Gary Hamel Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“One doesn't have to be a Marxist to be awed by the scale and success of early-20th-cent ury efforts to transform strong-willed human beings into docile employees.”
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“We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.”
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“A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.”
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“From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.”
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“We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.”
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“Never before has the gap between what we can imagine and what we can accomplish been smaller.”
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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.”
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“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 change riders. You can get a committee to study the dead horse. You can benchmark how other companies ride dead horses. You can declare that it's cheaper to feed a dead horse. You can harness several dead horses together. But after you've tried all these things, you're still going to have to dismount.”
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“The goal is not to speculate on what might happen, but to imagine what you can make happen.”
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“In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.”
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“Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.”
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“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 are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.”
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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.”
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“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.”
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“At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.”
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“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 to be nannied.”
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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.”
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“When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.”
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“Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.”
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“Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.”
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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.”
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“To be embraced, a change effort must be socially constructed in a process that gives everyone the right to set priorities, diagnose barriers , and generate options.”
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“Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.”
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“Innovation is the fuel for growth. When a company runs out of innovation, it runs out of growth.”
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“Are we changing as fast as the world around us?”
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“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 shoot first. You've got to out innovate the innovators.”
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“There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize.”
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“We live in a moment that is pregnant with possibility.”
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