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
practice would-be add
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
important remember platforms
It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.
stars children years
Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
religious people moral
Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
what-matters imagination return
What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination
adaptable create follow freedom outside people risks time
To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of channels, to experiment, to take risks and to follow their passions.
curse inventive requires
To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous.
change helping personally rather unlikely
An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
churches held less organized religion roles
If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines.
ability changing confront executives threat
While one should never underestimate the ability of risk-besotted financiers to wreak havoc, the real threat to capitalism isn't unfettered financial cunning. It is, instead, the unwillingness of executives to confront the changing expectations of their stakeholders.
synonym thus
In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.