The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management’s unexamined beliefs. Gary Hamel Read Quote
What’s true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That’s why the most resilient things in our world – biological life, stock markets, the Internet – are loosely organized. Gary Hamel Read Quote
Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor. Gary Hamel Read Quote
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 up new avenues for growth. Gary Hamel Read Quote
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 relative ‘share of customer value’ in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value. Gary Hamel Read Quote
Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations. Gary Hamel Read Quote
In a democracy, you don’t need anyone’s permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a ‘tea party.’ And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit. Gary Hamel Read Quote
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. Gary Hamel Read Quote
I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn’t really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists. Gary Hamel Read Quote
Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature. Gary Hamel Read Quote
