Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty. — Gary Hamel Activity 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 Adapt 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 19th century Copy Share Image
Strategy is, above all else, the search for above average returns. — Gary Hamel Above average Copy Share Image
Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that… — Gary Hamel Bullets Copy Share Image
Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries. — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
Any company that cannot imagine the future won't be around to enjoy it. — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
Competition for the future is competition to create and dominate emerging opportunities-to stake out new competitive space. Creating the future is more… — Gary Hamel Challenges 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 Before Copy Share Image
What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination — Gary Hamel Economics Copy Share Image
Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination. — Gary Hamel Business innovation Copy Share Image
The best innovations - both socially and economically - come from the pursuit of ideals that are noble and timeless: joy, wisdom,… — Gary Hamel Beauty Copy Share Image
As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and,… — Gary Hamel Better 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 Anything 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
In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what.… — Gary Hamel Company Copy Share Image
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any… — Gary Hamel Ambition Copy Share Image
Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage… — Gary Hamel Beauty 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 Bullets 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
Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it. — Gary Hamel Business Copy Share Image
In the long term the most important question for a company is not what you are but what you are becoming. — Gary Hamel Becoming 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
