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
strong effort scales
One doesn't have to be a Marxist to be awed by the scale and success of early-20th-cent ury efforts to transform strong-willed human beings into docile employees.
irrelevance innovation
Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance.
top-management belief renewal
The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.
earthquakes yesterday valleys
I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
numbers squares people
The value of your network is the square of the number of people in it.
new-horizons talent advantage
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.
errors contemplating transcription
As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.
serendipity matter facts
Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
resilience becoming paradox
Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.** (emphasis by author) [2002] p.25f
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.
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.