In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies. — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
All too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own. — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set… — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of… — Gary Hamel Adaptable Copy Share Image
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not. — Gary Hamel Ardent Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to… — Gary Hamel Book Copy Share Image
An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in… — Gary Hamel Adaptable Copy Share Image
The opportunities for future growth are everywhere. Seeing the future has nothing to do with speculating about what might happen. Rather, you… — Gary Hamel Future Copy Share Image
There is no way to create wealth without ideas. Most new ideas are created by newcomers. So anyone who thinks the world… — Gary Hamel Ideas Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what… — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most… — Gary Hamel Arrogance Copy Share Image
Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent. — Gary Hamel Advantage Copy Share Image
To be embraced, a change effort must be socially constructed in a process that gives everyone the right to set priorities, diagnose… — Gary Hamel Barriers Copy Share Image
The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for… — Gary Hamel Inspirational Copy Share Image
I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products… — Gary Hamel Design Copy Share Image
During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the… — Gary Hamel Anglican Copy Share Image
In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Whatever you shoot is dead for a while before it starts to stink. The same goes for strategies. How many organizations carry… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy. — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
In the age of revolution it is not knowledge that produces new wealth, but insight - insight into opportunities for discontinuous innovation.… — Gary Hamel Age Copy Share Image
Out there in some garage is an entrepreneur who's forging a bullet with your company's name on it. You've got one option… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and… — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that… — Gary Hamel America Copy Share Image
What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's… — Gary Hamel Adaptable Copy Share Image
A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who… — Gary Hamel Authors Copy Share Image
Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox… — Gary Hamel Ability Copy Share Image
Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement… — Gary Hamel Creating Copy Share Image
From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top. — Gary Hamel American patriot Copy Share Image
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