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While one should never underestimate the ability of risk-besotted financiers to wreak havoc, the real threat to capitalism isn't unfettered financial cunning. It is, instead, the unwillingness of executives to confront the changing expectations of their stakeholders. - Gary Hamel
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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, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating. - Gary Hamel
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A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority. - Gary Hamel
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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
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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
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different. - Gary Hamel
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule. - Gary Hamel
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To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous. - Gary Hamel
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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
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard. - Gary Hamel
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Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity. - Gary Hamel
#Business
#Matter
#Model
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An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent. - Gary Hamel
#Competitive Advantage
#New
#Talent
In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change. - Gary Hamel
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be. - Gary Hamel
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Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today. - Gary Hamel
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A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page. - Gary Hamel
#Bag
#Coffee
#Home
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#Radio
To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of channels, to experiment, to take risks and to follow their passions. - Gary Hamel
#Freedom
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#Organization
#Risks
#Time
The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs. - Gary Hamel
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You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to. - Gary Hamel
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A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance. - Gary Hamel
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Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns. - Gary Hamel
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not. - Gary Hamel
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At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana. - Gary Hamel
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#Gorgeous
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#Want
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