Alan Kay's famous aphorism is that perspective is worth 80 IQ points. An innovative insight is not the product of an individual's brilliance. It's not as if innovators' heads are wired in different ways. Innovation typically comes from looking at… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
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,… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious. — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we… — 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 Copy Share Image
One way of building private foresight out of public data is looking where others aren't ... if you want to see the future, go… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule. — 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 regularly exceed… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not… — 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 as a… — Gary Hamel 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 ways that… — Gary Hamel 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 barriers ,… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
