Dr. Gary P. Hamel (born 1954) is an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago. Read full biography of Gary Hamel →
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... →
As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.
Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or... →
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... →
The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes... →
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.
In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge.
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the... →
Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
Dr. Gary P. Hamel (born 1954) is an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago.