hierarchy process
Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines.
educational ecosystems what-matters
It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.
community hierarchy adding-value
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
names bullets firsts
Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can't dodge the bullet – you're going to have to shoot first. You're going to have to out-innovate the innovators.
risk important today
Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.
intelligent design everyday
I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
office political voting
In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
opportunity moments possibility
We live in a moment that is pregnant with possibility.