164 Quotes by Gary Hamel

"An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent."

"Never before has the gap between what we can imagine and what we can accomplish been smaller."

"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."

"We like to believe we can break strategy down to Five Forces or Seven Ss. But you can't. Strategy is extraordinarily emotional and demanding."

"Your organization can start tweeting, but that wont change its DNA."

"A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance."

"Win small, win early, win often."

"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."

"Competition for the future is competition to create and dominate emerging opportunities-to stake out new competitive space. Creating the future is more challenging than playing catch up, in that you have to create your own roadmap."

"I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms."