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Company Quotes by Gary Hamel
- We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.
- In the long term the most important question for a company is not what you are but what you are becoming.
- Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can…
- Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your…
- 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 now - to…
- Innovation is the fuel for growth. When a company runs out of innovation, it runs out of growth.
- Any company that cannot imagine the future won't be around to enjoy it.
- The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only…
- In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
- In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge.
- Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
- 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 open…
- In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural…
- It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its…
- Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of…
- ... all too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own. [2002] p.46
- Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.** (emphasis…
- Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it.
- The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.
- This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies.
- To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous.
- Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it…
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- Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with… — Saint Augustine
- My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what… — Jane Austen
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila
- Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. — Joe Baca
- Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. — Russell Baker
- Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. — Stephen Baldwin
- We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it… — Dave Barry
- I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I… — Drew Barrymore
- It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a… — Drew Barrymore